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[squirrel dog]

Ooma Puts Out a Call To Ditch Landlines For Web-Based Service ? A new type of VoIP option will go on sale in September from a Silicon Valley start-up called Ooma, whose product goes by the same name. It differs radically from Vonage and other current VoIP providers, in two ways. First, Ooma is a $399 piece of hardware that users pay for only once. There are no monthly bills. Consumers just buy an Ooma Hub, a small device that looks like an answering machine and plug it into the Internet connection and attach a phone, and receive free, unlimited domestic calls, local or long distance, as long as you keep your Ooma. The Wall Street Journal, B1; BusinessWeek, online.Ooma

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: squirrel dog
Ooma Puts Out a Call To Ditch Landlines For Web-Based Service ? A new type of VoIP option will go on sale in September from a Silicon Valley start-up called Ooma, whose product goes by the same name. It differs radically from Vonage and other current VoIP providers, in two ways. First, Ooma is a $399 piece of hardware that users pay for only once. There are no monthly bills. Consumers just buy an Ooma Hub, a small device that looks like an answering machine and plug it into the Internet connection and attach a phone, and receive free, unlimited domestic calls, local or long distance, as long as you keep your Ooma. The Wall Street Journal, B1; BusinessWeek, online.Ooma

And you bought your shares when? (Kidding!)

Sounds cool, but might have long term issues if competition creates compatible devices.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: sirjonk

And you bought your shares when? (Kidding!)

Sounds cool, but might have long term issues if competition creates compatible devices.

Competition? Oh please.

With Patent insanity and blessed Corporate Monopoly by our Government I am sure this service will have no competition or competitive "compatible" devices.

 

[Lemon law]

And what pray tell powers the internet Ooma needs to have the voice over internet protical as a alternate----its either going to be dsl over phone lines, a line from a cable provider, some sort of internet over powerlines, or some sort of wireless that depends on a government granted radio frequency. And the 27 million in venture capital is supposed to make Ooma viable everywhere in the USA?

But Ooma might have something going for it if Vontage was even the main competitor and not a horrible ripoff. Something like skype gives you unlimited PC to landline calling in the US and Canada for a flat $29.95/yr.---and someone would need 13+ years to just break even buying a pig in the poke Ooma box.

And unless Ooma can provide its own internet access---there should be every expectation that phone and cable companies will pull their plug as soon as they become a competitive threat.---and to that Alas poor Yorick---there may be no answer.---everyone wants a free lunch---but lunch moocher can also be locked out.

 

[DeeKnow]

this is as new as the internet browser

the only thing new is the way they charge ... lump sum upfront rather than pay as you use. other than that, its VoIP... been around for ages

 

[ProfJohn]

Why hasn't this thread been locked?
What does it have to do with P&N?