I have no idea if you can fax through it or not. My computers do not have a phone or fax modem and I do not have a fax machine, so I am unable to try it out.
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Problem with Faxing over voip is that even though we have dedicated protocols ( T.38 ) which is trigged by the *99 on OOMA and simliar devices there ends up being problems down the road some where between ATA ( ooma hub ) to the sip sever and then onward to the PSTN Gateway.
Well I got my number officially ported over today to my ooma. Only took 7 days. I disconnected the line coming in from AT&T and everything seems to be working great. I considered doing this over a year ago and continued to put it off. I wish I had made the plunge back then. I did notice when I call home from my cell that the answering machine on my cordless phone base picks up when I call. Which is fine I guess. Is there any advantage to turning off that answering machine and using the one built into the ooma?
Less likely to have a conflict and you can check your Ooma messages online through their website
So far I'm still really pleased with the ooma. I also really like the feature to black list numbers (telemarketers). But does anyone know if there's a way to turn down the volume on the ooma unit? Especially when the answering machine comes on. It's really loud.
Press the volume icon on the top left. Each time you press it cycles through the volume from low to middle to high and back to low
We're looking at Ooma. We do not have a home phone but I'm looking at this for starting a consulting business.
Ooma does not have a number in my local city, but I have an idea of getting home phone service started with the local telco and immediately porting it to Ooma. Would this work?
Ooma does not have a number in my local city, but I have an idea of getting home phone service started with the local telco and immediately porting it to Ooma. Would this work?
stonecold said:
MJ is a $20.00 a year service. We used it for about a year exclusivly for long distance. Saved us a bunch of cash. Had it set up on a thin client worked just fine.
Would not have it as a primary phone but it is a good way to save on LD minutes on your cell or to save on the land line charges....
Ross
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We have a land line with centurylink. It includes the phone with all the bells & whistles calling feature wise, unlimited long distance & 3.0 internet. My last bill I paid, no promos, was $66.66.
Yeah, and that's what I'm leaning toward. Verizon is our local telco and has a deal in place for $25 a month for local and long distance. There is no install fee and no commitment, so I was thinking of getting that to get a local number and after a month port it over to a VoIP.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Voipo. I paid $165 for 2 years (~$6.80/month) 3 months ago (includes taxes and fees), ported the number from AT&T POTS, and wish I had done it years ago. They sent me a Grandstream ATA which works fine behind my DIR-655 router. Their service also includes tons of features plus 60 mins of international calling a month free. Hell, I was paying AT&T $9.99/month for just caller ID with, (drum roll here), name display.
I now love to get calls from Telemarketers. I tell them that I want to contribute/purchase and to call me back in a few minutes because someone is at the door. Then I go to the Voipo internet site and call route their number to a busy signal.
I now love to get calls from Telemarketers. I tell them that I want to contribute/purchase and to call me back in a few minutes because someone is at the door. Then I go to the Voipo internet site and call route their number to a busy signal.
