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Dude, Where's My Phone Bill?

Dude, Where's My Phone Bill?Were is my "K Y Jelly"Yep, AT&T boned me also.I figured they were up to no good last yearwhen I was trying to help another person get VOIP service and It came back that they are not accepting new customers on their web site.So now I...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, AT&T Corp., Dude, phone, Ooma, Phone Bill

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Dude, Where's My Phone Bill?

The OOMA is a Voice Over IP VOIP appliance that plugs into your broadband connection which provides you unlimited local and long distance telephone service. What's the difference between this and other consumer VOIP solutions such as Vonage or Packet8? No phone bill. ...

Tags: Phone, Caller ID, Call, OOMA, OOMA Scout, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-27

New ooma service works with standard home phones

I like the concept of ooma, a new VoIP service that rather than using PCs, works with regular home phones.Ooma debuts today in beta, with general availability scheduled for this fall.U.S. calls are free via the OOma service. To make calls you connect to a broadband connection and primary phone...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-07-19

Additional Resources

In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline

Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, recession

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

News to know: Palm Pre weekend; iPhone Monday; Bing; DTV conversion; Twitter accounts

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Palm Pre weekend: Sprint could steal Palm's moment Matthew Miller: Initial Pre thoughts and answers...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Palm Inc., Microsoft Corp., Digital Television, Twitter, Sam Diaz, E-mail, TVs, H-1B, Embedded Linux, Cloud Computing, Tv & Home Theater, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Operating Systems, Software, Linux

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Frugal Friday: Palm Pre, OpenSolaris, Bing, OOMA

In this installment of Frugal Friday, fellow techie and former Palm afficionado Scott Raymond and I discuss the Palm Pre, the new OpenSolaris 2009.06 release, Microsoft's Bing decision engine, and interview Rich Buchanan, Chief Marketing Officer of the OOMA Voice over IP service. ...

Tags: OpenSolaris, Palm Inc., Podcasts, Internet, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Wind River: Tasty Embedded Linux Treat

Intel just purchased embedded systems vendor Wind River for a cool $884M. But why? The answer may lie in Linux and device virtualization. For many, Intel's acquisition of Wind River may have gone over this week as just another asset grab by the...

Tags: Wind River Systems Inc., Embedded Linux, Operating System, Intel Corp., Smart Phones, Linux, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Free U.S. calling-enabling ooma devices are now publicly available

Free U.S. calling-enabling ooma devices are now publicly availableit's not cheap if they go out of business or cancl itMany companies have tried to offer"lifetime" plans for this or that service.Only to either repudiate their offeringsr go out of business.One of the most notorious is Akimbo, whichcoincidentally was backed by...

Tags: Akimbo, Free U.S.

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Free U.S. calling-enabling ooma devices are now publicly available

Unlimited U.S. calling ooma, Inc., announced today its ooma systems are now directly available to consumers through the ooma website. Introductory pricing is $399 for each ooma Hub device and $39.95 for each ooma Scout device. Besides free calling, included...

Tags: Device, Pricing Strategy, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-09-18

New ooma service works with standard home phones

New ooma service works with standard home phonesI don't get it... someone help me understand this..How would this be a benefit to someone like me?The call is routed through another person's land line? is that the deal?Okay... so I share a landline with other people sharing their landline. ...

Tags: Telephony, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SECURITY, service work, home phone

Discussion threads 2007-07-19