What is the difference between the Ooma Telo Free Home Phone Service and the Ooma Linx VoIP Phone and Device?
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David and Richard have explained the difference clearly. I have both devices and the premium service. This also lets you set up an additional phone number for the Linx, giving you a dedicated FAX number.
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To get the Ooma service, you need a Telo device. The lynx adapter allows you to wirelessly connect any standard telephone handset to your Ooma Telo and have an instant simultaneous second line. Until you buy and activate an Ooma Telo device, you cannot take advantage of the free or premium services Ooma has to offer.One more thing worth mentioning: there are taxes on either the free or premium service, but well worth it compared to shelling out money monthly to the local telco. The taxes are usually around $4/month.
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one owners say they only use the ooma linx and still get phone service..so is some saying using the oom telo is a way to get us customers to spend mo money?
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Ooma Telo is the main device that provides the phone service. Ooma Linx is a device that connects with the main Ooma Telo unit to provide a wireless phone jack, among a few other things. Bottom line is that you can get phone service with just the Ooma Telo, but you CANNOT get phone service with just the Ooma Linx.
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The Ooma Telo is the device that attaches to any phone to activate the Ooma service. It is a required component of the home phone service. The Ooma Linx is an adapter that attaches to any phone so as to allow it to be used with already-established Ooma Teloset-up. In place of buying the Linx you can buy an Ooma handset which is a phone designed to work with the Ooma setup without any attachments.
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I don't have one but my basic understanding is you don't need this if you have a cordless phone base station connected to your original Ooma Telo.I have two other cordless phones connected to the base station phone Panasonic wirelessly in other areas of the house. My fax is right at the cable modem and computer. If I want a fax in another area of the house I will need this additional device. (or run 50 ft of telephone wire.)
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The Free Home Phone Service is the basic unit allowing your computer to provide phone service. The VoIP device provides a wireless extension to some other location in your home but you have to have the basic service installed first.
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Linx is an add-on device to the Ooma Telo (base station). It can be used to connect a FAX or a standard phone wirelessly back to the Telo. It is purchased one time. Ooma Telo carries a small yearly fee for taxes.
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Ooma Linx is a add-on device that adds a 2nd phone line via a "wireless" connection to the Ooma Telo main VOIP controller. It can have an independent second phone number and is ideal for use as a FAX line or kids line.
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i am unable to answer the question because i do not know that a ooma voip telephone system is. sorry
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Thi is a quote from the instructions to connect ooma to landline "If your Telo unit was manufactured after April 2011, do not support landline integration and do not have a WALL port." This is a big disappointment for me. Have not talked to Tech Support yet, but I'm hoping there is a solution. I bought it because every thing said it could be connected to my house wiring.
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Use my refer a friend code and save $50 Get the Ooma telo for $99 and free shipping! Direct from Ooma!http://www3.ooma.com/refer-a-friend/?referral_code=GIC2392
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It is not connected over VOIP. This device is basically a cell phone in a box. It is possible that your cellular phone has poor reception or has reception problems. Or just that the home phone device has a better antenna.
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Just adding to my last response: since the Ooma has an answering machine function, I would get the most basic V-tech base station - the CS6419
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No, doesn't matter. I use Mac to access the Ooma Web Platform. Both work. There's even an Ooma application that you can install on your phone. It's a great phone system.
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Yes, I have my telo installed next to my router mainly for that reason .. that is where my house phone wire comes as well. I use a wired phone (with 3 wireless handsets) with Ooma, as well as use two of their HD2 wireless handsets from Ooma. What you don't get from Ooma is true two line support of house wired phones. At this time (they keep hinting that it might change) they only support a singe pair of house wires. So if you have two line phones (as I do) don't expect the 2nd line to work. That is what I use one of the HD2's for. Hope they improve this area.
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We use a Panasonic cordless phone system on our Ooma base system. We have used the Linx to connect to two different fax machines ( not similtaneously) I expect there is good chance your Dect 6 would work very well. Have you called Ooma tech support? We have always found them very helpful.
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Yes, as long as you have another connection to the Internet such as DSL, cable or FiOS. The main difference is you won't be paying Verizon or whomever at least $24.00 a month. You get Caller ID and other phone features just like a landline, but for only taxes of $3-4 per month. I cut the cord, ported my landline phone number to Ooma and haven't looked back! I'm extremely happy with their service.
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As I understand, Magic Jack and Obi202 are two kinds of VOIP telephone service boxes. If you have one you don't need the other. I bought the Magic Jack but returned it un-opened when a friend recommended the OBi. I'm glad I did.
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You need to port you number for $39.00 + tax or you could prepay premier service for $120 or so and get a free port. Ooma is one of the best purchase i have ever made. It only cost me less then $4 a month. Buy an Ooma Telo for $89.99 directly from ooma with 30 days money back guarantee. Thats $40 off of the retail price. http://www3.ooma.com/refer-a-friend/?referral_code=WAT5725
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Hi! Robert,You will need to check with Ooma to confirm this but this is what I found at Ooma's website:"Recently, we launched Ooma free home phone service across Canada."There is a link explaining Canadian phone service at Ooma's website.Hope this helps!
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I am using mine with my Ooma. All features seem to work fine. With only one line plugged in, the phone Line 2 light blinks constantly. To eliminate, I plugged both lines into the Ooma with a splitter. This solution did not confuse the phone software - all calls come in on Line 1. The Ooma does not need two lines to work its call-waiting feature, as the calls are held in the Ooma base. The call-waiting works as intended - a beep is heard when the second call comes in.
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I prefer Ooma because it is more reliable and has better call quality. Ooma was rated number one for home phone service the past three years by a leading consumer magazine. That same magazine rated Magic Jack as worse than Ooma. If you want to buy a new Ooma Telo for just $99.99 then copy this link:www.ooma.com/refer-a-friend/?referral_code=NEK9052
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When you sign up, you tell Ooma your address and they offer a good variety of phone numbers in your area. You can also transfer an existing phone number to their system, though it takes a few days for that process to be completed. Ooma is great for personal home use. Some customers, like myself, were unable to get a fax to work with their system, otherwise it's reliable, has reasonably good voice quality, and is cheaper than anything out there.
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According to the live chat support at Ooma.com, it is the same except the physical appearance. They informed me that it has the same software function at the previous unit. And while I can't see the 3 icons across the top of the new unit that were on the older model (for volume adjustment, brightness adjustment, and page), the live chat person informed me that those functions are still there. If you're interested, there has been some discussion about the new/old units on the Ooma forums (http://www.ooma.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=17399&p=119051&hilit=+new+old+telo+difference#p119051 AND http://www.ooma.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=17399&p=119051&hilit=+new+old+telo+difference#p119051 AND http://www.ooma.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17318).