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I bought the newer "Telo" model at Fry's a couple of month's ago for $199.99. At the time when I bought it, it also came with one of their own handsets (which sell for $49.99). It works pretty well. There were a few times, when the outgoing voice was sort of jumbled in a way, but was still intelligible. It was like an audio version of how people write with the letters of each word in a different order and you're amazed that you can still easily read it. That's how I felt. I could understand what was being said, but it was jumbled in a way that I was amazed that I could understand it. That only happened a few times, though, and lately it's been working perfectly. It's certainly bettter than paying $30 for a landline that were hardly ever use. AT&T didn't charge us the extra $10 to have "naked DSL," either, because we've got AT&T wireless. The Ooma will have paid for it self, in no time. (plus, I've still got that handset I can sell!)

I got this set a couple months back and it's been working fine for me. It's a big shame that Canada is not included in the free calls. Be warned - they charge a 3.9 cent connection fee for any calls outside the US. I make a lot of short calls to the UK and the connection fees really kill the value.
They waive the connection fee if you buy their international plan but that's only available to premier users (about $100/year). If I was going to spend that much I'd just go with Vonage.
I decided to go with voipdiscount through a SIP adapter rather than ooma to get bargain basement calls to the UK (300 mins free/month then 0.015c/min after that).

I had this for over a year. Works great, no problems at all. I do not pay telephone bill anymore. I just pay for high speed internet which I need any way. The cost of my unit was paid off in just 4 months with the money I saved by not paying the telephone company. This is a great deal, and you will never pay a penny for any phone calls within the US.

One other thing to note in the terms is that the free US calls are only guaranteed for 3 years. They may keep it free longer or the may start charging then - I guess we'll see when my 3 years is up.

Edit - scratch that - it looks like they changed the terms to remove the 3 years language.

Over priced? If this company stays in business (which I would say is a true risk here since the service is free) the price cannot be beat. If you get Vonage with their current deal, it is $245.88 for the first year. And that is before they tack on all of their hidden fees which, as I recall are at least another $5 per month. If I can have this for three years for $180, it is a steal!

Dozens of SIP providers out there. IdeaSIP, Gizmo Project (now rolled into Google Voice), OnSIP, etc. Many of them free to sign up and free to use for any in-network calls, with meager amounts for premium calling.

I think I've spent the equivalent of $100 on calls back and forth to and from Canada over the last 5 years that my wife's lived there (and I've lived in the US), and we talk ALL the time.

There are options out there that don't require an initial hardware commitment like Ooma. You could use a softphone on your computer, or a cheapie $30 analog phone adapter to use your regular cordless phone, or use a SIP phone via your iPhone's wifi or some such.

VoIP's power is in its flexibility, not just its price.

Amazon just started unloading these in their min-daily deal for the same price (limited time/qty)

Amazon Lightning Deals has same deal at the moment but should sell out soon.

Tiger Direct has this for $199 with 12.3% cashback (that translates to just under $25) and free shipping. We ordered one Friday and got it Monday.

@carazzie: This is defiantly better than MagicJack, in both terms of voice quality and convenience.

This is a real good deal and the Ooma Core does not have the FCC imposed fees attached to it like the newer Ooma Telo.

I have this and recommend it to everyone, but with the caveat that it will never match the quality of an true landline, it relies on having a broadband connection, and you will sometimes experience few drops (1/10). However, this makes you wonder if paying $200+ a year for anything else makes financial sense.

Ooma also runs a 60 day free trial on their premium services, such as call forwarding & instant 2nd line. I let people know that if they need the premium services, than they should pay the extra $299 premium lifetime fee which you pretty much recoup in two years time.

I'm leery of paying that much upfront on a service without any express guarantees of long term viability. Google "Sunrocket" if you need a case in point.

MagicJack is at a price point where if it shut down a couple weeks after renewing, or even buying a new device, it still wouldn't be an unreasonable amount of money down the drain. Yes, you generally have to leave it running on a computer, though there are ways around that.

I'll second the statement that by using cheap throwaway cell phones with calls routed via Google Voice, even the home VoIP seems largely redundant. Haven't had a traditional landline in several years.