Ok I just ordered an Ooma. When I connect it to my wireless router about how long to get the phone # and unit working with my cordless phones? thanks
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I just followed the Ooma instructions, and after going on line with Ooma, our phone was up and running immediately. To set up the phone, I picked one of the phone #s in my area Ooma had listed. Ooma told me I would have to run my service cocurrently with my AT&T; service, if I wished to "port" my phone # instead of the new Ooma number. I was told it would probably take at least a month. AT&T; came through very quickly and it wound up taking a mere matter of days to complete the process. AT&T; cancelled my service with them, after porting my number. I've been pleased, not only with Ooma, but pleasantly surprised by the gracious service from AT&T; I just followed the Ooma instructions, and after going on line with Ooma, our phone was up and running immediately. To set up the phone, I picked one of the phone #s in my area Ooma had listed. Ooma told me I would have to run my service cocurrently with my AT&T; service, if I wished to "port" my phone # instead of the new Ooma number. I was told it would probably take at least a month. AT&T; came through very quickly and it wound up taking a mere matter of days to complete the process. AT&T; cancelled my service with them, after porting my number. I've been pleased, not only with... » Read More I just followed the Ooma instructions, and after going on line with Ooma, our phone was up and running immediately. To set up the phone, I picked one of the phone #s in my area Ooma had listed. Ooma told me I would have to run my service cocurrently with my AT&T; service, if I wished to "port" my phone # instead of the new Ooma number. I was told it would probably take at least a month. AT&T; came through very quickly and it wound up taking a mere matter of days to complete the process. AT&T; cancelled my service with them, after porting my number. I've been pleased, not only with Ooma, but pleasantly surprised by the gracious service from AT&T; « Show Less
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It took me about 15 minutes for the total process. I did not keep my same phone number, I picked a new one.
999018
No time at all ... I imagine that if you take the random phone number Ooma would give it would be faster, but I had no time at all in transferring two numbers from my wired phones to Ooma - been using it for 3+ years now. Love it.
999019
I just followed the Ooma instructions, and after going on line with Ooma, our phone was up and running immediately. To set up the phone, I picked one of the phone #s in my area Ooma had listed. Ooma told me I would have to run my service cocurrently with my AT&T service, if I wished to "port" my phone # instead of the new Ooma number. I was told it would probably take at least a month. AT&T came through very quickly and it wound up taking a mere matter of days to complete the process. AT&T cancelled my service with them, after porting my number. I've been pleased, not only with Ooma, but pleasantly surprised by the gracious service from AT&T
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Just make sure that you unplug the wire in the telephone company interface box that comes from the telephone pole that use to supply your phone service so that it does not interfere with the Ooma Telo and the devices that you have connected now. Once you do this there should be no problems. Even if you no longer have phone service coming in from the pole, there can still be interference that will affect the Ooma and other devices you are trying to use.
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I have not paired my Ooma with anything as of yet but my best advice is to call Ooma customer service...I have found them to be extremely helpful with all things to do with my Ooma...no matter what the problem, they always have the answers and talk me through the process. Good luck!
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i push *99. you may not have the same service as me. in general i hate the cordless phone, the buttons for send and receive often do not respond. and the print out doesn't show the first number of the time.
180772
The "cell tower" connectivity is back hauled over your internet connection. There is an Ethernet connection on the back of the unit that you use to connect to your router. The GPS thing is required for it to work. I'm not sure exactly they require it, but I'm guessing it has to do with their service areas or something. Calls and texts work pretty well, but you are going to have to get the little good receiver near a window. It has a fairly long cable, maybe 12-15 or something like that.
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It all depends on your connection speed and data throughput. If you have a very good connection, it works fine connecting to the router. If you have really bad service, you will have to put it in between the modem and router. According to the manual, OOMA only supports connections directly to the modem. I have 6MB download and 1MB upload and I connect it to the router and it works just fine. I would say my connection and speed as marginal, but it does work.
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I have this unit connected to my Time Warner cable internet service. The output from this unit is connected to the input of my router.My LinkSYS Voip phone adapter is connected to my router. My phones are connected to my LinkSYS phone adapter, using CallCentricphone service. It works fine.
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I'm glad you request this question. This is a terrible product, and worst tech support. The signal drops out quite often. Echoing from time to time Cannot used the product well since I bought it. Finally I revert to my old land line. Iwon't recommend this product. When I terminate my service, Ooma is asking if I want to donate my unit I think for charity...Uh.
545617
Yes, I have two units, one for the wireless phone and one for my modem/router combo. Buyer beware, the unit has been out of production for 10 years, I had to change the batteries on both units before they would work.
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I was able to get my unit to ring,but only last a day then you have to reset it again, It sounds like you have defective unit. I would return it for your money back or a better unit. My unit starts ringing if I use my cordless phone!
1079784
I have not had any problems with Ooma and love it. I bought one for my mother-in-law that connects via wifi in her building. It does require resetting sometimes when the wifi reception gets bad.
600314
Spencer, did anyone answer your question? 1) I connected the the Dlink with my main phone (the one i use the most). I tested it, all worked well. An hour or so later, a call came in. When I picked up another phone (I have 4 through out the apt), I could not pick up the call; yet the other phone was still ringing! 2) Does my computer have to be on at all times for this Dlink to work? --danae (banging my head against the wall on this one)
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Stay away from Verizon Wireless. I am near the end of my three year contract (THANK GOD!) with Verizon. I have not had caller ID for one day of that contract. Do you think their technology is out of date? Well, yeah. Their customer service is absolutely worthless. You will get NO satisfaction from them. Forget Verizon. You will have more luck using smoke signals for your communication needs.
294199
This is sort of like an extension phone for another room in the house. You need to have the base station to make it work like the model #6419 or #6429. You plug the base station into the Ooma, and it will work.
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I had no trouble setting up the unit with Verizon. They just need your cell number, address and a few other bits of info. The extender as worked fine for me.
900276
I'm not familiar with the Actiontec, what Ooma recommends is to take the ethernet from the modem then take ethernet from the Ooma to the router. I have cable so I"m not sure about your router. You can of course connect it via ethernet directly to the router. I have a Netgear Dual Band router and I set it's (the Ooma) IP address as a DMZ and it works flawless, better than any land line I've ever had.
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You do need to connect to the router or modem for initial set up. After set up is complete, in theory it should work wirelessly. In practice (for me, anyway), the wireless function does not work. I gave up and connected by ethernet cable. Ooma recommends a wired connection between modem and router.