[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Moving landline to VOIP

[Peter Shaw]

It looks like with Ooma, I need to use their base and handsets, $149 for 3
from Costco, for example.

Magicjack seems to integrate better with existing handsets.

Am I missing something?

Thanks!

Btw, this has been an interesting thread, I hope useful to others besides
me.

On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 5:16 PM Drew King (dking65 at kingconsulting.us) <
dking65 at kingconsulting.us> wrote:

> I have been using a service called magicJack for about the last 20 years
> and am very happy especially since it has spam call rejection if you're
> interested in getting rid of callers that are not real people.
>
> It costs $40 per year plus an extra $6 for 911 emergency services.
>
> I don't know if Uma provides e911 but magicJack does so if you dial 911
> your home address will appear on the screen of the police so they will know
> exactly where you live without having to locate your cell phone.
>
> The call rejection feature forces the person that calls you to press a
> random number between 1 and 0 and if they are a computer they obviously
> will not be able to press a number on the screen so the call Will Never
> ring the only calls that ring on your phone are the ones from real people
> that can press that digit this is an optional feature.
>
> There is an app for your cell phone so you can receive calls on your cell
> phone from your home phone line even if you're not home and it supports
> text messaging as well.
>
> When you buy the adapter it includes your first year of phone service
> which makes the adapter cost practically nothing.
>
> I have the Jack plugged into my router and the phone line goes into the
> back of a four handset multi-station phone system.
>
>
>
> You can port your home number or pick a new one.
>
> It's small enough that you can even travel with it so if you go on
> vacation or you're a snowbird you can take it to wherever you go and plug
> it in and you'll have your home phone line but as I said if you're away
> from home you can have the app on your cell phone ring when somebody calls
> your home phone anyway.
>
> --
> Drew King
>
>
>
> On October 14, 2023 5:14:20 PM EDT, Peter Shaw via LCTG <
> lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
>
>> Thoughts on the best options to move my landline over to my Internet
>> service?
>>
>> Google Voice, Ooma, probably others.
>>
>> I confess, I'm too late to be even a normal late adopter, but that's
>> where I am.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
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