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Ned Turnbull wrote:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:08:33 -0700, Charles Bishop wrote:

What do you pay to have internet access such as DSL? You do have to pay
a local Telco something to have wires from your house to "somewhere",
yes?

I think DSL is somewhere around $50 per month, but it's not
available to me as I'm way too far from the switch, they tell me.

So "I" get "my" internet from the sky.

The Ooma hooks to the router.
And a standard telephone hooks to the Ooma.

Total cost is:
Internet = $50/month (roughly for 10Mbps symmetric, although it varies)
Ooma = $125 (one-time charge at Costco for the equipment)
Tax = $4/month (state and local)

If I understand you correctly, your monthly charge (neglecting the cost
of the $125) is $55.

That is about what I pay now for internet, long distance in the us and
"local" calls to my area (whatever that is now; it's been shrinking as
more area codes are added). I no longer make any calls to outside the US
so I don't know what AT&T would charge for that.

Admittedly, this comes with the provision that I need to call up AT&T
every six months or so and ask why they have changed my plan when it was
supposed to run for a year.

Here is a better model (this one has WiFi) than I have:
http://www.costco.com/Ooma-Telo-VoIP...h-Linx-Wireles
s-DECT-Remote-Phone-Jack.product.100123925.html

I think I'm too resistant to change now to fuss with new-fangled
gadgetry. More's the pity.

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charles