I had Ooma for about 5 years, before I retired. I ran a fair amount of conf calls and my cell just didn't cut it from a quality point of view and the occasional drop was unacceptable. This was before Wi-Fi calling on a cellphone. Ooma has a box, you don't need a computer. It plugs into your router. Actually, you can put it before your router as your router can plug into the Ooma box for potentially better QoS. It is low cost, IIRC I was paying about $7 per month. It is effectively a replacement for a more traditional land line. Regarding power outages, my ONT was on a UPS so there is a good chance internet access would continue but the Ooma box, and the attached phone, would also need to be on a UPS. Power outages are so infrequent that I don't think this is really an issue. The voice quality was very good. They did import numbers when I had it. I dropped it when I retired as I didn't need it anymore.
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Originally Posted by Bill14564
I know MagicJack required a desktop/laptop to work and I assumed Ooma did too; he doesn't have either.
My preference would be to have him use just the single mobile number rather than having to deal with two numbers, two phones, two bills, etc. But I'll take a look at Ooma to see if that might work for his situation.
NOTE: I am trying simply to eliminate an expense. A VOIP phone is NOT a one-to-one replacement for a landline phone. In the worst of emergencies, the landline phone might be a bit more reliable than the mobile. On the other hand, I don't expect we will encounter that type of emergency so his mobile on one cell carrier and his internet (providing wifi calling and possibly Ooma) on another cell carrier seems sufficiently reliable.
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