$49.99 for this new Ooma Tele Home Phone on Groupon – list is $149.99! This Groupon requires a 10-month subscription to Ooma Premier upon activation ($9.99/mo., not included), but after that you can either keep the premier service or drop down to the FREE service. One really nice feature of the Premier Service is that if your internet goes out, your calls are forwarded automatically to your back-up number! This was the deal-breaker in the past for me, so now I have to think…I like the idea of free better than $9.95 a month, but realistically, I like the idea of always being able to receive calls on my home line, so maybe the Premier would be my permanent choice. And being able to blacklist calls from Clothes4Charity and all the other charities and Rx refill calls from overseas? win-win
After unpacking the compact Ooma Telo box, owners connect it to their home phones and high-speed Internet to begin placing free U.S. calls in less than 15 minutes. The Ooma box and its accompanying Premier subscription also boast dozens of additional features, including personal blacklisting, which makes it easy to avoid unwelcome calls, and voicemail forwarding to your email, computer, or smartphone. Reduced international rates and free three-way calling help subscribers save money when planning complicated Zurich bank heists with far-flung accomplices.