ooma setup and review FREE LANDLINE TELEPHONE SERVICE!

[joealexandra1110]

I just got my Ooma Telo today and hooked it up right away. I currently have Vonage and I pay $32/month for it (500 minutes a month). I barely use it. I didn't realize how expensive it was until I found out about Ooma. I was planning to get a skype phone and pay $30/year for the unlimited calls, but the catch was, I have to pay extra to get a phone number which is $60/year. The Ooma has E911 and Skype doesn't. I got it from Amazon for $199 (which is the cheapest that I've seen so far)

[hollafront1314]

the reviewer is wrong or probably doesnt know this but u have to pay the annual taxes every year for 12$...magicjack is 20$ but its small and portable and onli cost 20$ for hardware...ooma is 200$

[chambonito1]

@hollafront1314 Huh. Odd. I've never been charged anything from them. I guess knock on wood. This is good. Magicjack you do have to keep your computer on 24/7 to have telephone dial tone. At all times.

[simpsonstewie]

@hollafront1314 ooma telo gets $12/yr tax. he has the ooma hub which has not tax whatsoever. when you have this set up you use your phones just as if you had a normal land line. with magic jack you have to have a computer on at all times which means if you want 24/7 phone service your wasting money burning electicity. So in the end ooma always wins...even if it has $12 taxes

[albinouna]

hey bro, quick qs, how much did u paid for it n is it any kinda issue when u r using the internet n u receive a call?(like slow connection etc), one more thing, what about international calls?

[chambonito1]

@albinouna I paid 169.99 refurb. unit from fry's electronics..no kind of issue with call quality or internet usage that I've noticed when talking on it. They have all kinds of features that you can adjust including how much data is allocated to the unit. I do have this unit runing on my router behind my firewall and everything works great with it. International calls I think they offer at a discounted rate like .03 a minute..but not sure. Or you could check out OOMA premiere

[DJTEVAdotCOM]

I had ooma for 2 years and it is perfect. For 2 years, I never had any problems. It works like a real Lan line. I would get their old model though. their newer model now have limited features and other features u have to pay for that was free from the old model. Soembody gotta make some money...right?

[chambonito1]

@DJTEVAdotCOM agreed! Wow thats great 2 years w/o a phone bill! I have it for 9 months and it has paid for itself as my normal phone bill with all of these features was like 30.00 a month and I paid 169.99 for this unit from fry's.

[Resistoon]

Does the Scout have any purpose if you don't get the ooma premier service? If it does then I am not seeing it.

[chambonito1]

@Resistoon I dont have the scout because I don't have premier..I think it is only for the 2nd line and such..dont have a need for that.

[prynkya]

So you don't have this phone system running through your internet?

[chambonito1]

@prynkya no, no problems

[Joeteck]

Its been a few months, how is it doing for you?

Whats the purpose of the scout?

[chambonito1]

the OOMA is still in great use and I have made up the cost that I spent for it by not paying a phone bill. Their free service is fine for me which includes caller id, call fowarding, call waiting etc.. No real complaints here. I LOVE FREE TELEPHONE and I'll never go back to paying for phone service.

The scout is for a second line if you have two lines with ooma. Or you could put the scout say downstairs and be able to retrieve all of your voice mail messages from it. I just have the hub..

[chambonito1]

@Joeteck It is great. Calls are great and I don't miss my phone bill of 30.00 a month from the local telephone company for all of these features. 30.00 a month times 9 months...270 bucks and I only spent 169.99 so doing the math I've already paid for the OOMA hub and now I just keep racking up the profit from having free phone service.

[uncoverbrother]

good deal! amazon has it for $214 right now. thanks for the great review. seriously thinking it over...

[mrredhatter]

Finally a real review from a real customer!

[kixmgc]

how is the sound and is at&t 1.5mb fast enough internet?

[chambonito1]

Yes At&t is fast enough for it. The sound is great. They have really done a great job here with good sound and great features...I would never go back to paying for my home phone line again.

[Blitzkrieg1981]

@kixmgc VOIP itself can literally run on a 128kb line. Just shows how badly the phone companies screw customers.