Do they allow you to port your existing phone number to Ooma? Can you switch back if you want to?

whats latest on oboma phone ? can i keep my # ?

You get a good sense of how Ooma stacks up with Magic Jack (and Vonage and Skype) at:

http://tech.spotcoolstuff.com/internet-telephone-versus/ooma

ooma works wonderful for phone calls, much better call quality than majic jack. I haven't had any luck sending or receiving faxes on it. Their web site says it may or may not work well with faxes, I guess it depends on your internet connection. They tell me they're currently working on a solution for the fax problem.

E-mailed them twice over a 4-week period. Still no reply.

Customer support has been very good for me. I had an outgoing caller ID issue, and they followed up with me almost daily until resolved. Very nice people at ooma!

Had Magic Jack and never really liked it or did it ever work very well. Now I have Ooma and it is awesome. Would do it again in a heartbeat. Combine this with grandcentral and google voice and you have all the features you would ever need in a phone system. Quality of ooma is 200 times better then Magicless jack

I had tried Majic Jack and had bad luck with it with a computer crash. I had dropped calls and bad reception as well. I got Ooma a couple of weeks ago and so far it is working great!

Magic Jack is a scam. I never did get it to work after calling for help many times. Their tech support is non-existent. They wouldn't refund my money. Stay away from them.

I bought Magic Jack and it wouldn't work for me because I have Wild Blue satellite for internet connection. Is this Ooma the same way?

I Have Boost Mobile $50.00 monthly, unlimited Everything, no contracts, just buy a new card. And if your low on dough you have 90days before you lose your number. it's a cell and home phone in one..

I have been using MagicJack since July last year and have no problem. Make sure your internet router set up properly (giving magicjack/computer high priority) then there should be no problem

After 2 chat sessions and 2 1/2 hrs of chat doing things to my computer beyond my skill level,I had to plead to send me a new Majic Jack. I had to pay for it and supposidly I have to send the old one back with my own postage and pray for a credit and hope the new one works, Terrible tech support. Ooma may be the way.

Ever hear of SKYPE? Magic Jack is a rip off. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Ooma sounds like a rip off too. Just go to your cell and dump the land line and use Skype and tell your friends and family to get on it so you can talk to them for free. I'm dumping my VoIP through TimeWarner who charges way too much.

How in the world is this stuff supposed to work if your internet/computer is received through your DSL landline?

Magic jack worded great and till I had teck. problems than it worse the all the other NO !!!!!! service and your done.
again good luck with magic jack until you need service don't waste you time you can't find it.

here is the link...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001C1MGKI?ie=UTF8&tag=newreaestgro-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001C1MGKI

I like my magic jack.It works best when my pc is on-because that's how it was made to be used ---- (that is not an electricity waster either). I call when the phone is on the cradle -press send ,and then pick it up as it rings- the voice quality is good this way too. I like making the necessary calls from the pc and not being bothered by a cell phone- At 70 I don't need the extra expense or bother of a cell. I like making long-distance calls this easy-cheap way too. I still have the land line for my other phone. I am glad not to have to pay the long-distance fee -

Just in case you were worried that ooma would go out of business and leave us all stranded, I see some encouragement. They are introducing a NEW setup that uses all wireless connections instead of your house wiring. They seem to be alive and well. Also, I ordered the yearly upgrade for the second line and a lot of other goodies for $8 a month to help support their efforts. If everyone kicks in, they will be around a long time. Very innovative company.

I don't believe Ooma! Just $200 for life? Clark you know how companies like this fail. Next year Ooma could say, "sorry we have to charge fees and such..." Magicjack is the best! Just $19 a year. I've used in now in two cities and it has worked great. Yes, every now and then, I find myself wondering if the more people join MJ, will the service get worst. At least we know if Magic Jack wants to "Jack us UP" with fees someday, Ooma is there (smile)!

I went with www.PowerPhone.com last year, broadband VOIP, pre-paid $200 for two years, 26 features including CID, UNL local, UNL LD and simultaneous ring on my cell phone when calls come to my home phone. I love it. I don't have to wait at home for someone to call back as promised, all calls come immediately to my cell phone when they call my home phone. That's different than Call Forwarding, this is SIMULTANEOUS ringing. Best of all I kept my long time AT%T home phone number and my cell phone number, all for about $8.33 a month. Not as little as those other gimmicks but reliable. And way less than the big companies.

can you use your existing phone number with this Ooma system?

I bought MagicJack and it worked for almost a week then it stopped. I called their support and they had me remove all sorts of files and programs and then told me I needed to totally turn my computer off and it would work. It did work for one day, I called support again and they had me delete more programs and try the magicjack and it worked, until the next day when I turned my computer back on. Then again, nothing!!! I had told them the last time I spoke with them if it stopped working in a day or two I was going to trash it and they just said OK. So much for customer service.

For the case where a home has a security system with monitoring, there needs to be either a land line or a wireless device for communication to central control. If you change to maintain a "basic" phone system with AT&T, the charge is about $18/mo plus taxes. If you want a wireless device, the cost from Brinks is $295 plus $50-90 labor to install plus an "added" monthly fee of $10 to your monthly security charge. For homes with a security system, it looks like maintaining the basic phone land line service may be the best option. Now if you integrate the Ooma with your land line and maintain the same phone number, you also will not have the caller ID feature, unless you add that feature to your basic AT&T phone service at an additional monthly fee. Some desire the added security of maintaining a land line should ones power or internet service be disrupted, although there is always ones cell phone as a backup too. In summary, if the home has a security system, it may be best to simply maintain a land line at the "basic" service charge and use ones cell phone for long distance calls. The $199 investment in Ooma for this case can provide free long distance calling in USA, still one can not eliminate that nasty AT&T monthly phone bill due to the home security system requirements.

...yes, there are alternatives...but it seems they are so wrought with problems...I think I will skip them and stay with my cable phone at $30 a month.I want something reliable, and I also have a cell...$10 a month and 10 cents a minute.....with kajeet. I do not want a method where I am forced to utilize my computer. I have had computer outs...and the cable phone still worked...my cable phone has free long distance calls to anywhere in the USA, anytime, no time limit....$30 a month.

I have both. The ooma was $203 including shipping at Amazon.com. Magicjack is a toy, as others have said. If you can put up with spotty voice quality, dropped calls, and noise when your computer is updating or doing something intensive then keep your MagicJack. If you want a REAL phone system with multiple phones and two numbers that has great reliable quality, then it's ooma. My magicjack wouldn't even ring one of my wireless phone setups and magicjack's answer was buy another $100 3 phone wireless set and HOPE it rings. With the ooma hub and the satelite system, I have two wireless systems hooked up. Also, I have a second number with a local number for all of our relatives in Pa that they can dial for free and call me in Ga. If anyone wants to buy my magicjack, let me know.
Ooma is the ticket!

hey, Mari Ann, try a different phone. I was trying to use an office style phone and then decided to try another phone (a trimline style phone) and it worked great with the magicjack.

I bought magicjack over a year ago and to this day I still haven't gotten it to work. I've called and talked to three different people and they still couldn't get it to work. I just decided I got "stuck" with a lemon and threw it on my desk.

Clark old buddy, we've been using Magic Jack now for a year and we have no complaints. I call international (with 800 calling card), no problemo ! We have it hooked into our fax machine and it works like a charm... We gave up our $40 per month landline service for a $39,99 gadget..most of the time for local stuff we use our cellphones anyway.

I think I'll stay with Magic Jack, coz they have a $20.00 renewable, ongoing income, and if they go out 20 bucks, Ouw is they oyjer going to stay in business if no cash flow.

Eventually Ooma will sell as many of these systems as they're going to. At that point, there will be no income for Ooma. They will have to go out of business, leaving all their customers in the lurch.

Ooma is similar to a Ponzi scheme. Current customers are being serviced by money from new customers. When new customers run out, Ooma runs out.

Actually, according to their website, it looks like the device costs $249.