I am little late with this info, but not too late.
If you pre-order an Ooma before August 10th, you will be guaranteed delivery of it on September 10th. Yes, YOU could be the first on your block to own one.
To place, an order… you actually have to pick up your phone and call. Ya, kinda funny.
If you want to be on the bleeding edge and can’t resist the lure of free phone calls 4-eva:
Remember, by purchasing the ooma home system you’ll get:
- Unlimited domestic local and long distance calling
- ooma’s Broadband Answering Machine™—unparalleled messaging experience, accessible from anywhere, anytime
- ooma’s Instant Second Line™—no need for call waiting and free conference calling
- The choice to use ooma either with your landline or without a landline all through your high speed internet connection
All of this is included with the ooma home system with no monthly fees or contracts.
This offer is only extended to early enthusiasts who were the first to register on our site to be notified when ooma was available for purchase. If you’re email address is not already registered in our system, you will not be eligible for this very limited offer.
Thanks for supporting ooma. Call us at 866-452-OOMA and be the first to receive your ooma home system! www.ooma.com
*Use of the ooma system is subject to the terms set forth in the ooma agreement, which will be provided prior to completion of your order.
Naturally, I’ve heard nothing of this (well, I’ve never been a first adopter).
I gather I missed the boat on the $0.01 offer. So, once it makes the general market I could purchase it for $599? For life?
Which raises my next question: define ‘for life’ please. My guess is that the technology will be superseded within about five years from general release. My Vonage bill is currently ~$15/month. That’ll take about three years and four months to break even, so to speak.
While the $0.01 ‘beta’ offer is very attractive, this leaves me having to muck around with my phone service yet once again - and for me that’s the real detractor here: I have little interest in trying to keep up with so much of the latest technology and am willing to spend a little (more?) to avoid the hassle (I stuck with Comcast digital phone for five years, and only changed to Vonage when we bought the house - because it was a convenient time to switch - and even then, Comcast didn’t make it easy - b******s).
…but then again, this is all about why you run this website - to try out cool new technologies (drink beer, ruminate, etc.).
For Geoff,
The definition of “for life” is contained on the OOMA web site. It says:
“Purchasers during the promotional period will have this no monthly charge service for at least three years.”
And note that it also contains a disclaimer that OOMA is not responsible for failure to provide any promised capability.
I hope you are aware of all the privacy and security problems with this device.
“Our engineers have toiled around the clock to make sure your ooma devices provide the SAME voice quality and reliability of service you’d get with a traditional landline, but without the traditional costs!”
Lines like this drive me nuts. It’s not the device that ensures quality - it’s your connection. Someone on a 768/128 ADSL that’s at the edge of DSL line availability and has high latency is almost never going to have a good connection. Likewise the folks who run this while their kids have multiple downloads/peer to peer networks running at all hours. If you have high latency, your calls won’t be so hot, regardless of what the device promises.
I wish I had know about the beta offer earlier. Oh well, still like the product.