Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-11-03 Thread C W
Jen, >From what people have said so far in this thread, it looks like all of the VOIP service providers have problems at times, but work most of the time. And, Ooma is similar to the others in that way (Quality Of Service). But, compared to the other providers, Ooma costs less in the long run. Ch

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-11-03 Thread C W
Jen, >From what people have said so far in this thread, it looks like all of the VOIP service providers have problems at times, but work most of the time. And, Ooma is similar to the others in that way (Quality Of Service). But, compared to the other providers, Ooma costs less in the long run. Ch

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-11-01 Thread jen montserrat
Great post everyone, got my interest in an alternative to get rid of land line monthly costs. How would you rate the Qos with Ooma? On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Scott Garman wrote: > On 10/28/2011 07:12 PM, C W wrote: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooma > > Anybody here familiar with Oo

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-29 Thread C W
Thanks Neal, very good to hear Ooma is working well for ya. I think I'm going to switch us to Ooma. Also, that info you sent on using the house phone wiring should come in very handy. Cheers, Elcaset On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Neal wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:21 PM, C W wrote:

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-29 Thread Neal
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:21 PM, C W wrote: > How expensive and difficult is it to add several phones in the same house to > one Ooma line? Same as any other VOIP line. Use the existing house wiring AFTER disconnecting from the external telephone network at the NID: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-29 Thread C W
We've had & continue to have a lot of Comcast service outages where we lose internet, telly, & phone. The internet goes out most often, then comes the telly, then the phone service. When we call Comcast about it, they act as if that's normal, & want to charge us extra to come fix it! On Fri, Oct

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-28 Thread Tom Sharples
We used Vonage for years and years, but the quality and reliability got really bad so I switched to Comcast VOIP. They use a separate dedicated network, and it's best voice service I've ever had. Tom S. On 10/28/2011 9:21 PM, C W wrote: > Scott, > Thanks for the feedback. Ooma's service soun

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-28 Thread C W
Yes, that's the same situation I'm in. Except that I'm in Kirkland, near Seattle. That's how we get screwed when Comcast "bundles" things. However, once I get a voip setup to my family's liking, I'm getting rid of Comcast altogether. We are looking for an ISP, & telly service provider, as well

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-28 Thread Russell Johnson
Gah! I want to quit using Comcast for my landline. But when I call them to check out pricing, I find that my cable bill will go UP if I discontinue telephone service. What a racket! Russell Johnson r...@dimstar.net ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-28 Thread C W
oops, I meant to type "linking", not "lining" in the previous post. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:13 PM, C W wrote: > ===If you have a cordless phone setup with several handsets, you can plug > > your base station into the Ooma and have as many handsets as you want. > That would be the simplest app

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-28 Thread C W
===If you have a cordless phone setup with several handsets, you can plug your base station into the Ooma and have as many handsets as you want. That would be the simplest approach. Well, I do have a 3 handset cordless phone that would work on that, but I prefer to spend most of my phone time

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-28 Thread Scott Garman
On 10/28/2011 09:21 PM, C W wrote: > Scott, > Thanks for the feedback. Ooma's service sounds like it's better quality > than mobile phone service, so I can live with that. Especially since Ooma's > monthly charge is extremely low. Yep, which is why I really would prefer to stick with them if I c

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-28 Thread C W
I'm not familiar with callcentric. I'll have to check it out. Although, it's hard to compete with Ooma's monthly rate. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Larry Brigman wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:21 PM, C W wrote: > > > Scott, > > Thanks for the feedback. Ooma's service sounds like it's

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-28 Thread Larry Brigman
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:21 PM, C W wrote: > Scott, > Thanks for the feedback. Ooma's service sounds like it's better quality > than mobile phone service, so I can live with that. Especially since > Ooma's > monthly charge is extremely low. > > How expensive and difficult is it to add several

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-28 Thread C W
Scott, Thanks for the feedback. Ooma's service sounds like it's better quality than mobile phone service, so I can live with that. Especially since Ooma's monthly charge is extremely low. How expensive and difficult is it to add several phones in the same house to one Ooma line? Cheers, Elcaset

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-28 Thread Scott Garman
On 10/28/2011 07:12 PM, C W wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooma > Anybody here familiar with Ooma? I switched from Vonage to Ooma this year. Never had any issues with Vonage, but with Ooma I have occasionally had audio quality issues, and even dropped calls. Not fun when I work from hom

Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

2011-10-28 Thread C W
Thanks Aaron, & everyone else, for the info. I do make calls to Canada on a regular basis. Also, I spend a lot of time on an old-style corded phone with domestic calls from home (way too much time for daytime cell phone minutes). So, if I could make these cisco ATAs work with a free service like