On a side note i find it funny that a magic jack plus banner keeps rolling at the bottom of this forum.

Been with Vonage for about 5 years now. So tired of their price increases. From $20 a month to now about $360 a year ($30 a month).

I keep considering this seriously and today. I bought it. I have 6 months left on my Vonage service but that will give me time to test this new Ooma device.

I plan to use whatever new number they give me and just let my old number die. Everyone I know calls me cell and everyone else is a bill collector or trying to sell me something.

So hopefully Ooma will work well with my complex network (6 computers, 3 laptops, fax machines, wireless printer, blu-ray,tv, wii, xbox360, and a few mobile devices). Most of my network is wired so it shouldn't be hard to incorporate this.

I can not believe no one has mentioned the Obi alternative. Paired with Google Voice it is free monthly service and free long distance. I was researching the Ooma, when I happened across the obi option. I bought one and have been thrilled with it. The Obi110 sells for $49.00. The phone clarity and delay that sometimes plague VOIP has not been an issue for me on the unit, as it was on my cable voip that I was paying $20 per month for. I don't think I will get a Quality post for this, but you owe to yourself to check this out.

Does anyone know if you can use a fax machine with this? Is it just a regular phone port?

I've been a Ooma-er for 15 months. I bought my Hub from Amazon, and paid the $40 to port my number to my Ooma. During that time, the service (ALL of OOMA) was down once for ~2 hours. Generally, the quality is much better than the other phone services I had in the past (POTS Southwestern Bell, & VOIP's SunRocket, Comcast Phone, and PhonePower). I can't recall a single instance of hearing my voice delayed a short time and fed back to my receiver. All the other VOIPs I have used had this very distracting defect, among other problems at times.

The featurs set provided by Ooma is NOT as extensive as the other Voip's I have used, (Things such as Call Logs, etc.) But then again, if you really need that stuff, you can pay them $120 per year for their premium package. All I require is excellent phone connections, Caller ID, which the basic Ooma package provides perfectly!

textunclear wrote:I see on their site a $79 transfer of ownership fee applies. Does that apply to the refurbished models like the one woot is offering?

I think it might very well apply. Anybody know for sure?

pkonold wrote:Are faxes reliable with this? Faxes are the only holding me back from dumping my current phone service.

When sending a fax, you dial *99 before the number, and it will optimize the call for fax.

Reference: http://www.ooma.com/app/support/star-codes-your-ooma-device

As for ownership transfer, the refurbished devices are considered "unowned" and your registration and service selection will be the same as anyone buying a new Ooma.

Ooma often has package deals if you buy a year subscription. Free full-Ooma-functionality handset, bluetooth adapter (I'm told you can even have it act like a headset for your bluetooth cell phone and transfer your call to the Ooma handset), or free phone number porting.

My internet comes through my DSL line. I know I'm a not-very-smart-person, but this isn't going to work for me is it?

I have a first gen OOMA and i have to say that one is better. Yes it does not have half the fetures but its free for life. Now who doesnt like FREE FOR LIFE!!!!

jannypop wrote:I think it might very well apply. Anybody know for sure?

Im thinking if its a factory refurbish it shouldn't and it should have a factory reset. But.. I have been wrong before.

notsoshyjan wrote:My internet comes through my DSL line. I know I'm a not-very-smart-person, but this isn't going to work for me is it?

Yes. Call the DSL provider and ask for a dry loop. No phone just DSL. I've done it before wit AT&T and used my voyage thru DSL and saved on the land line cost.

notsoshyjan wrote:My internet comes through my DSL line. I know I'm a not-very-smart-person, but this isn't going to work for me is it?

I'm pretty sure it will. I use a different VOIP provider, but I've got DSL with no local phone service. I've still got a dial tone, so I can't use my house wiring, but I've got a cordless phone with four handsets (from sellout.woot), so that's not an issue.

textunclear wrote:Yes. Call the DSL provider and ask for a dry loop. No phone just DSL. I've done it before wit AT&T and used my voyage thru DSL and saved on the land line cost.

THANK YOU!

textunclear wrote:On a side note i find it funny that a magic jack plus banner keeps rolling at the bottom of this forum.

And on the banner says 2010 product of the year. How can the plus that JUST came out be a 2010 product of the year. Hmmm.

notsoshyjan wrote:THANK YOU!

Glad i could actually help someone haha..

uclabru1 wrote:Does anyone know if you can use a fax machine with this? Is it just a regular phone port?

I've had no trouble whatsoever sending or receiving faxes with the Ooma telo I got over a year ago here on Woot. Had a recent "no internet" problem occur even when my internet WAS fully operational but a couple of power cycling of router and telo solved that.

GO BRUINS!

there are a couple sip providers that beat thier tax rates they charge. i have viatalk with the 2 line and 2 years for 200 the taxes are little under 3 bucks over all ooma was going to cost more. to do it again right now id go magicjack plus. well except at times i am on confrence calls for hours

textunclear wrote:I see on their site a $79 transfer of ownership fee applies. Does that apply to the refurbished models like the one woot is offering?

I purchased a refurb from woot a while back and I did NOT have to pay a transfer fee.

e46chris wrote:I purchased a refurb from woot a while back and I did NOT have to pay a transfer fee.

Thank you for the information. I may have to bite on this when I get home..

pkonold wrote:Are faxes reliable with this? Faxes are the only holding me back from dumping my current phone service.

It can be a pain. On this model in order to receive fax's you have to change the settings to fax mode which messes up my voice calls.
http://www.ooma.com/node/485. I use online services to handle all my faxing since I switched to Ooma.

scottskillman wrote:I can not believe no one has mentioned the Obi alternative. Paired with Google Voice it is free monthly service and free long distance. I was researching the Ooma, when I happened across the obi option. I bought one and have been thrilled with it. The Obi110 sells for $49.00. The phone clarity and delay that sometimes plague VOIP has not been an issue for me on the unit, as it was on my cable voip that I was paying $20 per month for. I don't think I will get a Quality post for this, but you owe to yourself to check this out.

I love the Obi110 but have also heard that people love the Ooma offered here today.

The Obi/Google cost me $49 too and calls are free (as long as Google Voice is free).

Tough to beat almost free home phone service.



Make sure you have the min. upload web service of 256Kbps to meet min. req'ts.

Reminder from the bottom of the good Woot description below:

"Usage Requirements --> High-speed Internet service (minimum 256Kbps upstream)"

I wonder what you actually save. Because just for kicks I called Comcast last year and asked what it would cost to go from Triple Play (all the services) to just Internet and CableTV. I am paying something like $160/month. If I dropped the phone it goes down like $7. But if you called them to just get phone service its like $50. TOTALLY SCARED OF THE DARK NOW. They shouldn't be allowed to bundle like that. Because they know there is nothing standing between them and DIY VOIP.

TOTALLY SCARED OF THE DARK NOW is the new OMGPONIES!

You may give a second thought to refurb. Bought one last time they ran. Arrived scratched. Ooma said it was Woot!'s fault, Woot didn't reply to my e-mail.

Had it for well over a year and with software updates it got better and better. If you pay the 10 bucks a month for premium service you can even rig your Google number to work with your ooma service. I liked it and only switched because of a deal with comcast voip. The only caution is it was a huge hassle to port my number away from ooma!

Perfect phone quality, ditched the landline 4 years ago for Ooma and never looked back. Zero "lag" issues (can't imagine why someone would write that unless they've just got a totally messed up network on dialup or something?), once you get ported (if you mean to port), you'll likely never have to think about it again, it just works. You can use your old cordless phones or buy their telo handsets. If you're paying any kind of landline phone bill, or just miss the convenience of a number at home, Ooma is the best option. Say if you had ATT's "All Distance" at 40-50 a month plus, plus, plus = 70 a month post tax, that's like $1oo a month pre-tax. So $1200 a year, $12,000 every ten years. Considering you'll break even in just a couple of months, unless you feel sorry for, for instance, CIngular under the brand of ATT that they bought, and want to give them your extra money, this would be a good invenstment. Btw, of several Voip solutions I've tried, Ooma is hands down the best performing fax over VOIP of any of them. There's a setting you can choose to maximize, it's in the manual.

Has anybody tried using two of these simultaneously on the same internet connection?

labrocca wrote:Been with Vonage for about 5 years now. So tired of their price increases. From $20 a month to now about $360 a year ($30 a month).

I keep considering this seriously and today. I bought it. I have 6 months left on my Vonage service but that will give me time to test this new Ooma device.

I plan to use whatever new number they give me and just let my old number die. Everyone I know calls me cell and everyone else is a bill collector or trying to sell me something.

So hopefully Ooma will work well with my complex network (6 computers, 3 laptops, fax machines, wireless printer, blu-ray,tv, wii, xbox360, and a few mobile devices). Most of my network is wired so it shouldn't be hard to incorporate this.

To be fair, haven't the 'increases' at Vonage all been regulatory(taxes & fees) increases, not actual price increases? I know, you're paying more either way, but it's not Vonage's fault if our inefficient gov't keeps adding things at the behest of the Bells.

scottskillman wrote:I can not believe no one has mentioned the Obi alternative. Paired with Google Voice it is free monthly service and free long distance. I was researching the Ooma, when I happened across the obi option. I bought one and have been thrilled with it. The Obi110 sells for $49.00. The phone clarity and delay that sometimes plague VOIP has not been an issue for me on the unit, as it was on my cable voip that I was paying $20 per month for. I don't think I will get a Quality post for this, but you owe to yourself to check this out.

But isn't obi just an homebrew voip ata paired with Google Voice? Which is no longer going to be free by year's end?. Ooma is solid and hassle-free

textunclear wrote:Yes. Call the DSL provider and ask for a dry loop. No phone just DSL. I've done it before wit AT&T and used my voyage thru DSL and saved on the land line cost.

True, or see about getting U-verse if you can, requires no phone line, just the internet is currently $38 a month for 12mbps down and not sure what going up but it's fast. (see slickdeals.net for the thread)

Got mine 6 months ago. Wow Wow Wow is all I have to say. My monthly bill is under $3.00. I would reccomend to anyone and everyone. Vonage Bye Bye

phantom71 wrote:I wonder what you actually save. Because just for kicks I called Comcast last year and asked what it would cost to go from Triple Play (all the services) to just Internet and CableTV. I am paying something like $160/month. If I dropped the phone it goes down like $7. But if you called them to just get phone service its like $50. TOTALLY SCARED OF THE DARK NOW. They shouldn't be allowed to bundle like that. Because they know there is nothing standing between them and DIY VOIP.

I remember Comcast. Started just like that. When my promotion ran out, I called to 'manage' my service. Spent the next hour learning that no matter what I dropped, they would get their nut. I have had OOMA for two years. I paid $205 for the hub and have paid nothing since. That works out to $8.54/month. No problems. I was worried about the company's viability, but am less so now. I had to invest in infrastructure for OTA TV, but that has worked out too. I used some of my savings to put a DVR and an Insignia BD player (mostly for Netflix) on each of my five sets. Very happy. My monthly entertainment budget is $55 -- $40 for 30/15 internet and $15 for Netflix streaming plus DVD. That is a savings of $105 off my BUNDLE PROMOTION. $1200/year. Free money. I'm not sure I need a land line anymore, but for those who do, this is a bargain. Very good quality with no hassles (I routinely forget I have OOMA).

how can I get ooma to record my calls "for quality and training purposes" like businesses do?

I just called Vonage and told them I would switch to Ooma and they halved my rate and waived the plan change fee. Thanks Woot!

Bought this on the last Woot and have already saved hundreds. Porting took longer than others listed (phone company dragged it out as l-o-n-g as they could) but well worth it.

DARN YOU WOOT! I was waiting for this, but could wait no longer and bought one at full price two weeks ago!

Regardless, I love it and you should get one. Faxing is no problem and it sounds great! Ported old number over too for $40. It took small amounts of coordination to get it all done, but it is quit painless and easy to use.

Woot - I will not forgive you...until something better comes along tomorrow. :-)

I've been a Vonage customer for 5+ years, but between the extremely positive reviews on-line (and from my fellow wooters! ) and Consumer Reports rating it #1, I'm in for 1. This has been tempting me at full price, and I've been waiting for it to pop-up on woot.

Even with $40 to port our number, this will pay for itself in about 6 months.

oldhickorytony wrote:Had it for well over a year and with software updates it got better and better. If you pay the 10 bucks a month for premium service you can even rig your Google number to work with your ooma service. I liked it and only switched because of a deal with comcast voip. The only caution is it was a huge hassle to port my number away from ooma!

Porting number was not a problem for me. I worked with AT&T and Ooma and coordinated the port for same day and it was no problem. Contacted each on Tuesday it was ported on Friday...

bnhbutts wrote:Porting number was not a problem for me. I worked with AT&T and Ooma and coordinated the port for same day and it was no problem. Contacted each on Tuesday it was ported on Friday...

BTW - had to switch service with AT&T to a Dry-loop or "High Speed Internet" service alone. They were very helpful.