Comments on: My Ooma Phone Initial Setup Experience

By: david

david — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:52:26 +0000

somehow i was automatically signed up for this service without making international calls. 4 months of billing for a service I don’t use. No refund offered on 3 months. Watch your bills.

By: Pilm

Pilm — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:03:17 +0000

If you happen to have DSL service from a supplier that uses a combination modem/router, ooma call quality will be terrible (echo, delay, drops, noise, etc). If I could get my money back I’d do it, but I figure I’ll hold on to it for a year to recover my initial cost outlay.

By: dogatemyfinances

dogatemyfinances — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:03:27 +0000

I didn’t like the credit card either. So I just never set up my voicemail and let it use the answering machine on the phone instead.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:42:56 +0000

The magic jack requires a computer to be plugged in and powered on and I don’t think it has enough power to plug into existing phone wiring power remote hand sets. So this is basically the same technology except they are bundling in the computer and a power pull up to supply the power to the house wiring.

By: circle

circle — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:02:09 +0000

How about magicjack? does anyone have experience with magic jack? how does it compare with Ooma phone?

By: Chandra

Chandra — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:34:42 +0000

Don’t I still have to pay for either DSL or cable to use this product? If so, then the only cost savings would be for the actual minutes of long distance, right? My DSL company, AT&T, charges more for the DSL if you don’t also have a land line. I’m not sure how much the cable internet costs.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:14:33 +0000

When I saw the RSS link, I thought, “The Nobel Prize AND his own phone brand???” Then I realized it doesn’t actually say “My Obama Phone Initial Setup.”

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:41:19 +0000

I just set up a new Ooma system with the Telo… my phones constantly indicate that there’s a message waiting, even if there isn’t one. I think it’s because of the unusual dial tone.

By: J

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:31:33 +0000

How does the fax portion work. I am interested in replacing my vonage fax line. Looking at all options including iPhone apps.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:29:25 +0000

Yes, the Message Waiting indicator light does come on each of the phones when there is a message with my set up.

By: JT

JT — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:30:32 +0000

Does it light the Message Waiting Indicator on phones if they support that? I have SunRocket/Teleblend, and when I have a message my phone flashes.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:25:05 +0000

I eBayed my scout as I already had an expandable handset system setup. An easy way to recover $40 or so (can pay for your porting . . . )

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:08:48 +0000

So are you gonna port your number? $40 is a bit much….