Ooma Telo Free Home Phone Service
- Crystal clear nationwide calling for free and low international rates. Pay only monthly applicable taxes and fees.
- #1 rated for overall satisfaction and value by a leading consumer research publication.
- PureVoice HD delivers superior voice quality for a consistently great calling experience
- Works with your high-speed Internet and any home phone; installs in minutes.
- Includes nationwide calling, voicemail, caller-ID, call-waiting, 911 emergency service, and Ooma mobile app
- Backed by 30-day money-back guarantee and extendable 1-year warranty with 24/7 customer support
The smartest home phone is the one that gives you exactly what you want with the greatest savings. That’s Ooma. Connect Ooma to your high-speed Internet and regular home phone and get crystal-clear nationwide calling for free. You pay only monthly taxes and fees. Includes superior voice quality and reliability with Ooma PureVoice HD technology, voicemail, caller ID, call waiting and 911. Keep your current number for a one-time fee or choose a new number in most any area code for free. Optional advanced features are available with Ooma Premier service including unparalleled Blacklisting features to block telemarketers and other unwanted callers, free calling to Canada, an Instant Second Line, voicemail-to-email forwarding (audio file) and more. Ooma also works with Nest devices to give you convenience and peace of mind never before possible in a home phone.
List Price: $ 129.99
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Optoma HD26 Full 3D 1080p 3200 Lumen DLP Home Theater Projector with MHL Enabled HDMI Port
- Full HD 1080p resolution for the sharpest, most detailed image
- All digital connectivity, 2x HDMI ports
- MHL enabled HDMI port, display movies, games and web content from your mobile phone or tablet
- Up to 300-inch diagonal image and HDMI Link for convenient single-remote interoperation with other HDMI CEC enabled devices
Optoma HD26 3D Ready DLP Projector – 1080p – HDTV – 16:9 HD26 Projectors
List Price: $ 1,399.00
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Working so far…and expect it to pay for itself soon,
Some considerations:
-If you want transfer your phone number, don’t disconnect your phone service with the current provider until after the transfer occurs. If you cancel phone service with your current provider, you will not be able to transfer your number- it’s out of your control and back in the number pool of your current provider.
-ooma won’t work with an Ackerman security system, so keep in mind you might have to go with a cell phone-based upgrade to your security system. It’s much safer anyway, but it does decrease the monthly savings when switching to ooma. The cell service option will cost $10/month more, but I am still money ahead.
Cost comparison:
+$10.00 for cell phone upgrade to security system
+$ 3.85 for monthly ooma taxes and fees
-$ 7.00, no more monthly comcast modem rental charges
-$ 32.00, no more Comcast phone service
Net savings is about $25 per month; I spent $160 on the ooma and $150 on Netgear modem plus $40 on the port ($350), so I will break even in about 14 months. That’s OK with me, and worth it to break away from having to use a substandard Comcast modem while getting an upgrade to our security system at the same time.
Update- as soon as the phone number ported to Ooma, Comcast automatically raised my monthly subscription rate to internet and cable to $200, so I had to call them and go through the process of getting the monthly rate down. Comcast subscribers- be prepared.
AUGUST 25 2014 update- No problems with the phone except when I continually lost my internet connection. Off topic, but we just switched to ATT Uverse service and at least in my locale the internet stability has been much better (no drops whatsoever in more than a week). The final straw was when I was charged $60 for a Comcast service visit when the tech could not find anything wrong with the signal strength, so he informed me he had to indicate that my equipment was to blame. I didn’t understand that meant a $60 charge. I know other people have the exact opposite experience, but if you are dissatisfied with your current Comcast service, it’s worth a look at ATT Uverse.
OCTOBER 2014 update. Ooma box has worked flawlessly, but discovered that the company automatically signs you up for a higher tier of features that you get free for a month, but then your credit card begins to be charged at a higher rate. Just be aware that you will have to call and stop higher tier service if you don’t want those features.
MAY 2015: I haven’t had any problems with the unit except very rare internet connection drops. BTW, it took me 6 months to get the $90 Comcast owed me back from them- after three calls and hours on the phone, plus a FAX to their “Consumer Service VP” or whatever their title is, I finally got the check. I have to say that Comcast’s very poor customer service reputation is well deserved in my personal experience.
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|Great Call Quality and Saving Everyday,
Background: I was originally paying Verizon $20 a month for local calling only. There was significant static and the service was low for what I was paying. I switched to Comcast for $33 a month for VOIP service through their HFC network as part of a Triple Play. For this I received basic service and free unlimited U.S. calling. Although the service with Comcast was good, we found that the cost for a phone in the home was not a necessity since everyone now has cell phones. Since this was no longer a must have, I looked for something that was low cost but would still provide traditional land line service for the FAX, business calls, etc.
Research: I looked at several options, including cutting the cord completely. Vonage was pushing a lot of ads at the time, but to me the cost was still too high at $13 a month. Magic Jack was advertised on television, but it did not appear to be the right solution for the home since I wanted to hard-wire into my home phone network, and the Magic Jack required a computer to be on at all times. A friend recommended Ooma. He had a unit for several years and was happy, so I took a look at the service. I found that the service offering compared well to Comcast, and when the unit went on sale, I decided to give it a try.
Out of the Box: Everything was packaged neatly and the unit arrived in perfect condition. The instructions for set-up were clear and concise. The unit is similar in size to a wireless router, without the antennas of course.
Installation: The unit has an Ethernet pass-through that allowed the unit to be wired between the modem and my wireless router. Although Ooma considers this the optimal configuration, I did not like the set-up and used the sub-optimal set -up of connecting it to my routers Ethernet port as a stand-alone device. Comcast had been kind enough to disconnect my Verizon external connection for their installation, so I connected the twisted-pair phone connector with the Ooma so that I could have the Ooma supply phone service to all of the phone jacks in the house. (NOTE – This is easy to do if you are switching from a twisted pair external feed. Many websites describe how to do this and it is fairly easy). You then have to talk to the Ooma device on a computer with a IP address. This causes the Ooma to bring up an internal web server to set-up your service. The set-up was guided and required no technical expertise.
Phone Numbers: Although I live in a rural area outside a small city, I could select the area code I desired and found one that was local for my neighbors to call me. That said, I did like the idea that I could select an area code other than my own, such as the one near my parents. They also offer a phone number porting for a reasonable extra fee, a fee that is waived if you try their upgraded service for a year. Since cost was my driver, I decided to remain on the normal service with a number I chose from a short list of options. Another post expressed dissatisfaction with the area codes available, but this was not my experience.
Start-up: This was a little frustrating and the unit took some time to link with the service and download the updated firmware. At one point I thought it was not working. Patience will be the watch word for this part of the set-up. Normally I would deduct a star for this, but the overall cost and experience more than made up for this initial frustration. Once this was completed, the Ooma linked within a minute. Since installation, we have had power or internet failures that caused the phone system to restart. Normally it re-syncs within a minute or so of power returning. That said, on occasion, I have had to recycle power after a loss of internet service or power to force a sync. This has been rare, two to three times in two years, but it has occurred. To me this is a minor frustration and I again would normally take a star, or at least a half, but when I compare this the service and savings, I have to give them the star back.
Phone Service Quality: We are on a 20MBS down, 4MBS up service through the Cable Company. My children play online games and we stream a lot of movies from various services. In two years, we have never seen a loss in quality of the call and the sound and reception is as good as Verizon or Comcast, maybe even better. In fact, I am on a conference call on the Ooma for work as I am writing this on the web and my teenager is playing an online game on the PS4. The bandwidth for the voice call is a very small tax on your service and for me has been unnoticeable.
FAX: We do FAX over our Ooma line with a All-in-One Printer and have had no issues sending or receiving.
Features: I think the level of features you get for FREE are outstanding. The services are comparable to Comcast and I was surprised that you could get so much for, well, nothing but taxes.
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|Nice Projector,
Update:
I finally got a chance to tweak the image settings to my liking. The image is even more impressive than the presets, vivid preset being the best. But here is my user settings if anyone is interested.
Brightness: -5
Contrast: 25
Sharpness: 15
Color: 15
Tint: 0
Advanced
Gamma: Graphic
BrilliantColor: 10
Dynamic Black: On
Color Temp: Cool
Color Settings
Red: Hue: 6
Saturation: 6
Gain: 16
Green: Hue: 0
Saturation: 0
Gain: 5
Blue: Hue: 3
Saturation: 3
Gain: 13
White: Red: 1
Green: 1
Blue: 4
Cyan: Hue:-6
Saturation: 0
Gain: 10
Magenta: Hue: 22
Saturation: 0
Gain: 15
Yellow: Hue: 32
Saturation: 2
Gain: 12
Color Space: Auto
Enjoy!
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|Great projector for outdoor use and rooms with lots of light,
* I’m pleasantly surprised at the small size of the projector.
* I’m even more surprised at the image quality and brightness.
* 3D is absolutely amazing, and that’s with DLP-Link glasses (haven’t tried RF yet).
* Input lag is completely non-existent, it’s awesome for games.
* Unlike earlier models, it now saves settings between presets.
* Good black levels and shadow detail for this price range.
* 1080p is a necessity in my opinion for screens larger than 100″.
* MHL compatibility is nice for hooking up a smartphone or Chromecast/Roku stick.
* Includes lens cap and HDMI cable.
* Smooth motion, no jitter noticed.
* Cheap bulb replacement.
* Super quiet in Eco mode.
* Bright 3200 lumens is great for outdoor use and rooms with light.
Cons:
* Color accuracy could be better, but I’m a photographer and have a critical eye.
* Whites can sometimes appear too bright.
* No 2D-to-3D conversion.
* Lacks motion interpolation.
* I detected some slight DLP “rainbow effects,” but it was mild for me.
* Remote control sometimes seems unresponsive.
* I would have preferred a matte black plastic casing instead of glossy white.
Bottom line: You get more for less compared to competitors.
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