since9
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As many of you know, I just moved. While shopping for new Internet and phone services, I happened across Ooma.com. For $180, I bought their Telo at Costco. The unit connects your own phone to your cable or DSL modem. Features are managed via their website, and both local and long distance really are free and unlimited. The only monthly charge is for phone access tax, which in my area is less than $4 a month.
Over a three year period, my Ooma phone bill will average less than $9 a month! Monthly Calculation: $8.45 = $180/36 + $3.45
When I was stationed overseas, I used Vonage, but the quality was so bad I dropped it and paid the low per-minute cost (about 1.5 cents per minute) through my German phone service. My monthly phone bills routinely topped $60/month. Still, when I moved to Colorado Springs, and when I moved a second time last month, I looked at Vonage, but the best deal I could get was $15 a month for a few months (three, I think) followed by $25 a month thereafter. Both Comcast and Qwest were asking around or over $30 a month for VoIP service after the initial 6-month $20 per month trial.
When I read a Consumer Reports article showing Ooma had an inexpensive, high-quality solution with a very high customer satisfaction rating, I said, "Why not try it?" Besides, Costco's returns policy would accept a return of the product, no questions asked, so it wasn't like I'd be stuck with it if it didn't work.
Setup time was less than 1 hour from the time I cut the tape on the box to when I made my first call. I needed to call customer service only once, within that first hour, and they fixed the problem in 60 seconds! I've been using it ever since for a month and I am very happy.
I haven't paid $8.45 a month for phone service since 1981, when I was a freshman in college, and that was for local calls only! Talking with my girlfriend a couple of times a month would easily double that. Now I can talk to my son all I (or he) wants without it costing a single extra penny.
As many of you know, I just moved. While shopping for new Internet and phone services, I happened across Ooma.com. For $180, I bought their Telo at Costco. The unit connects your own phone to your cable or DSL modem. Features are managed via their website, and both local and long distance really are free and unlimited. The only monthly charge is for phone access tax, which in my area is less than $4 a month.
Over a three year period, my Ooma phone bill will average less than $9 a month! Monthly Calculation: $8.45 = $180/36 + $3.45
When I was stationed overseas, I used Vonage, but the quality was so bad I dropped it and paid the low per-minute cost (about 1.5 cents per minute) through my German phone service. My monthly phone bills routinely topped $60/month. Still, when I moved to Colorado Springs, and when I moved a second time last month, I looked at Vonage, but the best deal I could get was $15 a month for a few months (three, I think) followed by $25 a month thereafter. Both Comcast and Qwest were asking around or over $30 a month for VoIP service after the initial 6-month $20 per month trial.
When I read a Consumer Reports article showing Ooma had an inexpensive, high-quality solution with a very high customer satisfaction rating, I said, "Why not try it?" Besides, Costco's returns policy would accept a return of the product, no questions asked, so it wasn't like I'd be stuck with it if it didn't work.
Setup time was less than 1 hour from the time I cut the tape on the box to when I made my first call. I needed to call customer service only once, within that first hour, and they fixed the problem in 60 seconds! I've been using it ever since for a month and I am very happy.
I haven't paid $8.45 a month for phone service since 1981, when I was a freshman in college, and that was for local calls only! Talking with my girlfriend a couple of times a month would easily double that. Now I can talk to my son all I (or he) wants without it costing a single extra penny.
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