Just got our Ooma Telo today and really enjoying it so far!
Because we want to port our number, we also hooked Ooma into a phone jack as instructed. Didn't quite expect that our old number doesn't ring the Ooma connected phones. We hooked a Panasonic base to the Telo and it has 2 satellites. We also have an Ooma Telo handset we put in a remote location. Additionally, there is a wall phone hooked to the landline, which of course I didn't expect to work since it has no connection with the Ooma.
Right now, dialing our temporary number and our optional second number (what a cool feature!!) makes the Telo- connected sets ring and the wall phone does not. Dialing the number we are porting makes only the wall phone ring. Should this be this way?
Also, I was wondering, once the number is ported and we disconnect the Telo from the jack, can we just leave the wall phone hooked up? I know it will be useless, but I don't have anything else to cover the space. I saw some references to needing to disconnect the Telco lines where they enter the house if you want to use your land lines to distribute signals, but would it be necessary for us since we are not intending to use the land line and will cancel service?
Thanks!
Because we want to port our number, we also hooked Ooma into a phone jack as instructed. Didn't quite expect that our old number doesn't ring the Ooma connected phones. We hooked a Panasonic base to the Telo and it has 2 satellites. We also have an Ooma Telo handset we put in a remote location. Additionally, there is a wall phone hooked to the landline, which of course I didn't expect to work since it has no connection with the Ooma.
Right now, dialing our temporary number and our optional second number (what a cool feature!!) makes the Telo- connected sets ring and the wall phone does not. Dialing the number we are porting makes only the wall phone ring. Should this be this way?
Also, I was wondering, once the number is ported and we disconnect the Telo from the jack, can we just leave the wall phone hooked up? I know it will be useless, but I don't have anything else to cover the space. I saw some references to needing to disconnect the Telco lines where they enter the house if you want to use your land lines to distribute signals, but would it be necessary for us since we are not intending to use the land line and will cancel service?
Thanks!