southsound wrote:SJ,
You mentioned that the quality wasn't quite as good as your landline. Could you elaborate a little?
The Bellsouth (now AT&T) service we had for years was excellent but costly. No down time at all in the past several years. No interrupted or disconnected calls in years. The power goes off and it still works. There is virtually zero delay. I am a ham operator and I use two way radio to confirm the delays. It really is hard for a VOIP phone to match. But, did I mention the cost of At&T?
The ooma service sounds about as good. The delay is not usually a problem because most people are used to cell phones today. Sometimes the delay is near a half second or more. There is the occasional echo too. I am open to any help in this department.
In the month that I've been using ooma three calls were disconnected for no apparent reason. Callers have called my number and it did not ring the phones. Callers have called and the voice mail answered but did not play a message nor prompt to leave a message. Little things like this that I expect is ooma growing pains. This is not the norm but the exception. Most of the time it works.
We use Comcast cable. It is supposed to be 6mb down and 1.2mb up. Our setup is modem > router > hub. The router is Linksys WRT54G with DD-WRT and uses the QOS settings that have been suggested on this forum. We use the Scout in the living room with a phone connected to it. WE have Panasonic DECT 6 phones off the hub and have one in the living room also. If my wife is on one phone and we get another call, the scout phone will ring and I can answer it. I just love this.
SJ
