I got Ooma VoIP
That said, I wanted to point out this great deal on Amazon
Ooma is basically Vonage without a monthly fee – you just pay for the hardware. Calls are handled through a peer to peer system and the business model for Ooma is based on its $99/yr premium service (which I bought – my Vonage service is about $419/yr).
I am having my Vonage number ported over to Ooma now. It’s $59 for the number port but you get it free with the premium service, which has some cool voicemail and multiline features.
But don’t misunderstand – the basic service with a new phone number is completely free, you just pay for hardware. Just plug any regular telephone and broadband connection into the Ooma, register on their site (no credit card needed!) and you’re up and running with a service that, so far, works as great as Vonage for me.
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1 Joe // Dec 8, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Well costco has these for $169 but they arent worth the time or money unless you only make phones calls. I had to take first 3 back as theye werent even registerd to ooma as having been shipped so they hadmme exchange them as they couldnt be used or registered. Now oom adds some stupid little jingle when you pick the phone up and another the other person hears when you call. You can turn the one the other person hears off but not the pre dial tone so that makes doing faxes or credit card swipes impossible. i have tried every offered solution out and ooma just says it cant be done…so basically if you get this its not like having a real phone lines its phone line light so not good for business or people who use thier lines for all capibilities. It makes calls and for what it does the magic jack is a much better buy..
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