Ooma Telo 2 VOIP Adapter for $99 AR at Frys

Frys is offering the Ooma Telo 2 VOIP Adapter for $99 after rebate.
 
I am using this Ooma service (for over a year and a half) and really like it.  Here is a short review after seeing this product at a recent CES.

:hesaid:  Ooma is great - think vonage without the hundreds of millions spent on marketing that has to be recovered (although I think I like the Ooma hardware even better than vonage)... GREAT service and great pricing.

The only thing bad that I've encountered is when you pick up the phone after it rings, you have to wait a half second before saying "hello".
 
If you say hello right away, the listener will hear 'lo'.

Been with Ooma for years - I have their grandfathered free plan and will recommend them any chance I get.

Here too using it now for a while.
 
A few months back asked Ooma to remove the musical jingle when picking up the phone.  CS was pleasant and it was removed within minutes.

pete_c said:

Here too using it now for a while.
 
A few months back asked Ooma to remove the musical jingle when picking up the phone.  CS was pleasant and it was removed within minutes.

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WOW, I did not know you could do that (that jingle is very annoying isn't it?)!  Thanks Pete.

Not a problem BSR.  Yeah the jingle was a bit annoying.

That can be done yourself by accessing the Telo from your browser. IIRC the jingle is turned off by switching the Telo into Fax machine mode. A different modulation technique is used also. You have to connect into the Internet side and switch on the LAN side access first.
 
I have used a Telo for about a year now. I am happy as long as the "free" price doesn't increase too much. It was a little expensive to get it up and running so I want to at least break even. Vonage has a better system in nearby areas to me. They cannot support my area and won't allow it but then either could Ooma. but they will allow it. All related to the Emerg 911 call setup. Vonage started at $9.95 per month and now is running around $34.95 last time I checked. We'll see what happens once Ooma does their profit figures in Canada in a few years.
 
For now if you have cell phones, drop the landline and get VOIP cheap! (not "free" as they claim). I pay $3.98 per month.
 
Shop around for the model with the included Bluetooth adapter. The Wi-Fi adapter is almost useless. Your Bluetooth cell phones will connect through the Ooma and you can use your house system with extensions to answer your cells. It will take 8 cells simultaneously IIRC.

I wish more people would realize there are alternatives rather than using your standard provider.  I did have CenturyLink here before Ooma and only had one line, CallerID, and Caller Privacy ID, plus an unlisted phone number and I was paying $38 per month (with no long distance included)!
 
If there was one company that I wish would go out of business, it would be them!!!   I've never seen a more arrogant and overpriced service company! 

I have the original Ooma Core system so actually do have free (no quotes for once!) VOIP.   It has been running for about 3 years now, so has definitely paid for itself (I was able to snag a NIB unit off of ebay for a decent price).  I would love to upgrade to the new Telo, but if I did I would have to start paying for taxes, etc.  even though its next to nothing a month, I don't plan on upgrading until the Ooma Core starts smoking!  

BraveSirRobbin said:

I wish more people would realize there are alternatives rather than using your standard provider.  I did have CenturyLink here before Ooma and only had one line, CallerID, and Caller Privacy ID, plus an unlisted phone number and I was paying $38 per month (with no long distance included)!
 
If there was one company that I wish would go out of business, it would be them!!!   I've never seen a more arrogant and overpriced service company! 

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I'm right there with AT&T - their residential and business offerings; the only thing I've been OK with is their wireless.  The others I go out of my way to eliminate every chance I get by bringing in other players.
 
My Ooma was on the $3.50 plan for years but they recently stopped forwarding my calls to my cell for that amount and I decided I didn't care about that phone number anymore, so I let it go... SO if anyone wants a barely-used Telo, let me know!  It was however great when I cared about that phone number and I didn't want to lose it when I moved across cities.

I'm right there with AT&T - their residential and business offerings; the only thing I've been OK with is their wireless.

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Is this referring to cellular wireless?
 
ISP choices in Florida are nice in the little subdivision of 50 homes; the offerings are CC cable and Verizon FIOS.  Phone service there went from copper to the FIOS offering which works but is using legacy copper pricing. 
 
Here in the midwest CC is the only choice and while concurrently have kept copper lines (still using vestiges of MCI for copper) have always had VOIP lines and have been using Ooma now for a couple of years and they are doing fine. 
 
In the old house had slow DSL and faster Cable which worked well for me.
 
With the above two mentions my personal preference is fiber to the house (FIOS), then the fiber/catXX (ATT) and lastly cable. 

@LarrylLix,
 
Looked at the Ooma online configuration for FAX.  Never did notice that feature that before and see that it is set up as a Fax Machine.  Thank-you.
 
A while ago tested the Telo pairing it with a generic DECT phone.  Only basic stuff worked though. 

I use mine with a wireless VTech system with DECT 6.0 and 10 handsets. (damn microwave oven)  I turn the Ooma answering feature off by setting to 59? rings. Ooma refuses to add a beeper to the machine and my Telo is hidden. I can't pick up a handset and look for messages every time I re-enter the house, I can interrogate my Vtech machine remotely anyway.
 
When I go on vacation I turn the rings down to about 3 so it beats the Vtech machine. Now I can interrogate my messages over Wi-Fi from Ooma. Wi-Fi is becoming more important as you don't ever turn on your wireless in Mexico.
 
We used the Ooma app on wife's iPad in Portugal. (free app for iPads but wasn't for Androids). That worked like you were in the next room. Of course the data speeds in N.America are pathetic compared to most other countries.

Thank-you Larry.
 
Yup here the Telo is in the basement rack..  Never really ever look at it.  It and another line are connected to a couple of Way2call boxes before going to the house lines.
 
I patch over the phone line which ends up to two multi line wireless phone systems (Siemens and Panasonic).