Heya. Another happy OOOOOOma customer here... well hopefully. Ran into one sticking issue after installation:
Everything works just fine in getting and receiving calls with the new OOMA number... except I get the 'fast busy' signal in the local desktop phone when I try to dial out local (to me) telephone numbers. Calling anyone outside of my Area Code works great and is loud and clear.
So I read in the manual that I need to make sure I have my WALL wire is connected. Huh? Say what? I have no WALL Wire. I have no local phone service to begin with! I have only Cable Internet and I wanted this OOMA station to be my Hub over the Internet ONLY. So why then would I need any wire connected to the RJ11 jack and hooked up to the local Telco?? If I wanted Local Telco service, then I wouldn't need OOMA in the first place, right?
So please, tell me it is some secret-handshake wooozie-whaaatee setting in the OOMA Hub itself, that would allow it to make ALL outgoing calls local and long-distance, while ignoring the fact that I do not have (or plan to have) any local Ma-Hell phone service. And I would be happy-happy. Thanks.
SJ
Everything works just fine in getting and receiving calls with the new OOMA number... except I get the 'fast busy' signal in the local desktop phone when I try to dial out local (to me) telephone numbers. Calling anyone outside of my Area Code works great and is loud and clear.
So I read in the manual that I need to make sure I have my WALL wire is connected. Huh? Say what? I have no WALL Wire. I have no local phone service to begin with! I have only Cable Internet and I wanted this OOMA station to be my Hub over the Internet ONLY. So why then would I need any wire connected to the RJ11 jack and hooked up to the local Telco?? If I wanted Local Telco service, then I wouldn't need OOMA in the first place, right?

So please, tell me it is some secret-handshake wooozie-whaaatee setting in the OOMA Hub itself, that would allow it to make ALL outgoing calls local and long-distance, while ignoring the fact that I do not have (or plan to have) any local Ma-Hell phone service. And I would be happy-happy. Thanks.
SJ
ooma customer since December 2008
ooma hardware: core (hub/scout) and Telo
Premier, Lifetime Member
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ooma hardware: core (hub/scout) and Telo
Premier, Lifetime Member
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