Ooma Telo VoIP Home Phone System for $139.99 + $5.00 shipping
If you’re looking for VoIP, you should know this Ooma Telo VoIP Home Phone System is fit… for a king.
This product doesn't seem all that useful now that you can make phone calls for free using GMail.
I guess that it would be helpful if you had a fax machine... but I don't have one.
Just spent 200 on this a couple of weeks ago. We spend 4.77/mo for taxes. Its a great unit and nice clear calls. I really love it. Pissed that this pops up now though :p
@twadam: Yes the VM can be configured to wait between 10-59 seconds
@cowboydann:
I suggest using the Obi100 instead of either. Less than $50 for the unit, no monthly fee, and it links your desktop phone with google voice. I've held 2 hour conference calls on the thing using my desktop speakerphone, and nobody knew I was using a 100% free VOIP service.
PS - I'm buying one from this offering and giving it to my mother. :)
I bought a refurbished Ooma Telo from Woot about a year ago and have been very happy with it. I couldn't even tell it was a refurb, and we've had zero problems with it. I dumped Vonage, ported my number over, and opted out of the Premier service so I'm saving about $25 a month (it basically paid for itself in less than six months).
I run my Ooma between the cable modem and the router, and have experienced flawless service. I received another "we want you back" email from Vonage this week and laughed!
I bought my Ooma a few months back on Woot! It was a refirb and I've had no hardware troubles at all. The setup and transfer was interesting, they do charge a fee to port your home number, or you can just get a new one (in any area code, wherever you are).
Had some intermittent QoS problems, but I'm convinced that it was due to my ISP not the device. Haven't had any issues since.
It just takes a little getting used to the Ooma dialtone.
--Cheers
Brian
http://norcalwingman.com
How does Ooma work when you are on the phone and a movie is streaming in over netflix at the same time? I have heard there is a problem there. My DSL download speed is only 5 MBS max. That would be a problem as I watch a lot of streaming...
I've known about the Ooma for about a year now. I've pretty much was waiting for a sale. I guess this is the one. I've been fighting with Lingo Phone over their billing practices for years. Goodbye Lingo. Hello Ooma. This should easily pay for itself in 6 months. I've not heard one complaint about service or quality from this company.
Can anyone tell me if you can disable call waiting if you just have the basic service? I have MJ plus (so I don't need a computer on) but I cannot disable call waiting. It's annoying to me and my callers can hear the beeping also.
We have had our Ooma for a little over a month now. I bought the package deal from Costco that included the Telo and the Wireless Adapter. It works incredibly well on our AT&T Uverse internet. We live in Southern California and we just received our first monthly bill for $3.78. Previously I was paying approximately $40 for AT&T. I did the math and this will pay for itself in 6 months. Also the Ooma website/dashboard is great. You can view your call logs, retrieve voice mails, etc from any internet connected device. I believe this is available to all Ooma users, not just premier users.
There are always those people who "wonder" why others even have a landline anymore. Personally, we have two compelling reasons. First, our Verizon service is terrible at our house (lots of dropped calls). Secondly, my wife and I work at home a lot and participate in many long conference calls.
Interesting.....same price here for the same unit that was available during the 'woot off' the other day....guess they weren't really sold out when they moved on to the next item.
Not again!! this is 2x this has been on here in about a month.:(
I have a Panasonic home digital system. Does anyone know if this would work with that?
We switched from Vonage to Ooma about a year ago, and we are SO glad that we did. The overall cost is much lower, and the quality is much higher. If you are thinking about buying this Ooma (as we did from Woot) - DO IT!
Been using a refurb Ooma for over a year now without issue.
On top of that used live chat and even called for support a few days ago (turned out to be a Charter problem). Support was great and immediate, VERY hard to find these days.
Ordering a second one today (in for 1). Getting one for our Daughter.
@ronansdad: the major difference with Ooma is that it is a stand-alone device and does not require a computer to operate.
Bought a refurb OOMA Telo on WOOT about 15 months ago. Ported my Qwest land-line phone number to OOMA. Set-up was a breeze and their Cust Support is superior. Voice quality is terrific on all 3 of my digital phones. For about $4.25 a month I get unlimited local & LD calling in US. Also, OOMA offers low international rates. Sure beats my Qwest $25+ analog monthly service.
I have been very happy with Ooma. It does work with my alarm system but the alarm system had to be reprogramed to use an older form of data transmission. I highly recommend Ooma.
@jdtwin: It works with any phone system, just plug in the base phone and the others will work. I have my phone system base plugged in along with a separate cordless phone, and my fax using a bunch of splitters and they all work fine. I got this last year off Woot and couldn't be happier. Like others said, didn't even look like a refurb and I too keep getting the vonage we want you back emails and letters. What's more fun is when they call or AT&T calls and tries to sell you their deal and they ask how much your paying now for your phone bill, and when you say $3.47/ month, they don't know what to say, it's like, never mind.
We have had our Ooma for more than 2 years now and we are very happy with it. I check my messages on-line sometimes when I travel. We have the small approx $3.00 charge auto billed to a credit card. It sure beats a monthly phone bill.
@tsfisch: No, this will not work with our ADT Alarm service. We had to get the cell-phone-base-unit installed that ADT offers as an option.
I hate to say this, Ooma in the beginning was terrible.
1. We lost our number even when https://go.ooma.com/phone_numbers says it is portable. I was so pissed I demanded they change the site to tell others the number is not portable. They did not.
2. Quality was bad.
Ooma fixed the quality. First they had me put the box between my modem and router... this did not work. Second they had me go in the phone switch and tune it, I do not remember the settings. This worked great. I even put it back in it's place on my router.
3. We could not dial a town 15 miles away.
Support asked for some times of the dialing and fixed the issue in 2 weeks, it was a phone switch routing issue(I live in rural Iowa).
I am very happy with Ooma now.
Ooma support rocks!
Thanks everyone for the reviews!! I just bought and will be booting my Verizon $35 a month phone bill for $4.67 (in my area) a month.
Wahooo!
@tsfisch: Tim, is that you?
On topic:
I purchased one for my folks for Christmas and they loved it. I got one for myself to port over my VOIPO line, and it too works great. Port took about 1 week and everything was awesome.
@imatt: That would be the cheapest setup, but you're banking on GV staying free. For 2012 it will be, but who knows afterward?
We recently bought an Ooma unit, and we LOVE it! We had to troubleshoot and used the forums for help. Great help and quick responses. Our cordless phone didn't mesh for whatever reason. We tried another phone, and now we're making clear calls with ease. ...And I can finally twist my fingers in the cord again!
My parents are loving the one we bought for them. They were paying $118.00 for phone and internet!!!! Yowch! Now, their internet bill is $20-something dollars and NO ridiculous phone bill.
I think I am ready to go ahead and grab one of these. Question for you veteran users though... One of the main reasons we keep our 40 a month landline is because my wife and my mother in law tend to interrupt, and talk over each other in phone conversations. When it is cell phone to cell phone, they do that noise cancelling thing, and it ends up making you want to stab yourself in the ear with a pencil... Does anyone have experience with an Ooma to cell call, with... how shall I say this... spirited? lively? active? type conversation?
Also, is there any downside to buying a refurb, esp. if I needed to return it b/c call quality is not good on the mother in law calls? (My wife is skeptical...) Thanks for any help!
@nransil: Works perfectly, my mom is one of those that I sometimes have to hang up on and call back just to get a word in when using cells, no such problems with Ooma!
In for one! My bill is $53.98/month for phone service. I just couldn't do it anymore. I hope I don't have any issues since my Max speed for DSL in my area is 3MB. Does anyone have internet speeds around the same as me? Any issues using the Ooma?
@cowboydann: I just switched from Magic Jack to this. MJ is extremely unreliable, no customer service number and very buggy. I had to reset mine 4 times today.
I'm very interested in this but I have a few special concerns that I could use input on:
1. I have 7-8 phones tied into my current phone system, which is a pseudo-VIOP system that Charter uses in its very expensive bundle. I don't currently have a problem with all of the phones ringing but I'm concerned that they may not when I connect to the Ooma box. This used to be known as a REN or Ringer Equivalency Number. Any thoughts or experiences with multiple discrete phones?
2. We also have a toll-free 866 number that is used for our home business. It is the same as our landline number except of course for the 866 prefix. How would we get that setup ported over to Ooma?
Thanks for the advice!
@caffeine_dude: Not sure how you would "lose" your number, if the port fails then it just stays with the current phone company.
I highly recommend the Ooma product...We've had both the original "Hub" as well as the "Telo"- service has been excellent for several years since buying, and all buyers must recognize their service will only be as good as their broadband providers network. The array of calling features options are also outstanding. Our "old" number was ported in without ANY delay or difficulty, customer service- no complaints. Give it a try- you wont be disappointed.
@jdtwin: Works fine with any handset system
Will everyone stop with the Magicjack needing a PC that is no longer the case. Check for your self...
Garbage! Ooma customer service is terrible! Once you activate, if you want to sell or give to someone else, you have to disconnect and next person pays $80 reconnect fee! Even though I had it less than a week and it did not work well, they refused to reset to original, unactivated state so next owner could avoid $80 fee.
I have had all major VoIP solutions...the best Obi110 for FREE google voice...all the same features, some even much better, no monthly fees, NO TAXES, better rates than Ooma for Int'l
Shipping Update
Ooma Telo VoIP Home Phone System has completely shipped via FEDEX SMART POST. All tracking has already been emailed out. You can also find your tracking number by following this link and use your ORDER NUMBER as the reference number.
I received mine already. I can tell it's used, but the worst thing is that it didn't include the ethernet cable! I tried resolving through OOMA, but they said Woot has to fix it. Bummer!
Stats
- Added
- Added By
- wootbot
- Clicked
- 7139 times
- Commented On
- 89 times
- Expired
- a year ago
- Viewed
- 8454 times
- Voted Against
- 34 times
- Voted For
- 217 times
89 Comments add a comment
Sort By: