Is Truphone the modern day Boo.com?
People tell me things about Truphone, the VOIP pioneer. I have no idea how accurate they are. Everything I’m being told is negative, though.
What I do know is that Jeb Brilliant of Brilliant Expos is a regular user. But the moment they want to charge him, he’s clear that he’ll look elsewhere.
I know a few other users… who ONLY use Truphone because it’s free. That can’t be a good position from which to grow, surely?
The future — at least, viewed from SMS Text News Towers, doesn’t look too bright, regardless of the money they raised recently.
If the rumoured burn rates are anywhere near reality, geez. I don’t know. Everyone I’ve met who’s been to their headquarters — apparently plush and very swish (I haven’t been) has remarked on the total waste of money they’ve been witnessing.
I do have high hopes for the company. Particularly if there’s a way of attaching a sim card to their VOIP service so I can use it ‘anywhere’ there’s GSM access. If the rates were good and I could get ubiquity of access a la GSM, I’d entertain using them as a primary operator and I’m sure a healthy percentage of the 250,000 SMS Text News audience would too. Right?
We’ll wait and see, eh? In the meantime — please — does anyone have any good news about Truphone?
Check out the piece I’ve just written after talking to Truphone directly this evening.
