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

* Plug and Play - easy to install, anyone can do it. The Quick Start Guide is well organized and very easy to follow.
* Less than half a year payback on your investment AND NO MORE PHONE BILLS. (You don't have to be an accountant to do the math even if you want to replace Vonage).

The system is very simple to use. The User Guide is well organized and very comprehensive.
The hardware has a nice quality feel to it. Both the Hub and Scout have large buttons with big symbols (for my big fingers and bad eyes).

You will see a lot of flashing red lights when the Hub is configuring itself (it worried me, but after several minutes the blue light came on and the installation was complete and the dial tone was there).
The sound quality is amazingly clear.
I noticed it is not necessary to dial a 1 before the area code (similar to cell phones).

INTERNET CONNECTION
We use it in combination with our Comcast Broadband Cable connection.

OPERATING COST
Like some of the other services (Magic Jack), Ooma DOES NOT require a PC to be on all the time which otherwise may cost you $75 - $120/year plus wear and tear.
Based on the transformer rating I estimate the Ooma Hub will cost $5 to $10/year to operate. It is nice and cool (in contrast, the Aaris modem from Comcast is hot as a toaster).

FAX
I have called to have our regular phone service terminated. I did not call until I had verified that our Fax machine worked. The fax works without any problems when you plug it into a regular phone splitter (they even included one in the box). As an alternative you can connect it to any of the existing phone plugs in the house (which we have connected to the Hub). Don't use a Scout to connect the Fax machine.
Note: We don't use the our fax for incoming faxes; we have them come in via e-mail for $1/month using Faxaway.com

By the way all your existing phones in the house will work after you connect it to the Hub (in other words you don't need the Scout(s)). However then you don't benefit from the Scout's simple user interface and features.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Some of the cable modems are equipped with a backup battery (ours was no exception) unplugging it will not reset the modem. In other words these modems will not find your Ooma Hub upon power up.
Solution:
You simply have to press the Reset button on the back of the modem for the Ooma Hub to communicate with the modem. Subsequently the Ooma Hub will configure itself automatically after you turn the PC on.

THIS PRODUCT IS A WINNER; THE TEAM AT OOMA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

UPDATE...Feb 16, 2009
We have now terminated our Comcast phone service. They replaced the Aaris modem with a new RCA DCM425. It is cool (cold to the touch = low engergy consumption).
NOTE: You have to press the reset button for 15 sec on the modem AFTER power has been turned off (or else it will not find the Hub). Get more detail about ooma Core VoIP Phone System with No Monthly Phone Service Bills.