[PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma

[C W]

Thanks Neal, very good to hear Ooma is working well for ya.  I think I'm
going to switch us to Ooma.   Also, that info you sent on using the house
phone wiring should come in very handy.

Cheers,
Elcaset

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Neal <nsedell at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:21 PM, C W <elcaseti at gmail.com> wrote:
> > How expensive and difficult is it to add several phones in the same house
> to
> > one Ooma line?
>
> Same as any other VOIP line.
>
> Use the existing house wiring AFTER disconnecting from the external
> telephone network at the NID:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_interface_device
> http://www.homephonewiring.com/nid.html
>
> Open the NID (regular screwdriver required) and unplug what look like
> short phone cord loopback cables plugged into "TEST" jacks. This
> isolates your inside wiring from the phone company.
>
> Plug the Ooma / Vonage box into any telephone jack near an internet
> feed, hook it up to the internet, plug in the power adapter and there
> ya go, at least in theory.
>
> I've had Ooma since Woot ran a special six months ago. Over this time
> it has worked fairly well, at least as well as the Comcast cable modem
> service. I think I've only had to power cycle the Ooma box once or
> twice when it wasn't a Comcast issue. The taxes-only minimum service
> is missing a couple things I really miss but not enough to upgrade to
> the $120/year Premier service. The thing I miss most is voicemail
> email forwarding.
>
> NealS
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