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Old 11-19-2021, 06:03 AM   #1
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I got an Ooma (VOIP) years ago in both NH and MA.
$0.00/mo

Probably 10 years now. Rock solid and ported our former landline numbers to them.

You pay for just the phone which was like $100 or something at the time.

They still offer them today but you have to pay just the taxes/fees. Like $5/mo
I’m grandfathered in so pay nothing.

If you want a land line it’s the way to go.

What’s cool is, you can take it with you. Only needs Internet.

Even at say $30/mo, two lines for 10 years.

We saved $7200.00 in phone bills.

Unlimited calling anywhere in the USA.
Yeah, but if you've had a cell phone all that time, you've not saved anything...

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Old 11-19-2021, 09:09 AM   #2
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I have an Ooma phone with a 603 number. The taxes are the only charge and run about $5 per month so it is pretty cheap.

I take the Ooma box to Florida during the winter. I used it more often at the previous Florida house because the cell coverage was lousy. I take great joy in calling my New Hampshire friends during a snow storm and telling them how nice the Florida weather is.

Now the only other time I use it is when I can't find my cell phone and I call the cell phone number to get it to ring. The joy of being old!
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I have an Ooma phone with a 603 number. The taxes are the only charge and run about $5 per month so it is pretty cheap.

I take the Ooma box to Florida during the winter. I used it more often at the previous Florida house because the cell coverage was lousy. I take great joy in calling my New Hampshire friends during a snow storm and telling them how nice the Florida weather is.

Now the only other time I use it is when I can't find my cell phone and I call the cell phone number to get it to ring. The joy of being old!
I was going to point out the waste of money given that you can use your cell for wifi calling given that Ooma needs internet anyway, but then you followed up with that gem of using the landline (that's never lost) to find your phone—winner winner!

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Old 11-19-2021, 09:38 AM   #4
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I use Ooma. I kept the landline first because I have had the number for so long and it still gets listed in the phonebook (remember those?!). Second, with multiple people in the household, not all of whom have cell phones, it's convenient to have a single number someone can call to reach anyone. Also, there are a number of people who all I prefer reach me (or leave a message) at home.
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Yeah, but if you've had a cell phone all that time, you've not saved anything...

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Main reason I had a land line in both houses is so my cottage sitter could call me if there was a problem. If temperature drops below or above set point, smoke alarm fires, power failure, alarm system fires all would call me on the land line.

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I also occasionally have to send or receive a Fax.

There are other ways to accomplish those things today. So I still have both running, since I have them and they are free and still work perfectly. The cottage sitter has come in handy a couple times over the years.

I've had the Cottage Sitter (earlier model) since 1986 on a real analog land line and then switched to OOMA when I learned about it.

Oh that's how I did a remote Thermostat decades ago.

We also like having a common "junk" phone line. Any time anything asks for a phone number we give it the land line, unless we feel it's critical for immediate contact. That way we get less spam calls on cell phones.
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