Several months ago while making a purchase on Staples.com, I saw where I could get a free SunRocket phone after rebate. As a Vonage customer following the patent-infringement headlines, I thought it was well worth it to get a phone for the second-largest VOIP provider, just in case. That backup plan item has fallen off the list with the shutdown of the SunRocket service altogether, which is detailed on their home page.

Cleaning out my bookshelf the other day, I found the phone. It clearly states it will not work on any other service. So what am I supposed to do with it? I don’t want to just throw it away to add to the burgeoning landfills, and paying $10 to recycle it at Staples isn’t too appealing either.

Any thoughts? Maybe someone at the VON conference will have some ideas?

Comments

Maybe someone can collect them all, put them on a rocket, and shoot them into the sun, just for the irony.

Comment by Dr. Pete
on 10/05/07 at 05:23 PM
 

I would keep it in the box it came in, in a safe deposit box, so that it stays in pristine condition. Then give it to your great grandkids in your Will. Can you imagine what something like that will be worth in a 100 years? LOL

It will probably end up in the Smithsonian as an example of ancient technology gone awry…

Greg

Comment by Greg Anliker
on 10/06/07 at 01:52 PM
 

Great ideas Pete and Greg, though my tech “time vault” is already brimming, especially with my TRS-80 Model 4 in there…!

mp/m

Comment by Mike Maddaloni
on 10/06/07 at 06:09 PM
 

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