Anyone use Ooma VOIP service?

[Artdeco]

Just activated one to port a decades old phone number.

Curious how others have found the service.

 

[V00DOO]

I bought 3 old Ooma phones, the one without any monthly fees or tax and gave them to my family Memebers. They been running great for more than 6 years. Just be sure to install the Ooma before your router.

 

[Artdeco]

I bought 3 old Ooma phones, the one without any monthly fees or tax and gave them to my family Memebers. They been running great for more than 6 years. Just be sure to install the Ooma before your router.

Nice... $5/month taxes for me.

 

[RossMAN]

Love it, costs us around $3.50/mo, call quality and reliability have been good.

 

[Pulsar]

Excellent phone service - had them for years. Ended up leaving them when I lost my high speed internet and had no problem porting my number to google voice.

 

[Imp]

Moved to it in the fall of 2015. Local phone service has been great.

Calling to the other side of the planet has been mostly fine but hit and miss -- initially had trouble connecting dialing straight, now it usually does, but calls get dropped. Not sure if it's due to this service or if all phones are like this. Using calling cards on the old "real" landline, calls would get dropped too.

Regardless, we save like $40/month so not bad.

 

[Fritzo]

I've been using it for over two years and liked it so much I bought a box for my parents and inlaws. It's awesome. I think after taxes it's about $4/month.

 

[Artdeco]

I have a bundle of services, Dish basic, POTS unlimited US, and DSL, max 3Mbps, just got fiber 80Mbps, and am going to cut the cord, have a 3rd gen ATV, 4th gen ATV, Yahoo OS'd smart TV, Roku OS'd TV, and a Roku 3.

Cutting the cord with the fiber and Ooma, Hulu, Showtime, Netflix, will end up costing $20/month more than the bundle, but the internet speed is so much better....

 

[Rumpltzer]

I got my Ooma in the spring of 2010 (no taxes and no fees). After a year or two, I regretted that I hadn't purchased it earlier.

The phone service is great. Keep in mind that I also barely use my house phone, and I generally never answer it when it rings.

After years of using international phone cards to call overseas, I now add $10 or $20 to the Ooma international calling plan balance when I have relatives from overseas staying with me so they can call home at their convenience without the hassle of phone cards. (I switched to Google Voice for international calls on my mobile phone.)

Ooma is awesome. Of course, it's awesome because I don't have to pay any mothly fees. The fees in my area would be $4.53 a month. At that price, the house phone wouldn't be worth keeping...


Edit: My FIOS cable will be cut off tomorrow. I got a TiVo OTA with lifetime service, and I put up a Mohu Leaf 50 antenna to get local channels. Considering a Hulu Plus account (or maybe Sling TV), but I'm going to see how it works out with just the antenna for a while.

Now what else can I get rid of....?