Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Cutting the Cost of Communication

I gave up on my regular phone lines two years ago.  The fees were just beyond the value that I felt I was getting.  I moved from a commercial office to a home office and ported those two numbers to my home in order to keep the business calls continuous for a while as I transitioned.  Even though I wasn't running a commercial space any longer, I still had to pay "commercial" phone line prices.  I have moved steadily toward using my cell number for most business calls and may make the jump entirely soon.  The aggravation of notifying everyone is the main reason I haven't done it yet.  For my home office lines, I am now using VONAGE, which is a voice over internet protocal phone connection.  It has worked well for my needs and has never given me any trouble.  However, I have just read some great reviews on another voip product called ooma.  You can get the fancy ooma with a handset and many nice features for a one time purchase of the device that you plug into your computer modem and $3.47 per month.  Tonight it was $199.00.  Good by VONAGE, which is $25.00 per month.  The device looks like it would last forever and those who have used it are thrilled with the quality. Currently, the best price on the ooma device is to be found on Amazon.  What are you going to due with your extra money?  Invest it in your ROTH IRA if you haven't started that yet, right?  Isn't technology wonderful?  Now go ahead and do this right away, it is like paying yourself at least an extra four hundred dollars for the small amount of time and trouble it will require. 

1 comment:

  1. http://learn-networking.com/voip/a-review-of-the-ooma-voip-internet-phone

    This link is to a very good description of the ooma set up and costs. It has good pictures and explains in detail what the charges are for the more advanced teleo model. Nearly FREE telephone service! It seems to be a balanced review by someone who has used it and weighed out the pros and cons.

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