Comments on: Like Jangl, TalkPlus Losing Its Voice As Well

By: Another VoIP Startup In Trouble - GigaOM

Another VoIP Startup In Trouble - GigaOM — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:03:09 +0000

[...] seems like a long shot. Like many of its peers, Fring is going to have a tough time in the future. Jangl and TalkPlus have already shutdown, while EQO recently fired 65% of its workforce. Jaxtr, another VoIP startup recently had a [...]

By: VoIP Startup EQO Slashes Workforce by 65%* - GigaOM

VoIP Startup EQO Slashes Workforce by 65%* - GigaOM — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:13:13 +0000

[...] for startups, especially those aiming for the consumer market. Jangl and TalkPlus were two startups that hit the deck earlier this year. We are going to see more of these “save money on LD” phone apps with [...]

By: Jace

Jace — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:27:50 +0000

My TalkPlus numbers have been out of service for the month of September and I can’t access my web account. In addition, there haven’t been any response to my emails and the phone numbers have been disconnected. Talk about a bad omen! If the case is that they’ve shut down, so be it. It would’ve been nice of them to announce it to their subscribers.

By: Enterprise 2.0 blog » Blog Archive » Wither Jangl

Enterprise 2.0 blog » Blog Archive » Wither Jangl — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:06:17 +0000

[...] Malik reported last week on the demise of Jangl, a "Voice 2.0" start-up offering web-based call services such as anonymous calling and [...]

By: For Jaxtr Another $10 Million, Out of Network Calling - GigaOM

For Jaxtr Another $10 Million, Out of Network Calling - GigaOM — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:35:37 +0000

[...] Om Malik, Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 4:35 AM PT Comments (0) The business of providing voice services to users of social networks is a tough one – you need huge volume to basically make money off what is essentially a new age call-back/calling card business. That is why many companies that aimed at this market have either retrenched or gone out of business. [...]

By: John

John — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:20:16 +0000

Do you guys know if talkplus is definetely out of business? The virtual numbers I have with them are no longer working. I tried to get support via email and telephone and nobody answers. Not even their website is working today.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:39:42 +0000

@ Sameer,

I think they pretty quickly realized that the social voice experiment was a bit ahead of time, and in addition they have raised so much capital that they can correct course. They are not out of the woods mind you, but their wholesale model works for now.

By: sameer

sameer — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:11:30 +0000

@Om

I am kinda curious why Jangl and TalkPlus had to close/sell out while Jajah seems to be doing well. What's the difference between their business models?

By: Dating Reviews » Like Jangl, TalkPlus Losing Its Voice As Well

Dating Reviews » Like Jangl, TalkPlus Losing Its Voice As Well — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:17:57 +0000

[...] GIGAOM — May 7 — Michael Cerda, former CEO of Jangl along with the cofounder, Ben Dean and three other Jangl employees is joining Jajah. “The company was finding its groove in the marketplace, but our investors though it wasn’t enough for us to keep going, and decided not to fund us”, Cerda said. Jangl had raised about $9m in VC funding from Storm Ventures, Labrador Ventures and Cardinal Ventures. Cerda explains the rise and fall of Jangl on his blog. Jangl is not the only VoIP company to nosedive. We have heard from reliable sources that TalkPlus, is going nowhere fast. Michael Toepel, who was the CEO recently left, after the company failed to get new investment to keep going. FULL ARTICLE @ GIGA OM [...]

By: steelyglint

steelyglint — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:30:25 +0000

Latest word is that John Todd is joining Digium.

By: tech pr

tech pr — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:36:15 +0000

Jajah is one company which is doing well in this VoIP based technology business. They recently partnered with Yahoo to offer their service for users of yahoo messenger. They acquire millions of users overnight from this Yahoo deal. Perhaps Jangl and other competitors where just too focussed on technology without realizing the importance of partnerships in business development.

By: Bill T

Bill T — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:19:06 +0000

Those loooking to replace the private call functionality should look at the dukaLINK widget from Jaduka. Its one of the featured apps on their free Jaduka Labs widget site and allows you to create private click and call HTML links. Not a true private number per se, but allows people to call you without you ever sharing your real number, so its close enough. Give it a look–I use it for Craigslist posts and it works great.

By: Lloyd Dobler

Lloyd Dobler — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:16:14 +0000

@ Mike P

Haven’t read “The Future of AT&T,” but I was at an ad-supported telephony conference this week hosted by VooDoo Vox and they showed some early 90s videos that AT&T put out about the future. Amazingly accurate.

Of course, they were wrong about the company that would deliver that future. ;)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8

By: Mike P

Mike P — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01:02 +0000

Maybe we’re finally seeing what I expected all along. Only the “real” telecommunications providers with lots of real experience and know-how can succeed in this market. The Jangl’s and Ooma’s and all the other crazy mnemonics play around the edges with the small set of people who are willing to experiment with new “nifty” things for communications, and one-by-one go bust. Meanwhile, the experienced and legitimate telecommunications companies are able to figure out how to do things right, even with the use of VoIP for real telephone service.

Funny thing, I have a book on my shelf, published in 1976, called “The Future of AT&T”. I suspect that most everything said didn’t happen – who could have predicted Judge Green and divestiture. And in the late 1980’s, who would have thought that within 20 years that AT&T would be getting back together. The sooner the better, I say.

By: Internet phone company Jangl to sell assets, core team goes to competitor Jajah » VentureBeat

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:34:53 +0000

[...] 2: Another VoIP company, TalkPlus, may soon be exiting the business, according to GigaOM. The company’s chief executive, Michael Toepel, recently left the company after it failed to [...]

By: Ifbyphone Blog » Blog Archive » What is Voice 2.0?

Ifbyphone Blog » Blog Archive » What is Voice 2.0? — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:27:05 +0000

[...] the last couple days, there has been bad news for a couple Voice 2.0 startups, Jangl and TalkPlus. There are people commenting on what this [...]