Comments on: Why Skype is Better than Ooma

By: Marty B

Marty B — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:46:24 +0000

I’ve just ordered ooma after using Skype for the better part of a year. While I like the concept of Skype and will keep using it, I’m hoping that ooma will have better sound quality than Skype. Skype often has problem with key presses being correctly ‘heard’ by voice mail systems, with really spotty voice quality, and occasional system collapses.

I’ll test ooma out hard for the 60 day trial period and if the quality isn’t SIGNIFICANTLY better than Skype, I’ll send it back.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:50:26 +0000

The Philips Cordless Skype phone is only $99.99 on amazon.com

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:49:10 +0000

Skype Pro is now available in the US which includes Unlimited Calling and 50% off every time you buy or renew a SkypeIn number. That’s only $66 a year!

By: eddie

eddie — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:58:11 +0000

Skype is more hype, I see skype as another yahoo messenger, you can im, you can voice chat and yes yahoo can now place regular calls even txt mobile phones. Oooma works like a traditional service (skype does in some way too) but ooma is more for placing regular calls and acting as a landline I’m very excited about it..and I’ve had more than enough experience in VoIP used, packet8 from day 1 till now and have * pbx set up so …I’m excited …399 for a lifetime phone pshh no problem my treo cost me more than that when I first got it and my monthly bill on that is still over $100

By: L Sterk

L Sterk — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:52:05 +0000

Don’t overlook this from Ooma’s website. After the mumbo-jumbo slight of hand about accounting and Apple et al. comes the real info - you’re getting 3 yrs not lifetime service. Then more nonsense about future customer plans with no mention of Oomba’s plans on what they will charge Day 1 of Year 4!

We are required by accounting rules to estimate the service life of our products. This is NOT to suggest that we expect our well-crafted, brilliantly engineered ooma devices to spontaneously combust or break down when the three years are up. Quite the contrary. Please understand that we have selected three years because it is consistent with the Apple iPhone™, TiVo®, and other similar devices. Customers who purchase the ooma system at the special introductory rate of $399 for an ooma Hub device will get at least three years of unlimited calling in the US and other premium calling features using the ooma system without monthly fees. Of course, customers may choose to upgrade their ooma devices or decide to add-on services before the three years are up, while others may be content to keep their original devices much longer than three years.

By: Senaka Balasuriya

Senaka Balasuriya — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:59:55 +0000

@ E: Ooma doesn’t offer 911. However, if a customer has a local telephone service, then the customer already has 911 as part of local telephone service. Ooma itself doesn’t provide 911 service, it just doesn’t prevent a user from using 911 that is already available. 911 is a paid service where the customer pays a monthly fee (usually) to have 911/Emergency service. If a Ooma customer doesn’t have local telephone service, the customer has Ooma service, but has no 911 service. Is that correct?

When you do an apples-to-apples comparison,

By: E

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:43:24 +0000

Ooma offers e911 and you don’t need an existing phone line.