Question 1

I don't have a landline now but do have internet service .will this work for me My cell phone reception sucks in the house and I'm looking for alter

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If your router has ethernet ports, or you have a switch one port is used to connect to this VOIP peripheral. It uses very little data so about any internet connection will work. I bought my first VOIP PCI card in 2003 so its nothing new. Its much safer then using a cell phone. Make sure you set up e911.

Question 2

Can i get calls from my cell number over ooma while im at home. Because of poor call quality at my house.

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What Matthew said, assuming you have call forwarding available on your cell, simply forward the calls to your Ooma number. Switching back and forth might be a pain. Maybe it's time to find a different cell provider that works better at your house(?) EDIT: With my cell provider it's as easy as dialing *72 followed by the ten digit phone (Ooma) number you want the calls to go to, three short tones means it's done, hang up. To stop forwarding simple dial (from the cell) *720, again, three rapid tones means it's undone. Works great. The hard part is remembering to switch, not the actual switching. Your provider's instructions may vary.... Oh, and thanks for bringing it up, I never considered it before but it may come in handy, sometimes my cell signal gets weak at home. ;)

Question 3

How does this compare to OBi200?

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I have used the OBI series with Google Voice for a number of years, and I purchased an Ooma for my mother. The details of the Ooma service and features is a little hazy since it's been a few years since I set her Ooma up.

The OBI200 can be used with Google Voice to make incoming and outgoing calls for free and you can also use other VOIP service providers if you want to. All you can do with GV is make and receive calls. You can't call 911 from Google Voice. To get around this problem, I got a very inexpensive VOIP service with a limited number of minutes and I have my Obi set up to use that service for emergency calls.

The Ooma is a separate phone service. You sign up with the Ooma service and you get a new phone number (or you can port an existing telephone number to the Ooma service for a fee, $20 I think, but it may be more). With the Oooma you pay the taxes and fees like you would a landline phone. This means that you can use the Ooma to make 911 calls.

If you already have a Google Voice number, and you want to use Ooma, the Ooma service has a feature that will let you change the caller ID for your outgoing calls to match your Google Voice number, or any other number that you own. That way callers will only see your Google Voice number. You can set up your Ooma telephone number as a forwarding number in Google Voice, so that your Ooma will ring any time you get a call to your Google Voice number.

Question 4

Can I connect the Ooma to a tel wall jack and pick up the signal at a different tel jack where base phone is located, and eliminate the Linx box?

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That is what I did. My house  phone wiring is not connected to a provider so I put the box in one room, and fed the signal into the wired phone jack, and picked it up at another.

Recording Capacity	15 minutes
Is there Caller ID	Yes
Dialer Type	Single Keypad
Answering System Type	Digital
Power Source	Corded Electric
Item Weight	1.4 Pounds
Item Dimensions	2.1 x 2.3 x 2.4 inches
Color	Black

ooma Ooma Telo VoIP Home Phone System (Certified Refurbished)

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