I can vouch for Obi too! Max Hartshorne Editor GoNOMAD Travel P.O. Box 4 South Deerfield, MA 01373 413-512-1028 Office 413-624-6640 https://www.gonomad.com/travel-writer-guidelines > On Jun 5, 2017, at 4:22 PM, Jan Werner <jwerner at jwdp.com> wrote: > > Haven't used OOMA, but for many years, my regular home phone has been > running VOIP through an OBI 200 box connected to my home network. > > For a while, I used Time Warner Cable VOIP, and then VOIPo, but much > prefer the OBI system, which runs through Google Voice. Among other > things, that lets me check missed calls and retrieve voicemail from a > cell phone or through a web browser. The OBI control panel also allows > me to check on device status and administer it through a web browser. > > I have wired Ethernet and voice quality is as good as POTS ever was in > my house, even during heavy network usage, but I suspect that a VOIP > connection over WiFi could be spotty unless you have a strong signal. > While I haven't tried it, OBIHAI sells a dongle that plugs into the USB > port on the OBI 200 to use it on WiFi networks (as does OOMA). > > An OBI 200 costs less than $50 on Amazon, and the 802.11 AC dual band > WiFi adapter about $30. Calls within the U.S. and Canada are free on > Google Voice and they claim to have the lowest international rates of > any carrier ($.06/minute to mobile phones in France). > > You can find out more about OBI and Google Voice at: > https://www.obitalk.com/info/googlevoice > > Jan Werner > ___________ > > Annamarie Pluhar wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Anyone had experience with OOMA - VOIP to a regular phone? >> >> Longer story >> >> I have elderly friends - he has Alzheimers, she is going to France. Last >> time she left town he went to a local assisted living residence. She was >> unable to call him on his cell because he kept turning it OFF. The power >> button also says END - like they all do. He can't remember how he is >> supposed to do it. Very frustrating for everyone. >> >> I've been looking for a solution - how to have a normal phone attached >> to a cell phone and found the possibility of hooking up OOMA to the >> residence's Wifi network and attaching a normal telephone. Thoughts? >> Experience? >> >> Thanks! >> Annamarie >> >> Annamarie Pluhar >> >> Pluhar Consulting >> http://www.pluharconsulting.com >> 802.451.1941 >> 802.579.5975 (cell) >> _______________________________________________ >> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >> Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >> >> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. >> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >> page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >> http://www.hidden-tech.net/members >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20170605/30f5fb22/attachment-0001.html