How responsive do you expect them to be when they are struggling just to make ends meet?

If they last three years, then your $250 will be covered, but not if you opt for the premier service.

I pay ~ $15/mo @ Teleblend; cheaper alternatives are available.

Note to all who use VoIP: Get a UPS and only connect your modems/router to it. That & an LED flashlight, a crank-operated radio, and a few Snickers bars should get you through almost anything.

Isis

I had skype on a dect cordless so I didn’t have to run a pc all the time. It was OK, but locked up often. I didn’t much care for their bots spamming stuff on my pc and removed their app because of their IM function.

The only thing skype still does well that ooma can’t is make calls between subscribers in foreign countries. I don’t do much international dialing but if I had family overseas I’d probably buy them an ooma with a US phone number and let them make free calls to the USA as well as let me call them for free.

I’ve had Ooma 4 months with no lockups at all.
Ooma’s voicemail is far better than skype since you can screen your calls and pick up important ones.
Ooma has an overall better feature set than skype, much like google voice does.
Ooma has a REAL rj-11 phone jack to plug whatever I want in. Skype wants to use usb or pc audio. Everything for skype must be custom built for their system, while any speakerphone works with ooma.
Ooma lets me plug in a fax
Ooma has a better sounding voice codec
Skype is charging 4c/min us, Ooma, zero
Skype has a monthly fee for my skypein number, ooma zero.
Skype was a really good start to the world of voip but with video their reliability has gone down. I’ve had skype calls drop multiple times, while

What’s really irritating about skype over the past 3 years is they have done the cable model of price increases. My skypein number renewalls keep going up, as do their per minute charges or “unlimited” pricing.

Ooma is more like a real phone.

Part of that real phone concept is inserting the ooma box between the modem and the router so QOS is managed by the ATA, while skype gets what bandwidth the router assigns it resulting in an un-natural sound compared to ooma’s. Plus Ooma lets you change codecs to run fax and data when needed, while skype doesn’t publish any info on their codec or bitrate and can’t fax at all even though fax over IP has been developed.

I liked skype for many years, but now Ooma has resolved their initial problems and has a far better offering in that it resembles an honest phone line for less money. People could tell when I called from skype – with ooma people don’t know I’m not on my regular phone line. Besides, I have a problem putting money in ebay’s pockets. Why they bought skype is beyond me.

I have one for 1.5 years and my buddy completely switched to ooma all his private and bus lines!

I LOVE OOMA!

This thing is really well made and the setup is simple and the calls super clean and clear. I don’t use a phone line or need my pc running like I did with MJ. I now have a great sounding phone and free calls for life! It just don’t get any better then this folks.

I’m considering getting the Ooma premier service but have two concerns. First, I need to be able to port two existing phone numbers. Secondly, I’ve been trying reach someone at the company all week to determine if this is possible, and no one is there. Does anyone know what’s going on – did they all take a full week off for the holidays?

Lee

If it works for 4 months you paid for what it would cost for ATT phone service.

It seems pretty good and I have been reading a lot of positive responses. But for now, I’ll keep researching, and when the money situation gets better, I just may purchase one.