[HiHoSteveO]

We also chose the Ooma a couple of years ago after researching as you're doing. When Consumer Reports top rated it, that was enough for us.

We are very happy with it. It's not the same voice quality as you'd get in a telephone company land line, but not bad. The Ooma unit itself is like a voice mail answering machine and you can also hear the voice mails from your telephone and also your smartphone via an email.

We use ours wirelessly and place it in the house where it's convenient. Just connect it to WIFI like any other device, no need to plug into a router if you get the "Ooma Telo Air" model (although you can still plug it into your router instead if you'd like.) It has the black antenna you see and plugs directly into a USB port on the back.

After the initial purchase on Amazon, we tried the premium service for free as a trial and decided to keep that. (about $10.00/month) and the only thing we pay other than that is about $3 or $4 per month in taxes/fees.

It's very versatile and use it if we're up North or in The Villages. Just connect to WIFI and plug a phone into it. Same telephone number wherever you are.