What exactly do I need to buy to have Ooma up and running?
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Yes Maurice, when I first bought Ooma Telo I had a regular wireless phones all over the house until I bought the Ooma HD2. The older ones I had worked just as well as the new Ooma one. By the way, when you get the Ooma Telo base you have to unhook the outside phone lines that come into your house because you don't need them to use Ooma. Ooma works through you computer not your outside phone lines. Just find where they come through you walls into your house, should be a couple red and black or white wires into a little box. Disconnect these wires cause they won't be needed. Just plug the wires from Ooma into the wallphone plugs that you have in each room, just one room hook up make the whole house connected to Ooma. Just leave all the phones you are now using the way they are. Then you should be good to go. Works great !!! If you have any trouble write me back and I'll work you through. John
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All you need is the Telo and a digital phone handset. The Ooma handset is fine but I used an old Panasonic digital handset which works just fine also.
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Maurice, do have the basic Ooma Telo? That's the Ooma phone that looks like a flat desk top unit. If your looking for the hand set HD2 to connect to the Telo unit once you connect to Ooma that's simple. Charge the handset battery and bring it next to the Telo and press the keys to connect the handset to the telo, about one minute should do the trick. If you run into problems just call Ooma and they'll be happy to help. The instructions that come with it are very easy to follow. The whole system is great, been using it for 5 years without any troubles. Saved about $5000. so far in phone bills. Good luck, hope this helps. Maurice, do have the basic Ooma Telo? That's the Ooma phone that looks like a flat desk top unit. If your looking for the hand set HD2 to connect to the Telo unit once you connect to Ooma that's simple. Charge the handset battery and bring it next to the Telo and press the keys to connect the handset to the telo, about one minute should do the trick. If you run into problems just call Ooma and they'll be happy to help. The instructions that come with it are very easy to follow. The whole system is great, been using it for 5 years without any troubles. Saved about $5000. so far in phone... » Read More Maurice, do have the basic Ooma Telo? That's the Ooma phone that looks like a flat desk top unit. If your looking for the hand set HD2 to connect to the Telo unit once you connect to Ooma that's simple. Charge the handset battery and bring it next to the Telo and press the keys to connect the handset to the telo, about one minute should do the trick. If you run into problems just call Ooma and they'll be happy to help. The instructions that come with it are very easy to follow. The whole system is great, been using it for 5 years without any troubles. Saved about $5000. so far in phone bills. Good luck, hope this helps. « Show Less
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Yes you should. You just need to make sure that when you initialize the Linx, you do it using an outlet close to where the Ooma is plugged in.
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Ooma has both a handset and a wireless linx VoIP box. One can plug the small linx box into an electric outlet anywhere in range in the house and then plug a normal telephone in the box. The linx also works well with ordinary wireless telephones and allows one to increase the range. One can use both Ooma handsets and Linx connections in the same system at the same time.
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I do not know the basic Ooma requirement but I have used Oooma with 10Mbps service and no issues that were related to bandwidth. We could even use the phone while streaming a movie over the same modem/router/WAP.
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When you sign up, you tell Ooma your address and they offer a good variety of phone numbers in your area. You can also transfer an existing phone number to their system, though it takes a few days for that process to be completed. Ooma is great for personal home use. Some customers, like myself, were unable to get a fax to work with their system, otherwise it's reliable, has reasonably good voice quality, and is cheaper than anything out there.
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yes, i bought on Amazon, be careful of ooma new pricing policy, was thinking of charging per extension
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Do you support 911 calls?Yes. Ooma provides E911 service where supported. We will collect your address when you register your Ooma device online, and send it to emergency response personnel when you dial 911. Since Ooma works over your Internet connection, you will need to call from a mobile phone if your Internet connection is down. If you're concerned about relying on your Internet for phone service, we've built the Ooma system to work with a landline back-up. In this case, your 911 calls will always be routed over your landline.
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Yes it does. Ooma's website is very helpful and their tech support can walk you through it if you need help.
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GSM/CDMA activation kit bought from any local retailer or here on amazon depending on the phone type you have.
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Thank you. The Net Talk is a brand new start-up so I hope they can make it. Searching for that product helped me find another as well. ooma Core VoIP Phone System with No Monthly Phone Service Bills I do not know if they are more likely to be around ten years from now or not. At these prices, they are both worth considering!
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I had the best success by connecting the Ooma to the port on the wireless router. At first, I connected my Ooma to the cable modem and connected the wireless router into the port on the Ooma but we'd loose connection on our devices when a call came in. Definitely connect your Ooma to the wireless router assuming you have one.
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Going to depend on how many apps, music, photos, etc. you want to load. If you do, you can purchase any time.
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I really can't say but Ooma support is very helpful. I've "chatted" online with them and they are nice and understand customer needs. Try clicking the "live chat" button on the right side of the screen on their home page: http://www.ooma.com/
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I also have a satellite and nothing is required. they all work off the main phone that is plugged into the ooma device. Good luck and God Bless.
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Ooma is VOIP hardware, Skype is VOIP software and they work independently from each other and both require an Internet connection. Ooma requires a high speed broadband Internet connection or it won't operate very well...if at all. So to answer your question, as long as you have an Internet connection...you can use Skype which does not require a phone, but requires speakers, a microphone and a webcam. Ooma makes your computer available for phone service with the hardware in the kit...and you will get a phone number assigned to you, but you will have to plug a phone into it to talk.
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The USR modem will work with a voip service but you need to connect it to your voip unit with a phone cable. I do not know if the Ooma unit will work with this set up.