[PLUG-TALK] ooma and Comcast

[wes]

wikipedia tells me ooma is a voip service. comcast is a particularly
unreliable ISP, so you'll be putting your phone service at its mercy.
comcast has been caught in the past using shenanigans to interfere with the
operation of voip providers. I couldn't speak to whether they do that now
or not. it happens to conflict with their own phone service offering. they
avoid having the same issues by using QOS on their end to make sure their
own voip service works well while others' don't.

as for the "one outlet" thing - there is no technical limitation here.
there could be some kind of arbitrary limitation in their TOS, I don't know.

-wes

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Posting in OT because it does not relate directly to Linux.
>
> Ooma was recommended by a friend.  It looks good to me.  But I see that at
> least some of Comcast's internet TOS says "Limited to one outlet".  Is this
> a limit, or does that just mean one modem?
>
> I intend to bug Comcast for a document, but I thought I  would see what
> you experts think about this.
>
> I presently have Comcast Internet and Voice for $121/mo.  It seems that
> almost half of that is voice.  Ooma is $4/mo.  If I reduce my max download
> rate to 25mbs I might be able to get down to $50.  This has strong appeal,
> not just financially, but politically as well--Comcast was a major
> contributor to the defeat of measure 97.
>
> Incidentally, if your feel that Comcast is raping both their customers and
> the State, join me in trying to reduce or eliminate what you pay to them.
> If, on  the other hand, you like what they do, increase your payments so
> that they do not feel obligated to lean on me.
>
> -Denis
>
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