[Hidden-tech] Hidden-discuss Digest, Vol 128, Issue 2

[Hope Nilsson]

I'm also interested in switching to Ooma. Does anyone have any experience
using it with Time Warner Cable? Also, I regularly have phone conferences
while simultaneously doing various things on the computer/internet...eg,
working on a shared desktop while talking to one of my developers. I'm
hesitant to switch to a VOIP-based phone because my work requires that I
can't compromise the ability to talk and work on the machine at the same
time. Any advice on that situation would be appreciated!

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> From: "Chris Hart, MyMacTech.com" <chris at chrishart.net>
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> I had issues with sound quality and "echoes" on the line.  Dropped it
> quickly.
>
> Unfortunately, I had the same issues with Vonage.
>
> I grilled my ISP (Cox) on several occasions about this and they denied
> doing
> anything to hinder VOIP.
>
> I ended up doing what they probably hope for, adopting Cox phone service
> (which is bulletproof).
>
> Chris Hart
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> From:  Christine Dutton <cgdutton7 at gmail.com>
> Date:  Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 9:15 AM
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> Subject:  [Hidden-tech] Ooma
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> Hello,
> Asking for an associate...Any thoughts about the cloud phone service OOMA
> for a landline replacement? Like it or not & why?
> Thank you!
> Christine
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> From: Martina Haskins <martina at mobiusworks.com>
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> I highly recommend it. We replaced our Comcast landline with Ooma and will
> never go back. We only pay about $3/month now for a home phone, and it
> works great!
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> Asking for an associate...Any thoughts about the cloud phone service OOMA
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> Thank you!
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> Ooma has worked well for us for several years. Even better, Ooma started
> using Nomorobo, which has stopped over 99% of the illegal robocallers.
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> Political calls, charities, bill collectors, and emergency robocalls from
> the town still get through, which is appropriate and legal even if I do not
> like the political callers. Downside:
> - Calls out of USA are not free or need upgrade from basic service.
> - Every call has a musical note before it connects.
> - Messages to our home machine have 15 seconds dead time after every
> message before Ooma believes the call is over.
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> -Doug Lowing
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> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Christine Dutton <cgdutton7 at gmail.com>
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