Ooma Telo $139.99 at Sears! Get Consumer Report's #1 Rated Home Phone Service FREE!

Ooma Telo at Sears

Consumer Reports (June 2012 issue) rated Ooma number one over ALL phone companies, period. It rated 25 phone companies including landlines, VOIP, and fiber.

Consumer Reports ranked the phone companies by number from 1 to 25 based on points. Here's a few for example:
1. Ooma 87
5. Vonage 79
17. Comcast 70
18. MagicJack 70
19. Century Link 70

Have had Ooma for a couple of years and it's always been crystal clear and reliable. You can't beat the price of its local & long distance rates: FREE.

More details at Ooma.com.

Saw this at another site and had to share.

"Ooma Telo Free Home Phone Service at Sears for $139.99!"--there is something very ironic about "free" for $139.99-

macnut said:   "Ooma Telo Free Home Phone Service at Sears for $139.99!"--there is something very ironic about "free" for $139.99-

They're saying "phone service" is free, not the ooma device. You know no company would stay in business if they just gave away their products for free. I've been a very happy ooma user for over two years and although the initial investment of $200 was paid off in the less than six months, i no longer have to worry about landline phone bill for as long as ooma stays in business. Thanks OP !

I have had the original unit for almost two years. It works great. I expect the unit here has a small monthly regulatory fee like all new units do now. I haven't seen a Telo without them.

arribasn said:   ach1199 said:   You know no company would stay in business if they just gave away their products for free.

Google Voice,

That said I am a happy Ooma customer as well. Costco also lowered their price to $149.99

I agree, had my Ooma Hub for 1.5 years now, there are fees & whatnot for me (Around $4.50 a month now) but it is worth it. For $4.50 a month having a house phone is a good thing.

I've had mine for about a month now and I cannot resolve the "duplex" problem. That is, I pretty much cannot talk while the other person is talking and vice versa. It's almost like talking on walkie-talkies. It's very annoying. Other than this problem, the voice clarity is crystal clear almost 100% of the time. BTW, I've connected my Ooma between Modem and Router.

I agree with the OOMA praises. Dumped the phone company and bought a hub and scout over 2 years ago. No regrets. The government fees and taxes are just ridiculous on a phone company land line.

arribasn said:   ach1199 said:   You know no company would stay in business if they just gave away their products for free.

Google Voice,

That said I am a happy Ooma customer as well. Costco also lowered their price to $149.99

I installed an Ooma to my mom's place along with my own I can't stress enough how it works great. Especially from my Mom's since they got the no fee/tax. I have been also recommending OBiTalk with Google Voice.

got the last one in my local store. Thanks.

jd2020 said:   Ooma Telo at Sears

Consumer Reports (June 2012 issue) rates Ooma number one over all phone companies period. It rated 25 phone companies including landlines, VOIP, and fiber.

Have had Ooma for a couple of years and it's always been crystal clear and reliable. You can' beat the price of its local & long distance rates: free.

More details at Ooma.com.

Saw this at another site and had to share.

Any way you can post the article from Consumer Reports?

horizon6 said:   dpid said:   ach1199 said:   macnut said:   "Ooma Telo Free Home Phone Service at Sears for $139.99!"--there is something very ironic about "free" for $139.99-

They're saying "phone service" is free, not the ooma device. You know no company would stay in business if they just gave away their products for free. I've been a very happy ooma user for over two years and although the initial investment of $200 was paid off in the less than six months, i no longer have to worry about landline phone bill for as long as ooma stays in business. Thanks OP !

If this was 2000, we would have been paid to use it
Then again, we know how well those companies fared....

Someone else remembers the beta test with free distribution of boxes

White Rabbit tester here

I loved the service so much, I started to feel guilty and upgraded to the Telo. Still exempt from the taxes and get free premier services so I am a very happy customer.

arribasn said:   david5182 said:   I've had mine for about a month now and I cannot resolve the "duplex" problem. That is, I pretty much cannot talk while the other person is talking and vice versa. It's almost like talking on walkie-talkies. It's very annoying. Other than this problem, the voice clarity is crystal clear almost 100% of the time. BTW, I've connected my Ooma between Modem and Router.
What is your Up/Down speed and latency?
I have Time Warner Cable. My speed is 20 down and 2 up. By latency do you mean ping? If so, according to Speedtest.net it is 5ms.

If you go by that logic, most consumer goods companies would be out of business. I have had Ooma for over 3 years now and never regretted it. Now that I have moved to a bigger house I am tempted to upgrade to Telo.

I find this really cool, thanks.

What phone number do you use? Current or new one?

cdo770 said:   Keep in mind that ooma does not work for faxes at least not for me(even using the prefix that they suggest).

Hit *99 then pause before dialing fax number.

ach1199 said:   macnut said:   "Ooma Telo Free Home Phone Service at Sears for $139.99!"--there is something very ironic about "free" for $139.99-

They're saying "phone service" is free, not the ooma device. You know no company would stay in business if they just gave away their products for free. I've been a very happy ooma user for over two years and although the initial investment of $200 was paid off in the less than six months, i no longer have to worry about landline phone bill for as long as ooma stays in business. Thanks OP !

New to Ooma here.. what are the odds the company will stay in business for next few years -- just thinking from what I read here that if business model is thru initial upfront device sale but they have ongoing back end cost for providing the service then surely at some point the ponzi scheme (sorry strong word but that is closest) would have to give as number of subscribers to support go way up compared to device sales ... unless initial sales never cool pulling newer buyers, isn't it ?

tjmxxx said:   I had one and it is decent. Better is the OBi100. Just do search on Amazon, it is way better and way cheaper, and I have no axe to grind. I use it all day, every day. Works great and the service is totally free. I have call blocking, call forwarding, conference calling, everything----free.

Doesn't the Tech. Details section on Amazon.com for Obi100 say that all calls are free till end of 2012. What after that ? Will the same trend continue or not ? Maybe they won some low price contract with some carrier and could offer this service but may raise rates starting Jan. 2013 onwards. Does anybody have some idea about this ?

sudhs said:   tjmxxx said:   I had one and it is decent. Better is the OBi100. Just do search on Amazon, it is way better and way cheaper, and I have no axe to grind. I use it all day, every day. Works great and the service is totally free. I have call blocking, call forwarding, conference calling, everything----free.

Doesn't the Tech. Details section on Amazon.com for Obi100 say that all calls are free till end of 2012. What after that ? Will the same trend continue or not ? Maybe they won some low price contract with some carrier and could offer this service but may raise rates starting Jan. 2013 onwards. Does anybody have some idea about this ?

My understanding is that obi uses google voice which has been threatening to not be free for a while now but it seems to keep getting extended. my understanding is that obi is great but may require a bit more work to set up

How come people don't just get the obihai and run Google voice on it? Seems cheaper to me.

EDIT* looks like I'm not the only one thinking this

bhoup said:   Well I've been debating on NetTalk vs. Ooma for quite some time but decided on Ooma because of the better reviews. Now, does anyone know how I can keep my current number (currently with Vonage) since Ooma, Nettalk, etc. can't seem to port it in?You can definitely port into Ooma.

http://www.ooma.com/app/support/porting-your-phone-number-ooma

Transferring your phone number can take several weeks to complete and requires a one-time charge of $39.99 (which is waived if you subscribe to one-year of Ooma Premier).

You can also port into Nettalk.

http://www.nettalk.com/en/porting