Internet phone service Ooma goes down for a day - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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The Palo Alto-based service, which is providesd free with the purchase ofa $250 Ooma box, was interrupter about 11 a.m. and was partiallu restored shortly before5 p.m. The company had not offered any explanations bylate day, but Chief Marketing Officer Rich Buchanan had acknowledge d the problems via Twitter and appealed for Ooma has seen strong demanrd for its phone boxes in recenr months. Company President and CEO Eric Stan said recently that the company is on track tohave $15 millionj to $20 million of revenue in 2009, with virtually no advertising. He said he expects Ooma to be profitabl eat year’s end. Founde d in 2004, Ooma spent nearly three yearsz onproduct development.
It started selling its Internet phone systemfor $499 througgh its own Web site in September of 2007, but droppefd the price to $249.99 last April. In the company launched a trial progra with25 stores, increasing to 250 stores in with the addition of 34 Fry’s Electronicas and 20 stores. And then in January, Best Buy began selling units in all of its morethan 1,000o stores nationwide.