You can get a wireless adapter from Ooma for it as the Telo has a USB port specifically for their wifi adapter, or do what we did and convert a wireless router to a wireless bridge using the DD-WRT firmware. Ours works great!
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You can get a wireless adapter from Ooma for it as the Telo has a USB port specifically for their wifi adapter, or do what we did and convert a wireless router to a wireless bridge using the DD-WRT firmware. Ours works great!
I have mine directly connected to one of the ports on my Cisco E4200. Works great. Occasionally I have to reboot the box, but other than that I love it. I have Premier, and an additional Virtual number, so that my wife and I can each have our google voice integrated sprint numbers ring the house phone when we're home.
Really do love it.
Really do love it.
We've had OOMA for over a year and are very satisfied with it. Do not have the premiere service as we didn't feel that it would be of much use for us. For a little over $4 a month, it meets our needs. Much better call quality than the local monopoly phone company. No outages here. Connected to a Netgear router, using a Panasonic base with remote phones throughout the house. Not using the house wiring for the phones. Online contact control and call history are nice.
Per DealNews for today, OOMA Telo available at Sears for $130. Not available for shipping, so check if you have a store nearby.
Per DealNews for today, OOMA Telo available at Sears for $130. Not available for shipping, so check if you have a store nearby.
It is an obi 110. I had to create (free) an obitalk account, and then configure it to use google talk and then add the adapter to the config. But for $50 (amazon) I haven't spent anything on a landline. Pretty much the only time we ever use the land line is the occasional incoming call and outgoing fax less than once a month. Google talk has a nice forwarding / simultaneous ring and also v-mail to text. Google may start charging next year but for now, it's free.
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Just to put a positive plug for MJ Plus. I have been using for 9 months and other than I lost my number during the port process I have had no problems. But I was not really tied to the number I had. If something happens to MJ OOMA will be my next provider.
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Whenever I saw your post, I honestly did not know about NetTalk Duo. When I saw the features, I thought this is great. I saw that it was available at Wal-Mart. However, the reviews on the site were very negative. I really do hope that you continue to be happy with the service, though. The negatives are kind of pushing me away from the NetTalk Duo...Ooma for the most part had positive reviews, but there may have been a negative review here or there.
How awesome that you do not pay any fees! Reminds me of Sirius XM grandfathered customers...Of course, there may be some differences in terms of if your system would ever die on you (hopefully not, though...don't want any bad luck your way). What I am saying is I do not know if Ooma allows you to add a new one and keep the grandfathering of no fees at all. Still awesome, though!
For me Ooma works OK, although Vonage worked a little better and didn't have the misleading 2-level feature/pricing scheme. Of course Vonage does cost about three times as much per month, the reason I switched. I wouldn't even consider paying $30 a month for a VOIP-based service now. Still in my first year of Premium Ooma service, will probably re-up since I need and use the blacklisting feature. Was paying about $35 a month for Vonage -- Ooma runs under $15 a month, even with Premium.
I used to have issues with random dial tones with Net Talk but have not had those issues for a little while now.
We've had Ooma since Christmas. it works great. We don't need the premium package features so our bill is only $4 / month with free long distance in the US....much better than the $50+ we were paying before. I'd just get it from Costco or Amazon and bypass Dish. I unplugged our landline connection to the house and then plugged Ooma into a nearby wall outlet so the Dish receiver would display who's calling. That would also allow any wall phone to work (although we just plug our cordless phone system directly into the Ooma device). It works with E911 so that base is covered too.
I've been using Voipo (.com) for several months and am very happy with it. $165.00 for 2 years including E911 charges. Unlimited local and US long distance and many features including caller ID, call forwarding and fax service. My favorite feature is the ability to block an unlimited number of inbound calls. I can block individual numbers or whole area codes if desired using wilcdards. Nuisance calls have been virtually eliminated. The system uses a Cisco or Grandstream modem which is placed between your ISP cable modem and your router.
How awesome that you do not pay any fees! Reminds me of Sirius XM grandfathered customers...Of course, there may be some differences in terms of if your system would ever die on you (hopefully not, though...don't want any bad luck your way). What I am saying is I do not know if Ooma allows you to add a new one and keep the grandfathering of no fees at all. Still awesome, though!
I actually purchased the older system in Oct. 2009 specifically because there were no taxes on it. The newer Telo system had just become available for sale, but I read you would have to pay taxes on it. I don't subscribe to the Premium services others have noted. If I did, I might have to pay the taxes too. The basic service level includes services like Caller ID, call logs, answering machine function, etc. I hope my equipment keeps working, because Ooma has made no promises about grandfathering the tax difference.
I like how quickly making the change paid off. I had been paying about $30/month for a landline including all taxes and fees. I kept the landline for about a month to make sure the Ooma system worked okay. Once I dropped the landline, my DSL service went up $5/month (+ more NM taxes), but the payback period was less than a year.
I finally got hooked up. i was unable to get it working wirelessly with the Ooma adapter but went out and bought a $#19.99 switch to install to the wireless bridge that keeps my 21k connected. I did have one glitch with the OOMA losing connectivity after the original number was ported but a call to tech support resolved that and they threw in another 12 months of premeier service free.
It all seems prety good so far.
I just ordered one and was wondering if the Caller ID service would work on my 722 receivers. So the number comes up on-screen just as it does with a regular landline ?
