http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/ Engadget Comments for Ooma Telo Handset now available, attempts to lure your booze money http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/Nov 19th 2009 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/
It's the times new roman. Makes it unreadable.]]>Nov 19th 2009 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/Nov 20th 2009 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/
Damn! I was going to make an Obama comment, I thought I was being so clever..

Kudos to you, Eleazar, for beating me to the punch.]]>Nov 20th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/
Then you know the result. Downranking...away!]]>Nov 19th 2009 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/Maybe you never tried this because it just came out...?]]>Nov 19th 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/
Ooma's VoIP service is amazing. Technically you can use it for no monthly fee, but $10/month is well worth the extras. Sounds like you're bitter for not getting a free one to try. Boo hoo.]]>Nov 19th 2009 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/I'm on the verge of pulling the trigger on an Ooma system. My current landline is costing me $42 a month. With the Ooma Premier service I'll be paying $10 a month. This saves me $384 a year. The system will be totally paid for in less than a year. Yep, sounds like a good deal.]]>Nov 20th 2009 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/
Do it, you won't look back. Call quality is as good as a land line, better than a cell phone.]]>Nov 20th 2009 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/
Ooma with Premiere has been awesome for my family. It replaced our home phone and my home office line. Basically, the unit was paid for in about 4 months and then every year the hundred bucks is basically recouped by the end of Feb. Ooma is rock solid.]]>Nov 20th 2009 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/
Plus, if you want all the features they're trying to charge you for, just get a google voice number an attach your Ooma number to the account. ]]>Nov 20th 2009 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/
maybe you should slap yourself now]]>Nov 19th 2009 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/Nov 20th 2009 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/Nov 20th 2009 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/
That's good and all, but, I quote, "you can read about that at Ooma's web site if you care".]]>Nov 20th 2009 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/Nov 20th 2009 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/Nov 20th 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/Nov 20th 2009 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/Nov 20th 2009 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/Nov 20th 2009 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/
Most likely because they're using the cheapest DECT solution from DSPG/NXP possible, and their product manager for this line was probably too lazy to demand the use of VegaOne or a higher powered platform from their (most likely Asian) manufacturer, and that unnamed manufacturer was probably re-using some existing platform & MMI to cut down on NRE costs.]]>Nov 20th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/Nov 20th 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/
My Ooma is installed behind my router.
the QoS is off - I've never needed it.
Never a problem downloading - or calling during downloads.
Always superb call quality.]]>Nov 20th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/Nov 20th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/
She fumbles through these steps and seems barely able to speak. She keeps saying, "Wait, hold on, umm."

I am patient. I continue listening. She then explains that as an upgrading customer, I have to not only pay a $12 "surchange" but also a $75 "re-activation fee." I explain, I will not be paying those fees, because nowhere during my purchase did it say, "Stop -- this product does not cost $300. It actually costs $387 - but we'll suck the difference out later."

She persisted, and so I asked for a manager. After 10 minutes of waiting, she said there were no managers, but she'd be happy to "open a ticket" for me. I said no, I want to speak with a manager. She said, "If you had read the terms and conditions, you would have known about the extra fees." I ignore her and continue asking for a manager.

I called Ooma on a second line -- this time asking for Sales. The sales manager kept me on hold for 30 minutes and said they couldn't do anything for me.

In the end, I am returning everything and canceling my account with Ooma. I am also NOT giving my old equipment to a family member, costing Ooma one more potential customer.

TERRIBLE customer service and hidden fees. Don't listen to "no monthly fees," either. Most of the real Ooma features are only available if you pay $12/mo.

Avoid at all costs.]]>Nov 20th 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/ooma-telo-handset-now-available-attempts-to-lure-your-booze-mon/http://www.ooma.com/blog/2009/10/21/free-voice-mail-for-all-ooma-users/]]>Nov 22nd 2009 4:15AM