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- How does the Ooma Telo phone system work?
- Ooma Telo Calling Plan
- Vocal clarity with Ooma Telo’s PureVoice HD
- What equipment do you need to use the Ooma Telo phone system?
- Keep your phone number
- Use the Ooma phone system anywhere in the world
- Ooma Telo Prices
- Ooma Telo Premier
- Ooma Telo on your iPhone or Android
The Ooma Telo is a simple, plug-and-play solution for accessing residential VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service.
The Ooma Telo is a VoIP adapter, which enables residential users with a high-speed Internet connection to access inexpensive VoIP phone services. With Ooma Telo VoIP, residential Internet customers have access to:
- Free long-distance calls
- International calls as low as 1¢ per minute
- Free caller ID
- Free call waiting
- Free voicemail.
The Ooma Telo VoIP home phone system also offers extension service with Ooma Telo softphone apps for Android and iPhone mobile phone users.
How does the Ooma Telo phone system work?
You might think of the Ooma Telo as a base, much like a cable modem. The Ooma Telo is an analog telephone adapter (ATA) that connects to an Ethernet cable. You then connect your telephone to the Ooma Telo VoIP adapter. You do not have to connect your computer to the Ooma Telo VoIP home phone system.
The Ooma Telo VoIP home phone system functions as more than an ATA because of included telephony features. In addition to converting your analog phone signal to a digital phone signal, the Ooma Telo phone system includes free inbound and outbound caller ID, call waiting, and voicemail. Ooma Telo Premier subscribers enjoy the benefits of a second line, 3-way conference calling, voicemail-to-text transcription, and more.
Ooma Telo Calling Plan
For international calls, the Ooma Telo phone system offers two options: standard rate and plan rate. With Ooma Telo’s standard rate option, there is no monthly fee or commitment, and calls to 61 countries are usually lower than 1¢ per minute. The Ooma Telo plan rate offers 1,000 minutes of international calling for under $10 per month.There are a few exceptions to free local and long distance calls in the United States. With the Ooma Telo VoIP home phone system, 411 calls will cost .99¢ and be charged to a prepaid phone card. Also, 900 numbers and other phone chat service numbers are not supported.
Vocal clarity with Ooma Telo’s PureVoice HD
The Ooma Telo VoIP home phone system also claims to offer better clarity than Ooma Telo VoIP competitors with its PureVoice HD technology. The Ooma Telo uses HD voice (double the voice signal), encrypted calls, advanced voice compression, and packet prioritization through wire-speed QoS. (For a true HD voice experience, an HD-compatible phone is necessary. This includes most corded telephones, and the Ooma Telo handset.)
To combat the packet loss that some VoIP users experience as garbled or interrupted voice signals, Ooma Telo’s PureVoice HD also incorporates adaptive redundancy — the Ooma Telo VoIP home phone system detects packet loss and issues duplicate packets to cover the gap. ...