Lame.

Over the last 15 years of direct involvement in the MLM industry, I have watched many companies come and go.

Most die a slow death, shedding distributors as interest wanes. Others crumble out of executive greed and close their doors abrubtly as those executives vanish until the cash runs out and they try to launch the next new deal.

Rarely does a company try to reinvent itself, even more rare is for one to succeed.

Thus far, IamVoip's attempt to reinvent itself through a merger ( or aquisition ) with Vipze seems to be putting them in the destined to fail category.

For a company that has had a history of weak executives with little or no direction for the company, squandering rep good will and ultimitely driving people away with comp plan issues, marketing issues, lack of support, and so on - they have tried to retap into their last remaining die hard reps with a promise of hope in this re-envisioning of IamVoip as Vipze...

And have squandered that remaing goodwill by being completely unprepared to move forward after their "Big Announcement".

Some tips for whoever is behind the wheel at IamVoip / Vipze:

1) Don't make a big a big announcement when there is absolutely no way for your reps to capitalize on it. You completely waste any excitement you generate when they find out that they can't do a damn thing with your new name. That's called vaporware. You just annoyed the hell out of any remaining reps. Letter grade: F

2) Don't expect the old dogs to perform new tricks - if you hang on to the same management that got you into the situation in the first place, don't expect better results the next time around. ( See number 1 - they already screwed you again ). Letter grade: F

3) If you are going to do a conference call to announce your still nonexistent transition / product, don't sit around saying "hello, hello, anyone here" to the sound of crickets in the background. Letter grade: F