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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 2390 reviews

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94%would recommend to a friend

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Customers consistently note the great call quality and ease of use of the Telo Internet Home Phone Service. Many appreciate the low cost, overall reliable performance, and simple setup. While the service offers a lot of features, some customers find the porting process to be expensive.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Cost, Ease of use, Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Very Good Experience

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    We've the the basic Ooma service for 11 years, and have no complaints. It just works. Our original box finally quit this week, after a short period of random malfunctions. Best Buy sent a replacement box the next day - quick, free shipping and a good price for the box. After an easy call to Ooma to transfer our existing account to the new box, everything works fine.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Cost, Setup

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great alternative to cable company VOIP service

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this after I had to buy an Arris modem (highly recommend doing this) to replace the garbage Mediacom modem that I had. The Arris T25 modem's VOIP capabilities works with ONLY Comcast, and we wanted to maintain a landline. Setup was super easy. Took all of maybe 5-10min. The web interface is very easy to use and navigate. For $40 you can port your existing landline number over to this, so you don't have to update everyone/everything with your new phone number. The process claimed to take up to 30 days, but we had ours switched over and working within 48-72hrs. You'll need to read the Quick Start guide on how to setup the voicemail message. That was the only part that I couldn't figure out without following the setup through the web interface. The only thing that I've had to relearn is dialing 1+areacode+number when making a call. Other than that, this is a great phone service option, and it's basically free. You have to pay taxes, but that comes out to about $6/mon for me. Much cheaper than paying the cable company.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Cost, Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Cut The Phone Bill

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    * This is a great Voice over internet phone. * If your cable or power are down you can set the phone to ring your cell phone. * If you want totally free you will only pay local and state taxes for your area 911 etc. * When you prepay for a year of premium you have so many options. With the prepaid year you can port your old number.for free if not there is a charge of 30.00. * Took 2 days to port from Verizon home phone. Do not disconnect from your old carrier until porting is complete. If you do not want to port your number there are plenty of new numbers to pick from. * With premium you can pick a new number as well as keep your old number. * Can block all those unwanted calls. * Can set ring times and length of ring. * Built in answering machine. Only drawback the volume is very low for listening straight from the machine. Otherwise check by dialing your number. * Notifications on cell phone when you have a new voice mail. * This decision is a no holds barred. Wish I had did this years ago. * You can use one line as a fax if you want. * Great product and fast friendly customer support via chat that answered all my concerns and questions. **** Cut the high cost it totally worth the money spent. Pays for itself in a few months.***** * May use your existing phones.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Call quality, Cost

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Never miss a message

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    We've had our Ooma for years now and it still performs exactly how we would expect. It has saved us a ton of money off our phone bill over that time. One perk is that if a call isn't able to go through to our phone (phone gets disconnected, power or internet is out, etc.), people can still leave us a message. It basically gives us some of the functionality of a cellphone.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Call quality, Cost, Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great phone service!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought Ooma to hook up into my Mom’s assisted living apartment. Her place provides cable and internet, but not phone service. This is very easy to hook up, works very well, and I love the fact that you can control it all online or with an app. I check her messages for her, and the price each month is so minimal - it’s great! I would use it myself if I didn’t need to have a landline in my home. Highly recommend this!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Ooma is great!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The Ooma system is easy to set up and easy to use. Plus all you pay are taxes every month and a $1 911 fee that totals less than $10 per month! And with the Ooma app you can use your home phone on your cell phone! I love it!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Cost, Overall performance, Setup

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Pleasantly Surprised

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I read some of the bad reviews and have experienced bad VoIP installations with friends and relatives, so I didn't have a lot of hope for this. Followed the installation instructions...took about 30 minutes. So far it's been flawless, and much cheaper than the landline it replaced. Very happy with this purchase. Note: I have this hooked up to Verizon FIOS service.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Call quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good+ phone service

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The Overall Rating more accurately would be 4 1/2 stars. The most significant negative attribute is the receive level is loud! I installed 2 resistors in series with Tip & Ring (the 2 line wires) and a series resistor on the receivers of the 2 phones I use most often. That got the level to be acceptable. For the money, it's a great deal. If I were to get the same features on my local telco's line the cost would probably be close to $40 a month. I chose the Premier plan for a year, normally $9.95 a month, (+$4.19 in my area a month for taxes and other fees) but through a promotion got it for $99.95 for the year - and that includes porting your phone number which it normally $39.95 (I believe), well worth it. An unadvertised feature that I like, although I have my own hold circuit is pressing flash and going on hook will put the call on hold. Going off hook several seconds there will be a dial tone with a beep to indicate the call on hold. Press flash again to return to the call. After being on hook for a certain duration the line will ring in a unique pattern a reminder a call is on hold - just go off hook to connect. I waited to write this review until my number was ported. I used it for month and a half as a second line to test. My number ported today, I was told it typically takes 3-4 weeks. Mine ported in 8 days! The only snag was calling out from the Ooma system was still from the temporary number. I called support, they resolved that quickly, now the outgoing calls show from my original number that I've had for 30 years. I didn't see that required step in any of the emails. Chat technical support is relatively useless, it seems only to be able answer common/basic knowledge questions that's already documented clearly. Sometimes I wondered if it was some kind of automated response system. Phone support is very good - I had an issue that was almost a show stopper. I could not access my Verizon cellphone voicemail remotely. I could however, access several other voicemail systems and other VRU with DTMF menus. Someone from one of Ooma's voip carriers called me, I explained the trouble and they did resolve it. Time will tell I suppose - overall I think it was a great buy, I got the Telo (the main system shown) on sale. Even at the full price over time the cost would be less than the local telco's line with many more features and long distance calling. One significant feature for me, available with the Premier service is the text message when a new voicemail message is recorded. Another plus - the Telo is available at the local Best Buy. Many other home VoIP systems are mail order only.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Call quality, Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works Perfectly with AT&T U-Verse

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Setting up the Telo was very easy and took about 10 minuets without a single issue. I connected this to an Eero main hub and used the temporary number for two weeks before porting to ensure I was happy with the service. Needless to say, I was VERY happy with the service which performed equal with my AT&T digital phone. The porting process took about 1 week and I did not experience any service disruptions. I also took them up on free porting with an annual subscription to the premier service which I purchased mainly for the caller ID with name. I simply unplugged the phone line from the back of my U-Verse modem and into the Telo which fired up every phone jack in my house. Now my phone bill is $6.15 instead of $51.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Ooma zooma!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent producy works as advertised. replace my expensive comcast landline for afraction of the monthly cost Highly recommend if you need a landline.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Call quality, Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Big savings over landline, even with premium subsc

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    We bought this to replace a landline with a spam blocking answering machine. We got tired of listening to the phone ring, then our announcement, then the disconnect for every spam call. We still get the calls, but only see the evidence in the app. Sound quality is good, and the ability to pick up the call on my phone is very convenient.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Convenient

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It's great. It answers my phone calls and keeps messages without my phone even being plugged into it. It also sends me a text when I get a new message so I don't miss calls. I can't call from it, so I need to plug my phone in for that, but I haven't done that yet because my outlet is full of other things. It saves me from having to pay $20 a month for a landline.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Reliable OOMA

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    To be quite honest, I do not have a lot of experience with other similar devices, but the OOMA Telo is extremely reliable and dependable. I have used one for over 4 years. and I have set them up for quite a few other persons. The quick setup and ease of use is unmatched. They just plain work. On my personal setup, I have a Panasonic 5 phone cordless DECT system with voicemail I could not be more pleased. If you purchase this unit you will not be disappointed.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Call quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Very nice savings.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    About a year ago, I bought an Obi telephone device but found it too complicated to set up. I bought the Ooma so that I could save money by dropping my cable companies phone service. I expected to save about $20 a month. I bought the Ooma, set it up in 5 minutes, and activated the service. I then sent out an E-Mail to friends giving my new phone number. I then contacted the cable company and asked to drop their phone service. Instead of dropping it, they gave me a $40 monthly discount for 12 months to keep it as part of my cable/internet/vice combination plan. As the Ooma only is costing me $4.23 a month, I will keep both services going until next year. The Ooma device was extremely easy to set up and the voice quality is superb. It has a lot of features. The best features are the call blocking of up to 256 phone numbers and a community blacklist so when other people block telemarketers or scam calls, you will automatically have the calls blocked also. The Ooma exceeded my expectations.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Call quality, Cost, Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Emergency Home Phone for the Money

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    As an emergency home phone for my 6 year old who is allergic to everything, Ooma Telo is Perfect. It is very easy to set up - 15 min or less, the calls are crystal clear and you just can't beat the monthly cost! Check it out.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Overall performance, Setup

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Simple and reliable

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    We've had an Ooma for about 10 years. It stopped working and I didn't hesitate to replace it. For a few dollars a month, I have a reliable home phone. It is simple to use, just like a land-line except it works with your internet service. Set-up was super simple and fast. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Ooma.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great device

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    At first I was skeptical of this product. However, some friends have had it now for about 3 months with no problems so I decided to trim costs and get this device. It works very well for a VOIP phone. I have not had problems with the device. Any sound issues are related to our internet and not the device. The device itself is very reliable. We were even able to have our old phone number ported over for a one time fee. Now we have two landline numbers and yes, we do have local 911 service.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good product and great service.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought the Ooma for my Mother. We did away with her copper phone line, saving her a significant amount of money each year. The basic service is free. You just pay taxes and required state and federal fees every month. Which is less than 8 dollars for her. If you have high speed internet and you want a land line home phone this is the way to go. It’s easy to set up and install and their customer support is good too. I’ve used Ooma for years. My first one lasted over 15 years. The sound quality is great Just be aware, if the internet goes out or the power, you will loose service. I use a UPS to keep it and the router powered for short power outages.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Call quality, Setup

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works great!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Cell phone service at my house is horrible so I bought this Ooma Telo. I've been using it for a good month now and it's been flawless. I never had a dropped call. Calls are nice and clear with no delays or crackles. It was pretty easy to set up. At first when trying to set it up online, it kept showing I wasn't connected. Then I played the message on the Telo and I was connected shortly after.I'm using the $20 Vtech phone that I purchased separate. The range is very good as well. I have the Telo placed in the living room which is at the back of the house. I was able to still talk with crystal clear quality all the way outside to the driveway. 1800sq ft home. All you pay is the taxes and for me it's $5.50/mo.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Call quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great product and customer service

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I installed my Ooma Telo a couple of days ago and I’m pleased with it following a few days of hiccups getting it to function properly. Ooma’s customer service is very helpful and patient, and takes pride in resolving any issues. In my case they troubleshot my issues and were able to adjust the problem preference settings remotely. The phone is functioning properly now and the calls are clearer than the VoIP line I had with AT&T. With the premier plan I estimate my savings will be close to $38 per month. I’m still waiting for my phone number to port over but I don’t anticipate any more issues. A tip that I’ll share has to do with the rewind button. If you hit it too many times, it turns off the Ooma power light… so it looks like your device is not receiving power. You can still make/receive calls but because there was no light I thought my device was malfunctioning. To turn the light back on just hit the rewind button. Tapping the rewind button can adjust light brightness all the way down to off. This didn’t seem to be listed anywhere in the materials received with the unit or online.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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