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

[Stan Rose]

Peter, Thete is no reason to use the OOMA handsets, unless you want to.

I'm using my OOMA with my existing Panasonicj base . In fact, my OOMA is
plugged into a regular RJ11 landline jack from my former whole house wiring
in my office and the Panasonic base is plugged into another RJ11 in my
kitchen.

OOMA does provide 911 support.

Drew, your initial note about MagicJack did go out. I have a friend who
uses MagicJack overseas to provide a US number wherever he is.

Stan

On Sun, Oct 15, 2023, 5:42 PM Peter Shaw via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
wrote:

> 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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