Cheap ooma Core VoIP Phone System with No Monthly Phone Service Bills

The Good:

YOu can call everywhere in the USA
You can call overseas for about the same cost as Skype (no world plan though)

The VERY Shady part

When you first get the phone, you think it is SOO great, features like you get your voice mails to go to email in wave format. Naturally, you go and tell everyone you know about this GREAT new phone system you bought. This is the shady part, they do not "ask" you if you wanted to sign up for "premier-TRIAL", IT JUST COMES THAT WAY. I said from day 1 I just want "FREE". so at first you get all these features and get VERY excited. Then after 90 days BAM, no more Voice mail going to your email, BAM, suddenly BAM NO MORE SECOND LINE. BAM no call blocking, ETC. ECT. It is sorta like a Pyramid or MLM scheme. They keep getting new customers, and people keep recommending it... The people they told about it, tell 10 more people when they get their new phones. That is how the business keeps growing...

Update: while the phone system is great, I am still waiting on my $50 phone card I was promised. Don't try to do the resale thing to get a $50 card, you will never get it. Supposable, if you suggest a friend, they will give a a $50 international card, but good luck getting it. I am STILL waiting and emails go unanswered. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!!!!

This phone system is truely a God Send. I basically plugged this thing in, put my few digit serial number in to register the unit. Hello Dialtone! I don't know why but the re-occuring charges are my pet peeve with traditional phone lines. With the $50 giftcard for international calls, this unit will cost me about $170. In a few months, the unit pays for iteself, and I save on phone calls for the rest of my life. My wife also calls overseas, so it is nice just to plug in some cash, and dial the phone to call anywhere in the world. For wiring I kept it simple, just plugged a cordless phone in, I will get more complicated as time permits.

E-mail and internet is free, why not the Phone? Actually, I called my ISP and demanded they give me a "DSL ONLY" line and to drop the old school type phone system. Not only do I have a cheaper monthly bill from XYZ phone company, but my speed is actually 5 times faster that I dropped the voice off, and had them upgrade my data. Really I am paying half and getting twice as much.

The free features are awesome, you can make it ring to another handset or cell. Have your voicemail and caller ID info forwarded to your mailbox. For someone like me always on the go, this is really a blessing.

What's more, for the annoying calls you can not only see them for free on your free caller ID, but you can block them for free. You can also sign up for a community blacklist feature, which is like a spam filter for phone calls. I mean, come on, what more can you ask for?

My big question with the free unit, I got a free phone number which I am now giving out to everyone. My big question was with the free line, if I am on a call what happens? Well, you can pick up the other line, because call waiting is free with the unit. You can also just forward it to your free voicemail.

The Scout, Ok what is this thing? It basically comes for free, and allows you to set up another phone in your house. Why would you want to do this? If you are on the Hub, and on a call, just tell your teen to pick up the phone on the scout and here they can dial out while you are still on the phone. Amazing, 2 outbound calls at once.

I was only paying 25$ a month for a phone I never used, just to have DSL. I can not imagine what someone who really uses the phone alot would save. Now that the calls are totally free, I am using the phone much much more!

UPDATE: I FINALLY GOT MY $50 card MONTHS AFTER HOUNDING THEM BY MULTIPLE EMAILS AND CALLS.



All in all it is good for making free phone calls if you had a Data connection, but that is IT. Forget about features unless you want to pay $100 a year.Get more detail about ooma Core VoIP Phone System with No Monthly Phone Service Bills.