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Ooma is a company that is trying to make long distance phone calls free for everyone using VoIP.
Basic Ooma service is no longer free for life for new users who purchase a new Ooma Hub or Telo Hub after November 1st.
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Fast Facts:
- Headquarters: Palo Alto, California .
- Supposed to let consumers make calls for free.
- Makes use of VoIP.
- Ooma introduced 99$ yearly & 12.95 a month premier plan(s) that consumers can add to their existing free service earlier this year which includes but is not limited to enhanced voicemail, privacy, & personalization options as well as a second line.
- If users don't want to pay for the premier service but still want a second line they can pay 5$ a month.
- Number transfer is offered at 39.99 but is waved if the user signs up for the premier service for a year.
- Ooma is planning to roll out a service to compliment the Google Voice private beta, which will be compatible with the upcoming " Telo" cordless hub.
- Ooma's decision to outsource its customer service to Europe has angered some users.* (July 24th 2009)
- Ooma Inc. received an additional 18.3 million dollars in funding from VC firms roughly this summer.
- Ooma Inc. Has spent nearly 20 million dollars in funding over the past 2 years from VC firms.
- One of the best deals on Ooma 's hardware (Hub & Scout) can be found at costco for 229.99 with 6 months of premier service free or users also have the option of choosing 50$ of international calling credit instead.
- Ooma uses a proprietary VoIP codec that keeps costs down allows for excellent call quality and uses smaller than usual amounts of bandwidth. Basically allowing for excellent QOS.
Customer Support
- Phone: 1-888-711-6662
- Tech support: Monday - Friday, 8am to 6pm, and Saturday - Sunday, 8am to 5pm, PST
- E-MAIL: Support@Ooma.com
- Or in the Ooma Forums at Forums.Ooma.Com
Basic Features (Free)
- Ooma core Basic features and functionality that will always remain free are services most consumers have come to love are but are not limited to.
- Call Waiting .
- Call Forwarding . (BETA)
- Basic Voicemail features .
- Voicemail forwarding to E-MAIL
- Low cost international calling rates .
- Free Ooma to Ooma calling .
- All new users also get but not limited to.
- 30-day money-back guarantee.
- Extendable one-year warranty.
- 60 day free trial of Ooma Premier.
Some retailers are offering 6 months of Ooma Premier features or 50$ in international calling credit for new users.
Ooma is also offering for a limited time 6 months of Ooma Premier or 50$ of international calling credit for existing users who refer new customers to Ooma.
Premier Package Features (Paid)
- Ooma Premier package features include but are not limited to.
- Advanced Calling and privacy features such as
"Instant" second line. (Premier and SL subscribers)
- Three-way conferencing / Three-way calling .
- Multi Ring with the ability to transfer calls to another phone.
- Custom and community Blacklist (s).
- Call screening and call blocking.
- Call recording
- Enhanced Voicemail
- Message screening
- Forward Voicemail to E-MAIL
- Do not disturb
- Voicemail Transcription (BETA)
- Personalization
- Personalized Voicemail boxes and numbers.
- Private voicemail options.
- Custom ring patterns for individual party callers.
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Ooma News
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Commentary: Ooma and Vonnage offer options for attorneys
He's found two great, price-conscious alternatives in VoIP services, ooma and Vonage. Seifert keeps Ma around in his downtown Milwaukee law office, ... (December 15, 2009)Wisconsin Law Journal -
Ooma outage for most of Monday
VoIP provider Ooma experienced a service shutdown Monday lasting from 2 pm until 8 pm EST, and the service was still experiencing problems for the rest of ... (April 14, 2009)FierceVoIP -
BrightRoll Announces 'Performance Pricing' Campaign Successes Leading-Edge ...
For more information, go to www.ooma.com : http://www.ooma.com network, having served billions of advertisements since it was founded. three-fourths of the ... (November 23, 2009)Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung) -
Ooma Telo DECT 6.0 Cordless VoIP Handset
The Ooma Telo handset is apparently so new it's not available on the Ooma website yet, but apparently features DECT 6.0 technology which delivers superb ... (November 24, 2009)Phones Review
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Ooma Blogs
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Ooma VoIP Phone with No Monthly Fees: Your Thoughts? » My Money Blog
As I just mentioned in the post below, I bought an Ooma Hub/Scout system which advertises Unlimited Home VoIP Phone Service with no future monthly fees. Features included free domestic long distance, 911 service, caller ID, voicemai... (December 07, 2009)mymoneyblog.com -
My Ooma Phone Initial Setup Experience » My Money Blog
I received my Ooma Hub/Scout phone system from Walmart today, and it is already up and running. Thanks for your comments, and here's was my setup experience. It literally only took 10 minutes before I was both calling out and receivi... (December 09, 2009)mymoneyblog.com -
Ooma Referral Coupon Codes | 20somethingfinance.com | Personal ...
Three coupon codes that I was given for Ooma. They expire at the end of December 2009. (December 12, 2009)20somethingfinance.com -
Ooma Telo Handset now available, attempts to lure your booze money ...
While some of us weren't totally digging the skin of the Ooma Telo VoIP hub, it's only fair to say that the company has somewhat. (November 19, 2009)engadget.com
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Ooma Blogs and Commentaries
- Google Blog Search: Ooma
- TechCrunch: Ooma Launches Free Consumer Phone Service
- Engadget: Ooma Wants You To Have Free VoIP Landlines -- For A Price
- NewsBlog: My So-So Ooma Setup Experience
- BroadBandReports.com: Ooma Promises 'Free' Voice
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[...] even had a Santa Line my kids called to leave a message for santa…great memories…now, they’ve even expanded to be able to be used on cell phones….I wish would had that before I switched to ooma. sorry you had a horrible experience.Marco | http://www.bargaineering.com/articles Original | Permalink (December 18, 2009 03:57 PM) -
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I’ve successfully been able to use Vonage, Ooma, magicjack for this. I’ve never tried skype.Marco | http://www.bargaineering.com/articles Original | Permalink (December 18, 2009 03:53 PM) -
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Glenn, I encourage you to check out Ooma, if you haven’t already. No need to run anything on your computer for the VOIP to run. I don’t work for Ooma, I’m a very pleased customer for the last 16 months.Matt | http://www.bargaineering.com/articles Original | Permalink (December 17, 2009 03:20 PM) -
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No, that is not correct. I have had Ooma since August 2008. I have never paid a cent to any phone company for a land line. You can use Ooma to call any number, anywhere (international calling requires you to add $ to your account, [...]Matt | http://www.bargaineering.com/articles Original | Permalink (December 17, 2009 03:13 PM) -
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The ooma “Hub” is installed between the cable modem and router, and apparently the software favors the [...] probably shouldn’t do that. What I really need to do is call ooma Support and see if they have any ideas. It’s one wrinkle & [...]Kevin | http://www.practicalhacks.com/ Original | Permalink (December 17, 2009 01:28 PM)
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