A:AnswerYes. Although, if you have phone lines in the house from an old land line which is no longer connected, you could connect the Ooma to that jack. This is what we did to replace our VOIP phone service from ATT.
A:AnswerYes it can. We set up our ooma telo to send the signal through the phone wiring already in the house and we plugged in my mom's Lifeline unit into a phone jack near her bedroom.
A:AnswerI have Ooma and I do not use the linx device. My setup consists of plugging the Ooma box into the router on one side and into my houses phone wiring. All of my wired phones work by plugging into the phone jacks around the house.
To do this, you need to have a house that was wired with phone jacks. I previously had Spectrum cable TV and phone service. They connected their router into the houses phone network and I just plugged the Ooma box into that same location. If you didn’t previously have a cable phone then this would not necessarily work.
A:AnswerYour existing phones hardwired or wireless will work with the Ooma device. If you have no need for call waiting, call forwarding or caller id, the basic plan will only cost you what your State's local taxes are for phone service. The premium service gives you all the Bell's and whistles. In my opinion the premium service is very affordable and that's why I chose it myself.
A:AnswerThe tax depends on what state you live in. For example, in Texas, it costs just a little over $5 a month. You can pay for Ooma Premier for the whole year, but you would still have pay the tax month by month, if I'm not mistaken.
A:AnswerOOMA uses a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol). All it needs is an internet connection. Use the Ethernet cable provided to connect to your router.
A:AnswerThe total charges are the monthly taxes plus the fee for ooma premier. As an example I pay around $6 a month for the taxes and $135.55 per year for the premier service. The monthly taxes as I understand it pay for services like 911, and these vary depending on the state you live in. The premier service is probably the same everywhere.
A:AnswerYes, that’s exactly what I did. Had to call Ooma tech support and go to the advanced tech support for them to move my info from the old device to the new one. Worked fine afterwards, but thought the process was bit complex for what I thought should be a bit easier.
A:AnswerIn most cases you can. On their website they can tell you if it can. It is called porting and takes about a week. Do not cancel your old service until it is ported.
A:AnswerYes, you need a PC (or a tablet, laptop, smartphone, etc...) to pick a phone number and activate the device.
Once it's up and running, you technically no longer need the PC just to use Ooma as a phone service. *BUT* it's easier to monitor your voice mail, missed calls, etc... via a PC. Also if you want to change any settings you'll need a PC for that as well.
A:AnswerI've worked in the security industry for about 25 years and can tell you that even newer alarm systems may have trouble communicating over VOIP. Alarm panels and alarm receivers were not designed to use VOIP. We had many people who would drop their landline phone service only to discover that now their alarm panel will not communicate. Contact your alarm company and see if there might be an option for cellular communication, even for your older system.
A:AnswerYes, that is correct! You have to have high-speed internet access--but Ooma turns the call into Voice Over IP (VOIP) and sends your "call" through the internet to equipment that then send its to the destination's phone.
A:AnswerAbsolutely not. This will handle voice as well as faxing with standard "normal" equipment. If you want to keep your current phone number though, you will have to contact your current provider to port it to your Ooma. This can take from a few days, to several weeks, depending on how bad/good your provider is at customer service.
I've had my Ooma since February 2022 and I pay $6.07/mo for my phone servicev without any issue. Basically, I'm paying the taxes only....
