Ooma

[derspiess]

Anyone here use Ooma for their home phone?  I suppose I should have asked for opinions before I bought the device

Anywho, I've been on Vonage for ages and the bill always seems to creep up each month.  Their service is good and our plan includes international calling to most countries, but it irks me that my $27.99 monthly plan turns into close to $39 after all the BS fees & whatnot.

We're trying to cut down on monthly expenses and this seems like a way to do it.  I paid $99 shipped for the device and I guess I'll have to pony up a fee to port my phone number, but it should pay for itself in a few months.  All we have to pay is about $3 and change per month for FCC fees and calls to Argentina at only $.02 per minute.

I was sketchy on call quality given a peer to peer setup, but a buddy of mine says it's at least as good as standard POTS.

[mongers]

I barely understood that, then again I don't get cell phones and can't work voicemail (never tried).   

Over here we're stuck with paying a fixed line rental fee if you wish to have a landline, I think it's 15-16 quid and is the same across all providers, or at least no one discounts below that.
Plus on top of that you can choose various unlimited options/bundles, as you do.

I guess one way around it is to use a cellphone GSM/3G/4G modem and then sign up to one of the services I think you're now using.

[garbon]

I barely understood that, then again I don't get cell phones and can't work voicemail (never tried).   

I think I said it somewhere else here but since when is posting about one's ignorance a virtue (not I'm not fooled by that well placed blushing face).

[mongers]

I barely understood that, then again I don't get cell phones and can't work voicemail (never tried).   

I think I said it somewhere else here but since when is posting about one's ignorance a virtue (not I'm not fooled by that well placed blushing face).

I agree, you've turned it into an art form.   

[garbon]

I hardly think posting that same statement over and over again is art. I'm not intending it as such!

[mongers]

I hardly think posting that same statement over and over again is art. I'm not intending it as such!

[garbon]

[CountDeMoney]

Anywho, I've been on Vonage for ages and the bill always seems to creep up each month.

Did they ever straighten out the issue of getting routed to the proper e911 call center if you ever needed 911?

Not that it was that big of an issue--if you get the wrong 911, just ask them to put you through to the correct one--but since so much local funding for them relies on phone bill, curious how that worked out with them.

[derspiess]

I think so.  Probably. 

[Caliga]

Oprah.

[CountDeMoney]

I think so.  Probably.

Nothing like waiting until having to dial 911 to find that out 

"Whaddya mean, Cuyahoga County 911?"

[derspiess]

I think so.  Probably.

Nothing like waiting until having to dial 911 to find that out 

"Whaddya mean, Cuyahoga County 911?"

I think it's like any other VOIP-- you fill out an online form with your info and I'm guessing your address magically appears where it is needed.  But 911 is a joke.

Anywho, I received and hooked up the Ooma device yesterday.  Now I gotta wait for my old number to port over, then buhbye Vonage.

[CountDeMoney]

But 911 is a joke.

Never took you for a Public Enemy fan.

[derspiess]

But 911 is a joke.

Never took you for a Public Enemy fan.

I dabbled, particularly when they let Flav loose.  I was more into De La Soul, Ice-T, Kid n Play, EPMD, and Eric B & Rakim at the time, though.  Sometimes BDP to be ironic.

[Berkut]

Spicey, let me know how it works out - I am also looking to cut back drastically, of possible, on monthly data/connection charges.

I realized that it is pretty crazy at this point:

1. Cell bill for three of us (soon to be 4): $250
2. Internet: $65
3. DirectTV: $162
4. Landline phone: $40