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"... reinvent the way they [consumers] use their home phone with an ooma system."

With a statement like that it is hard to imagine how it would be possible using closed protocols. However nothing on their website suggests they are anything other than a proprietary system, not unlike our current telephone system, with the exception they are leaching their infrastructure off of the open and free protocols that define our Internet.]]>Jul 19th 2007 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/Jul 19th 2007 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/Jul 19th 2007 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/Jul 19th 2007 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/Jul 19th 2007 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/Jul 19th 2007 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/Jul 20th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/
I did take it to a Starbucks and it connected easily to the T-Mobile HotSpot, but, I didn't get to talk to anyone, just their answering machines.

I'll give it a few more days, but, so far, not real impressed. ]]>Jul 21st 2007 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/Why Skype is Better than Ooma]]>Jul 28th 2007 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/http://techuntangled.com/why-skype-is-better-than-ooma]]>Jul 28th 2007 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/Sep 28th 2007 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/19/ooma-wants-you-to-have-free-voip-landlines-for-a-price/
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I participated in the White Rabbit program, but my box died less than a week into the trial, and I have been trying to get a replacement ever since.

There is certainly some fine print to using this service..........the changes they make can be charged for by your local phone company. that much is a given. In my case, I was charged $10.80 to add CF-B to my line, which is an additional $1.75 a month. Then, when my Ooma box broke, I didn't have VM for 2 weeks. So, after no signs of getting a new box in the mail, I pleaded w/ Ooma to add my VM back until I get a new box. So, they do, which adds an additional $10.80 charge to my phone bill. To add insult to injury, the customer care reps w/ Ooma had the audacity to tell me that they never removed my VM to begin with, and moreover, that my phone company stated that I never had VM w/ my service. Someone must have been giving it to me for free for the last 2 years then.........please!

So far Ooma has cost me $23.35 and w/ Unlimited LD only costing $5 more a month, I could have gotten more usage out of my money by upgrading my account w/ my local carrier; 4 monhts of US domestic calling versus 2 days.

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