Ooma Telo $149.99 @ Costco Stores

You need to pay tax and fee monthly for this. Right?

Yeah, but it's not much. What I wonder is what the difference is between this and the magic jack the newer version that you can plug in directly into a router? I don't want any fancy voicemail and stuff. To me they both look the same, they give you a number and you just plug them into a router, except that the magic jack is a lot cheaper 4x.xx something.

EDIT:

Hmmmmm.... looks like it's 80 on Amazon. I've been stuck in the past I guess .

cout said:   Yeah, but it's not much. What I wonder is what the difference is between this and the magic jack the newer version that you can plug in directly into a router? I don't want any fancy voicemail and stuff. To me they both look the same, they give you a number and you just plug them into a router, except that the magic jack is a lot cheaper 4x.xx something.

EDIT:

Hmmmmm.... looks like it's 80 on Amazon. I've been stuck in the past I guess .

got nettalk with free number porting, it works well most of the time. The few complaints are:

1) Short rings when someone calls
2) Sometimes you do get disconnected
3) Call quality is a little worse (but still pretty good) when compared to the phone companies.

Overall, it's worth it.

I <3 Ooma.

Even if I had to pay taxes (grandfathered plan), I'd buy it again in a heartbeat.

Thanks, OP!

kataro62 said:   With Magic Jack you have to dial area code first to make outgoing calls I think,a little annoying I would think.
I've been doing this since I got a cellphone...in 1999.

Doesn't everyone dial 10 digits these days??

Yep. In GA I pay $3.58

billjriv said:   if your going to pay this much why not just buy a used ipod touch and get the free talkatone or icall apps then it's like getting a free mini computer

Two completely different situations. In the home, OOMA quality is on a par with landline quality and uses regular telephones. Much more comfortable to talk for long periods of time when the audio and comfort are optimal. Why tie up your iPod/smartphone on a long call at home? Many of them can't make a call and do something else (cdma). I have found that VOIP calling on a mobile device is simply not as good as the OOMA.

We love our Ooma, had it for years and it's always been crystal clear and reliable.

can this be combined with $50 rebate?

me too i dial 10 digits

you can multi taskith the app too so it doesnt tie it up.

Sound like you have dsl,
This may help old post....http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/deal-discussion/933175/
Also you didnt mention but just fyi if you port your number from frontier to Ooma, beware (possible) it will cancel all service. A simple (maybe) call will suffice.
Nice thing about costco great return policy, so you can test the unit if you desire before canceling.

markstheone said:   I have landline and internet from frontier communications. I get my internet through the phone line using filters. Can I cancel my phone, just have dsl internet and use OOMA? Not sure if I need a dry loop (and fees for dry loop) or not. thanks for any help.

Pauldow said:   coolbreeze said:   kataro62 said:   With Magic Jack you have to dial area code first to make outgoing calls I think,a little annoying I would think.
I've been doing this since I got a cellphone...in 1999.

Doesn't everyone dial 10 digits these days??Personally, I haven't "dialed" to make a call in over a decade, but it seems to take linger to remove that from our vocabulary.
With Ooma, they have a non-standard protocol where if you only press 7 digits, it waits a few seconds, then inserts the local area code for you. It's faster to use 10 digits, but it works with 7.

This slightly OT, feel free to skip reading, or accept apologies in advance, but it responds to the prior comment.

Saw a child who found a rotary telephone and had someone connect the red/green wires to a jack and then explain what it was, use dial a POTS instrument to make a call some years back. Was brief fun and interesting to watch and expect the child enjoyed it too, but once seemed to be satisfy the curiosity and be enough for both of us

With the uncertain assumptions that into the foreseeable future existing service, e.g. telephone calls and e-mail continue much as they do now, and the guess that most calls, etc. are initiated by name or some other identifier from a list (phone-book-list, contact-list, bookmark-list, whatever):
1. Why do we keep tweaking the domestic phone system to accommodate 10-digits, with a 1+ in some cases or care about the number of digits instead starting to go to the equivalent for those of the extended length IPv6? 2. When do we go to a system of central assignment of numbers (or alpha-numerics) for phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc. that belong to an individual, that can be moved by the individual to any carriers without their intervention or charges, similar to domain name registration and to a system used by a firm known for search that also provides numbers that are forwarded to other devices, and maybe even use the same identifier for voice, email, text, etc.?