Ooma VOIP Review No Longer Totally Free Calls!

Ooma VOIP Review No Longer Totally Free Calls!

Ooma previously known as free calls within the United States is no longer totally free. After the first year of use, Ooma is charging $12.00 yearly to cover regulatory fees. Only Ooma Telo customers and new Ooma Core customers have to pay. Existing old Ooma Core customer do not need to pay for the regulatory yearly fee. This in fact tells us how Ooma is dedicated to their existing customers. Also now Ooma does not offer unlimited calls within the United States. Ooma offers 5000 minutes outgoing call within the United States per month. All incoming calls are free.

Even with the additional regulatory yearly fee after the first year of use, Ooma is still one of the most affordable VOIP available in the United States. Even though they cut down to 5000 outgoing calls within the United States per month, it is still a great deal. You still can save a lot of money comparing to your old phone company.

Ooma Telo system cost around $250.00 dollars. No monthly charge for the first year. After the first year there is a $12.00 fee to cover regulatory fees. That is only $1.00 per month, which is way better then what I am paying for my old phone bills.

The only people I see that might not benefit as much are:

# People that make a lot of international calls. Currently Vonage is offering unlimited international calls for one low price. Ooma also has an International Bundle Plan. In order to join the International Bundle Plan you have to be a premier member and pay an additional $5.00 monthly for the International Bundle Plan. To join Premier you have to pay $10.00 monthly, So you will have to pay $15.00 dollars monthly or more to be able to join the International Bundle Plan. In the long run you will probably still benefit from Ooma but it will probably take 2 years or more. So you might have to consider that for those people that makes a lot of international calls without calling cards. You still can make international calls without being a Premier member. Ooma charges you their normal international rates.

# People that have those 3 service, like cable TV, cable internet, and VOIP from the same provider. Like Cablevision, the VOIP phone service is only $30.00 per month, and since you have all 3 service with that provider they give you a discount of $15.00 from your total bill. So you will probably still be saving money in the long run but it will take longer since you have to buy the Ooma system for a up front cost around $250.00.

# People that are using Tmobile@home service. They are only paying $10.00 for there phone. I'm not sure how the quality of TMobile@home is. I seem decent reviews and bad ones as well. Also you might be in a contract. Even if your contract ends and if you switch to Ooma you still be saving in the long run. But as mention above it take longer to see the saving, it be around 2 years or more again.

So for people like me who are not attached to any contract and uses a separate provider for there phone, switching to Ooma is a great benefit. I'm am still currently using Verizon for land line phone, in the process of getting it cancel after my number get transfer over to Ooma. This is another thing you need to add on. You have to first buy the Ooma system first, then ask for phone port service if you need to transfer your existing telephone number. It takes around 6 weeks or more to have that done. So that means I have to stick with Verizon for another 2 months till I can get the number transfer over. Meanwhile I'm using Ooma telephone number till I can have my old number transfer to Ooma. So right now I have 2 different telephone numbers. Well it is actually a good thing, I would whether try out Ooma to make sure the sound quality is good before you have your old number transfer over. So for any reason if you are having bad quality, Amazon offers a 30 days money back guarantee.

It can really save a lot of money for some people, and if that is you. Do not wait too long. As demand for them is higher, they might raise the regulatory fees for new customers.