Lead Generation
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Ditching the landline was such a great decision. I don't miss it in the slightest.
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Ditching the landline was such a great decision. I don't miss it in the slightest.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Lead Generation:
Ditching the landline was such a great decision. I don't miss it in the slightest.
When we had the Cheddarshack, I had an Ooma for phone service. It was good - reliable, easy to install, and cheap.
By "cheap" I mean free - other than taxes and fees.
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My only concern with ditching the landline is when we lose power. Cell service where I live is spotty. Landline ALWAYS works. Gotta wonder if the cost for this "insurance" is worth it.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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My only concern with ditching the landline is when we lose power. Cell service where I live is spotty. Landline ALWAYS works. Gotta wonder if the cost for this "insurance" is worth it.
@George-K said in Lead Generation:
My only concern with ditching the landline is when we lose power. Cell service where I live is spotty. Landline ALWAYS works. Gotta wonder if the cost for this "insurance" is worth it.
Ditch landline telephone but keep landline Internet.
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A few years back, my company listed my cell phone on the website for Institutional Sales. They pulled it from the website a few months later, but it was too late.
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@George-K said in Lead Generation:
My only concern with ditching the landline is when we lose power. Cell service where I live is spotty. Landline ALWAYS works. Gotta wonder if the cost for this "insurance" is worth it.
Ditch landline telephone but keep landline Internet.
Back up your router and cable modem or optical terminal with batteries.@Axtremus said in Lead Generation:
Ditch landline telephone but keep landline Internet.
You mean my cable internet, I assume. I can't get fiber in my place and DSL is slow. I used T-Mobile 5G for about a year. It was OK, but speeds were erratic and it wasn't that much cheaper than cable.
Back up your router and cable modem or optical terminal with batteries.
You mean a UPS for that?
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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When FIOS was installed in my old house, the fiber cable was used to carry the landline. A battery backup for the Landline connection was required in case of power failure.
I remember the installer saying the battery backup was a County(I think) requirement. We were very early adopters, it was 2005 I believe. That is probably no longer true, I didn't have a battery backup for the landline when we moved to our current house.
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My only concern with ditching the landline is when we lose power. Cell service where I live is spotty. Landline ALWAYS works. Gotta wonder if the cost for this "insurance" is worth it.
@George-K said in Lead Generation:
My only concern with ditching the landline is when we lose power. Cell service where I live is spotty. Landline ALWAYS works. Gotta wonder if the cost for this "insurance" is worth it.
How often do you lose power? And when it does go out, does it go out for a long time?
It seems like your price is pretty low for your landline, so it seems worth it to keep from teh price side. However, if you are getting 3+ spam calls on your phone, that is worth something also. Which is worse? Which is better for your peace of mind?
Having a land line in case of a power failure?
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@George-K said in Lead Generation:
My only concern with ditching the landline is when we lose power. Cell service where I live is spotty. Landline ALWAYS works. Gotta wonder if the cost for this "insurance" is worth it.
How often do you lose power? And when it does go out, does it go out for a long time?
It seems like your price is pretty low for your landline, so it seems worth it to keep from teh price side. However, if you are getting 3+ spam calls on your phone, that is worth something also. Which is worse? Which is better for your peace of mind?
Having a land line in case of a power failure?
Not getting interrupted by spam calls 3+ times a day?@taiwan_girl said in Lead Generation:
Which is better for your peace of mind?
Having a land line in case of a power failure?
Not getting interrupted by spam calls 3+ times a day?#2.
I'm going to take a look at the Ooma. I was happy with it in Wisconsin.
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@Axtremus said in Lead Generation:
Ditch landline telephone but keep landline Internet.
You mean my cable internet, I assume. I can't get fiber in my place and DSL is slow. I used T-Mobile 5G for about a year. It was OK, but speeds were erratic and it wasn't that much cheaper than cable.
Back up your router and cable modem or optical terminal with batteries.
You mean a UPS for that?
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My only concern with ditching the landline is when we lose power. Cell service where I live is spotty. Landline ALWAYS works. Gotta wonder if the cost for this "insurance" is worth it.
@George-K said in Lead Generation:
My only concern with ditching the landline is when we lose power. Cell service where I live is spotty. Landline ALWAYS works. Gotta wonder if the cost for this "insurance" is worth it.
Don't worry, the president should be able to call your cell.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/10/04/national-emergency-alert-tests/
The Emergency Alert System and the more recent Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) has its roots in the early days of the Cold War, when there was a concern that the president would need a means to directly communicate to the American people in the event of an imminent Soviet attack on the United States involving nuclear weapons.
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Ordered an Ooma today. I got the one that uses WiFi to connect to your router, simply because it's easier to locate in my home that way.
Interestingly, the basic Ooma is $99.00 their web site. They advertise Best Buy as $70.
The WiFi version is $130. I got it on Amazon for $90.
It'll pay for itself in 3 months, if not less.
Oh, while your phone # is being ported over, you still have use of your landline. so there's no disruption of your existing service.
As I said, at the Cheddarshack, it was great, and I was hesitant about VOIP because of loss of service if the internet goes down. However, cell service has improved, so I can use that as a backup.
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Got the Ooma a couple of days after I ordered. I placed a "port" order to have my phone # moved over to that service on 12/17. The port from AT&T was completed today.
I plugged the Ooma into power, set it up via the app (of course) and got a message that all's good.
After the port was completed, I plugged my 6-handset Panasonic phone into the Ooma Telo (the box). Worked perfectly. The only difference is that the Ooma plays a brief, different, dial tone when you pick up the handset.
Quality of the voice is good - at least as good as a landline.
What I really like is the "call log." Ooma remembers all incoming and outgoing calls, and you have the option to block any caller from the list of incoming calls. I guess they have a deal with Nomorobo, and for an additional $100 for "Ooma Premiere," you can have Nomorobo block calls as well.
I'll wait to see how it goes before I spring for the "premium" service.
It also has a voicemail feature - you can retrieve voicemail from the Ooma Box, but according to their tech support, your own answering machine will work as well.
