BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

I just switched to Ooma. Main reason is I have had the landline number for 45+ years and many things are referenced to it. I got the Ooma Telo Air 2. My old number is being ported over today. I have had it up with a temporary number for about 2 weeks and the clarity is excellent. It is a good system with many options. I would check it out in depth.

Morry Loc: Palm Springs, CA

Jerry, I signed up with Google about a year and a half ago for VOIP service. Originally I paid around fifty dollars for the Google box. I also paid the labor to install, to a local person I know who is expert in these things to have it installed. Before the change I had Spectrum service and I was paying about $35. plus a month (hey . . . thats $420. a year). Now I pay "nothing" for all unlimited calls to USA, Canada and Mexico. Other long distance calls to the rest of the world charges are literally pennies. The only downer about this Google phone service is that when the internet is down temporarily there is no phone service on our landline as VOIP operates via internet. I do have a cell phone so that is not a serious problem.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Dropped the landline around 2016. Was getting only junk calls. Everyone I knew or wanted to talk to used my cell phone.

When I moved the available source was Optimum. Choice of internet, phone, TV (or combinations). We went internet only. The local cell signals are not worth talking about. Some days we get one bar, some days none. So internet is used for phone (the iPhone can use internet natively). TV, what little we watch, comes from internet. So there's nothing that internet can't do. The only problem is that the cable is on poles so internet is occasionally out when there's a wind or ice storm. But since the landline would come in on the internet line, that would be out too. In cases like that we get in the car and drive to a location that has a cell signal.

radiomantom Loc: Plymouth Indiana

I am getting fiber installed this week at my place and will be getting rid of home phone, dsl and satellite. I intend to use voip for my home phone with magic-jack and you keep your current home number. With a indoor antenna I get 20plus local channels and use my Firestick for streaming everything. Cost saving is unbelievable.

Klickitatdave Loc: Seattle Washington

I know that I am ready to drop my landline which is tied to my Xfinity account because the amount I am charged for the "Triple play option" has now risen to $350 per month. I rarely watch cable tv anymore but rely upon what I can stream from the Internet. I have kept my landline up until now because the quality of the calls when using cell were less than ideal, but my latest cell phone actually has reasonably good sound quality. The only residual concern that I have relates to emergency calls. Will I be able to call 911 and will they know how to find me if I am experiencing a medical emergency. in the old days it was my understanding that 911 could not precisely locate you if you are using your cell. Not sure if that is still true.

The other motivation to dropping my cable/landline is that YouTube TV carries just about everything that I might watch on cable plus you can also add HBO and HBO Max onto your account. In any case I have reached the point where keeping my landline is not as high of a priority as in the past.

scallihan Loc: Tigard, OR

My cell phone (1G is sufficient) is $15/month. Internet + cable is $180. I looked into going with YouTube TV or Fubo, but by the time I subscribe to one of them, plus other streaming services, paying for Internet only, and buying my own router, I'm not saving enough to go through the hassle of learning a whole new interface. And you know fees on all the streaming services will increase anyway (YouTube has already increased their fee in the last year). They've got us coming and going. The only way to really save is to go antenna, but one has to run wiring to the TVs, so I'd have to hire someone, and I'm not in a good reception area anyway.

Bret P Loc: California

We have cell phones, of course.

We still have our old landline, a real landline, not VOIP.
We use it mostly to receive spam calls, LOL, about 6 or more each day.
Kidding, my wife uses it for everything when she's at home.

But it does work for us when the power is out and internet fails, we have an old phone that doesn't need to be plugged into the electrical grid.
Mostly we keep it because my wife likes having a real landline.

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Cel phones only in my house and with Pixel/Google's built-in call screening, spam calls that get through are down to close to zero.

So happy with that service! No more expired warranty or Medicare revisions or "Microsoft Technical support". I almost miss telling the telemarketers EXACTLY what I think of their practises.

In the last year or so, only one call was incorrectly screened, and that person left a voice mail.

Had OOMA for year or so but couldn't see the point it. Not expensive, just of no measurable value and just one more piece of electronics cluttering the place up, one more bill etc. Everyone I wanted to talk to called my mobile number anyway.

Smudgey Loc: Ohio, Calif, Now Arizona

I havent had a land line for at least 10 years. I have T-mobile and have never had a problem, ever.

Smudgey Loc: Ohio, Calif, Now Arizona

I havent had a land line for at least 10 years. I have T-mobile and have never had a problem, ever.

rlv567 Loc: Baguio City, Philippines

I haven't had a land line for years. I used to use MagicJack, which was fine, but I seldom really had occasion to use it, so dropped it some time ago. I don't keep track of it, but my cell/smartphone cost monthly runs from essentially nothing to a very occasional high of maybe $4 a month; average usage is probably around $1. I can prepay for whatever amount I wish, and it's good for a year.

Unlimited 24/7 WiFi/Internet is $9.26 a month.

Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City

LXK0930 Loc: Souh Jersey

I use a ZTE device to convert wireless signal to regular telephone. You must have a good cell reception to use it. You plug your home phones into it and use it like a regular landline. It works with multi receiver cordless phones.

I use mine with consumer Cellular, but I think Verizon has a similar device.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

No apology necessary. I ordered the Ooma unit from Amazon for $80, rather than from Ooma for $100.

should I sign up with Ooma before canceling Spectrum?

MrBossHK Loc: The West Valley of Phoenix metro area

I would recommend keeping the number active if you want to port it out to Ooma. After porting, you can cancel Spectrum. Please verify my recommendation with Ooma customer service to avoid any issues.