The grass isn't always greener

sabresfan · Post by **sabresfan** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:33 am

I go over to the ooma forum every now and then to read and came across this thread http://www.ooma.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10397 seems some people are having problems with calls not working correctly. Seems like MJ is not the only voip service to have problems like this. Hopefully a fix will come quickly for these people. It's always a good idea to have a backup to the provider your using in case a problem like this occurs.

Darkman90808 · Post by **Darkman90808** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:18 am

FWIW.... a friend of mine still subscribes to a Verizon land line. He lives in an older community that experienced the heavy rains we had recently in California. As a result, his phone service has been virtually non-existent for two weeks.

Ma Bell completely blew off his first scheduled appointment where a service tech would be there "sometime between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m." His next scheduled appointment is January 6th.

For this level of VIP service, he gets to pay over $60 a month for basic service with unlimited long distance calling.

BTW, he bought an ooma telco but couldn't get it to work.

No matter what, it seems you pays your money and takes your chances.

telltom · Post by **telltom** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:40 am

these days cell phone has been the most reliable to me. I have MJ and stopped using it for the most part. Nettalk is pretty good once the router is setup correctly, but cell phone is the best. It may breakup and static but i always get my call.

oldtimercurt · Post by **oldtimercurt** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:28 pm

Cells work well here in FLorida, as well---until a hurricane blows away your local tower.

OTC

neo2121 · Post by **neo2121** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:12 am

telltom wrote:these days cell phone has been the most reliable to me. I have MJ and stopped using it for the most part. Nettalk is pretty good once the router is setup correctly, but cell phone is the best. It may breakup and static but i always get my call.

Cell phones don’t static. They "cut out" choppy voice is different that static

I completely agree with you cell phone is the most reliable and convenient way to converse. My parents don’t even have a land line any more. I'm a VoIP hobbyist I don’t think i have placed anything other than test calls to my cell phone with any VoIP device in a long time. I might with net talk working on my android based cell phone

oldtimercurt wrote:Cells work well here in Florida, as well---until a hurricane blows away your local tower.

OTC

Same could be said for tornados and cell towers and power lines cable lines and you guessed it, for phone lines. They all have their design flaws

A VoIP company could make a lot of money if they targeted smart phone users as a supplemental service that could push calls right to VoIP when you selected an option as well as allowed # spoofing bet that company would make millions. They could even do 20.00 a year and limit to 500min a month as a supplemental service.

gashliquor · Post by **gashliquor** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:55 pm

As far as Ooma goes i don't know if problem is wide spread but it does not affect me at all and im on a 2 hr call so far and typing at the same time and old lady is on line 2 of Ooma and daughter is on Line 1 of ATA. I have read of the problem on Ooma's web site but to me it looks like the west coast has most of the problems.

cell14 · Post by **cell14** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:18 pm

Cells work well here in FLorida, as well---until a hurricane blows away your local tower

Hmmm.. how often get your towers blown away ? I went here through a few hurricanes/ tropical storms since i have a cell phone service ( 1993)
and while the cell service was affected, it was never completely out and I was always able to make a call ( sometimes with a lot of effort). Plus, carriers have increasingly power back ups for the cell sites.

oldtimercurt · Post by **oldtimercurt** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:32 pm

After Ivan in 2004 and yes the coverage is better now. Just hope we don't have to test it anytime soon.

OTC

sabresfan · Post by **sabresfan** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:38 am

gashliquor wrote:As far as Ooma goes i don't know if problem is wide spread but it does not affect me at all and im on a 2 hr call so far and typing at the same time and old lady is on line 2 of Ooma and daughter is on Line 1 of ATA. I have read of the problem on Ooma's web site but to me it looks like the west coast has most of the problems.

I agree it does seem like Ooma users on the west coast seem to have this problem more than others. Funny you would think it would be the other way around being Ooma is located in California.

gashliquor · Post by **gashliquor** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:38 am

sabresfan wrote:
gashliquor wrote:As far as Ooma goes i don't know if problem is wide spread but it does not affect me at all and im on a 2 hr call so far and typing at the same time and old lady is on line 2 of Ooma and daughter is on Line 1 of ATA. I have read of the problem on Ooma's web site but to me it looks like the west coast has most of the problems.
I agree it does seem like Ooma users on the west coast seem to have this problem more than others. Funny you would think it would be the other way around being Ooma is located in California.

Ooma is having problems IMO with some of it's trunks thats affecting ppl in cali and others in close by west coast states, Here in florida there is no such glitches at all. Rather strange but the local on the west coast is taking the beating. Just like the Ooma Telo phone you had to get it " If it was you" mail order because no bestbuy in cali had it near you. Im over 2 thousands miles away and Bestbuy had a dozen or more in each store. However that changed as BestBuy no longer sells Ooma period but Costco does. However in my area of florida there are no Costco's but i seen them though on the east coast but im on the west on the gulf of mexico. No matter who's VoIP service we have there will be a problem, Nothing is really perfect in life but we all hope so.

Freedom1911 · Post by **Freedom1911** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:26 pm

sabresfan wrote:I go over to the ooma forum every now and then to read and came across this thread http://www.ooma.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10397 seems some people are having problems with calls not working correctly. Seems like MJ is not the only voip service to have problems like this. Hopefully a fix will come quickly for these people. It's always a good idea to have a backup to the provider your using in case a problem like this occurs.

True. Even if you are using ma bell you should have a second form of communication. If your phone line were struck by lightning or hit by a little old lady on her way to church. Hope neither one of those ever happen.

Point is you never know what WILL happen and you need to be prepared.
MJ is not perfect, but is works well enough, and it costs much less than ma bell. Takes some up keep on your PC to be sure everything is running properly.

sabresfan · Post by **sabresfan** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 12:12 am

Freedom1911 wrote:
sabresfan wrote:I go over to the ooma forum every now and then to read and came across this thread http://www.ooma.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10397 seems some people are having problems with calls not working correctly. Seems like MJ is not the only voip service to have problems like this. Hopefully a fix will come quickly for these people. It's always a good idea to have a backup to the provider your using in case a problem like this occurs.
True. Even if you are using ma bell you should have a second form of communication. If your phone line were struck by lightning or hit by a little old lady on her way to church. Hope neither one of those ever happen.

Point is you never know what WILL happen and you need to be prepared.
MJ is not perfect, but is works well enough, and it costs much less than ma bell. Takes some up keep on your PC to be sure everything is running properly.

I can't agree more with the need to have a backup and for those using MJ that have problems to keep their computers running properly and free of junk.

magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

The grass isn't always greener

The grass isn't always greener

Re: The grass isn't always greener

Re: The grass isn't always greener