Our ooma telo base is at 1st floor but our fax (office) and also our bedroom is at 2nd floor, are we going to have good service by buying ooma linx?
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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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My base is located in my basement and phone is upstairs. I've had no problems. Overall, I'm pleased with the product.
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If a cordless phone has worked in a similar scenario in your house then you probably won't have any problems. There's a trick that a lot of people miss: you can disconnect from any landline services at the junction box outside of your house. You don't need the connection to outside phone services. If you have an old wired phone jack in your bedroom then you can connect to the physical phone wiring in your house by plugging the Linx into ANY unused phone jack in your house. That's how my Linx is set up.
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My fax is about 30 feet from the Ooma Linx and I've never had a problem with reception. Keep in mind that it is a type of Blue Tooth connection which should be good for about 30 meters. (90 Ft. give or take) The real answer is if you can get the base to connect to the Linx you are home free. Good luck.
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should work, but I can't give you definitive answer. I returned my OOMA equipment(had the linx also) because they could not provide me with an 808 area code phone number. Wanted to keep my existing phone number but OOMA as not able to provide that either.
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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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Yes, you have multiple ways to accomplish it. You can plug a standard, cordless base station into the Telo and have multiple cordless extensions. You can buy Ooma HD2 cordless phones, but the max is four. Or, if you have existing phone wiring, you can disconnect the outside phone line first, and then back feed your phone jacks by plugging the Telo into a phone jack. If you have DSL internet, you will need to separate the DSL line. Standard corded phones will work. Ooma also has optional Linx wireless phone jacks. Use this code to get Ooma for $99.99, with free shipping directly from Ooma: http://www3.ooma.com/refer-a-friend/?referral_code=NUC4728&utm_campaign=refer_Oct2014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=referral_email&utm_content=coupon
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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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Ooma Home probably will not work, but you can check out this link for info and contacts from the Ooma site for Ooma Office. http://ooma.com/products/business
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This is directly from the Standard Terms and Conditions of Agreement Between Customers and Ooma, "No Directory Listing for Residential Services: The phone numbers you get from us will not be listed in any telephone directories. As a result, someone with your phone number cannot use a reverse directory to lookup your address." For those of you who want a residential, white-pages listing; I am sorry, but that is not offered by Ooma. However, your cell phone service provider probably does not offer it either. Use this code to get Ooma for $89.99, with free shipping directly from Ooma: http://www3.ooma.com/refer-a-friend/?referral_code=NUC4728&utm_campaign=refer_Oct2014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=referral_email&utm_content=coupon I found that my former landline phone company and current cable provider both charged a monthly fee for unlisted numbers that is about the same as the total government taxes and fees Ooma charges me per month. Therefore, you can get a whole month of phone service from Ooma, for about the same as the big guys charge just to have an unlisted number. That's just unreal!
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Yes, you have multiple ways to accomplish it. You can plug a standard, cordless base station into the Telo and have multiple cordless extensions. You can buy Ooma HD2 cordless phones, but the max is four. Or, if you have existing phone wiring, you can disconnect the outside phone line first, and then back feed your phone jacks by plugging the Telo into a phone jack. If you have DSL internet, you will need to separate the DSL line. Standard corded phones will work. Ooma also has optional Linx wireless phone jacks.
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The handset has no intrinsic ability with respect to faxing. You can send faxes over the Ooma internet line but the process is MUCH slower and the quality is often degraded. You can receive faxes as well with the same limitations
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Yes, to get the benefit of enhanced call waiting, you have to have Premier AND either a Linx or an HD2 handset. I chose the Linx. You can have up to four per Telo. You can also have a regular,landline phone plugged into the Telo, or you can connect the Telo to your telephone jack to feed all your phones, so that two people in the household can then carry on conversations at the same time. Just make sure that you disconnect the outside phone company central office line before plugging the Telo into the phone jack.
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You can use it for a fax. Add a dedicated line to the ooma office, hook it up through an Ooma Linx. Make sure that particular line is set as a fax.
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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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Linx is an add-on device to the Ooma Telo (base station). It can be used to connect a FAX or a standard phone wirelessly back to the Telo. It is purchased one time. Ooma Telo carries a small yearly fee for taxes.
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Hi Stella, Short answer is "Yes". You will need to purchase a phone jack "Y" connector and enough phone wire to get to your fax machine from the base. The closer the better! Unplug the phone wire going to the Panasonic Base. Plug that phone wire into one of the "Y" inputs. Plug the "Y" connector back into the Panasonic Base. Use the purchased phone wire to come from the other "Y" input into your fax machine and you're good to go. No phone calls while you're using the fax. Steve
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Absolutely. The Ooma has an telephone output and you can use any phone that you use today. In fact, it has directions that if you disconnect the telephone co. wires, you can use the wiring inside the house and hook-up to the wire with modular line cords.
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I have purchased 6 of these for my office. One broke, and one had static, I replaced both and new worked fine. However, this is a cheap phone so I think the quality is not the best. If you have fax, answer machine or computer on same line, ask at Radio Shack about a filter.Shannon
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the instructions say to plug into a phone jack, it think in the room. I had a phone jack across the room and it worked. I don't know if it would work from a jack in another room. Also, the part that the fax machine plugs into mus b plugged directly int the electrical outlet, no power strip. Hopes this helps
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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