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Old 01-01-2018, 10:03 PM   #21
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Why to bother with Ooma if you can get free services with http://www.obihai.com/ + Google voice ?
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Old 01-02-2018, 01:46 AM   #22
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I downloaded OOMA app to my iPhone, you can make a call through their app to US for free.
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Old 01-02-2018, 06:51 AM   #23
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Why to bother with Ooma if you can get free services with Obihai Technology - Home + Google voice ?
+1, I've never understood using Ooma either, when Google Voice is free (except for E911 service) and Obihai ATAs are cheap.
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The basic Ooma service is free, after the one time cost of the device. You only pay the taxes and fees which they have no control over.
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That's what they tell us.
It's true. I FIREd from a telecom mega, so I had a "free" landline concession. When I FIREd I was paying ~$6/month, all fees and taxes. By the time I dropped the landline after 11 years I was paying almost $10/month, still all fees and taxes.

Weirdly, I now have a $30 credit with them. I can't see how, unless they were charging me 3 months ahead. It's been carrying forward for almost a year. I should call and see if they'll mail me a check.
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One can use the Ooma app (iOS or Android) to make calls wherever you have an Internet connection.
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+1, I've never understood using Ooma either, when Google Voice is free (except for E911 service) and Obihai ATAs are cheap.
What you get with Ooma is simplicity: a one-stop solution.

You unplug your house phone wiring at the network interface (on the outside of your house), then plug the Ooma device into any phone jack in your house, and another connection to your router. Now, any land-line phone you had before works just like it did before. Nothing to download, configure, or anything. Well, you do have to set-up an account with Ooma and check the box to port your old phone number, but it's not a technical task.

The more technical types can buy hardware that does what the Ooma hardware does and add a VOIP supplier, but then you have two suppliers and no top entity that covers the whole solution.
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