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| From | The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless |
| Subject | Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? |
| Date | 2016-09-16 22:55 -0700 |
| Organization | None, as usual |
| Message-ID | <nriltb$3f2$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 09/16/2016 09:50 PM, Horace Algier wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:23:34 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>>> I have Ooma and many of my friends and relatives have Vonage, but we're not
>>> talking about physical phones - so - you must understand that physical VOIP
>>> is not the question.
>>
>> Ooma is lovely, but I've never been able to convince any of our friends
>> to get one. ~$4/month. We let the first year of free premium service
>> lapse because it just didn't seem that useful to us.
>
> What I think is funny is that I also try to get others to use Ooma.
> Basically, you get service forever for the price of tax.
>
> The device costs about $150 but Costco has it on sale a lot (or at least
> they used to).
I think it was $100 when we bought it from Costco. Every once in a
while Ooma sends me an offer for $20 providing I get a friend to buy a
unit at $20 off -- generally $80 or $90. I post that too, but nobody
ever takes me up on it. They don't even have to say I referred them,
but NOOOO!
> I also let the premium lapse. It only gave me the option to *conference*
> but I can already do that with my cellphone, so, it's not a big loss.
>
>> Add a Sentry anti-telemarker device for ~$57 and life gets a LOT better.
>
> I never give out my phone number, so I never get telemarketer calls.
We've had the same phone number since 1959, so we're in LOTS of lists.
Recently most of them were for local home remodeling businesses, but now
it's just <crickets> all day!
>> Robocalls are killed automatically, along with the numbers of known
>> national telemarketers. Local telemarketers are requested to hang up,
>> and we never hear the phone ring. Humans have to press 0 to be
>> connected, and are immediately whitelisted. We've only had one lying
>> telemarketer ("Hi, this is Jim, do you remember we were talking about
>> gold a few months ago..."), who we immediately blacklisted.
>
> BTW, *four* people I know have used the Ooma ploy to *halve* their Vonage
> bill.
We canceled AT&T (~$30 just for LOCAL calls, no LD at all) when we got
the Ooma. GOD I hate AT&T.
> For whatever reason, they stick to Vonage because they *think* Ooma will go
> out of business. If Ooma goes out of business *after* one year, they still
> win, but math is lost on them.
Fear does strange things.
> ANyway, at least they can *halve* their Vonage bill, simply by *telling*
> Vonage they're gonna go to Oooma. *Instantly* Vonage offers to half the
> bill from something like 30-something a month to about 15 or so a month.
>
> Worked four times in a row so far ...
We have to haggle with Charter to get their "introductory" rate. It
worked for quite a few years, but the last one the best they could do
was $10/month off. We once DID cancel them for dialup (there's still a
good local dialup) so we're on record for not making idle threats. So
for $54/month we get internet and landline. Grandfathered T-Mobile
$10/year plan for cell (no data, of course). Can't get much cheaper.
--
Cheers, Bev
"No matter how cynical I get, it's just never enough to keep up."
--Lily Tomlin
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Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-15 17:55 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-15 13:58 -0400
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-16 18:11 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-16 14:40 -0400
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-16 19:30 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-16 15:42 -0400
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-09-16 19:47 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-09-16 13:23 -0700
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-17 04:50 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-09-16 22:55 -0700
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-17 06:32 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-09-17 12:09 -0700
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-17 17:20 -0400
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-18 01:40 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-17 21:48 -0400
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? AL <noemail@none.invalid.com> - 2016-09-16 23:23 -0700
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-19 18:07 -0400
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-17 21:25 +0200
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-09-17 19:59 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2016-09-19 15:16 -0700
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2016-09-17 22:56 +1000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-18 01:40 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2016-09-18 16:51 +1000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-18 07:31 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2016-09-26 10:08 -0500
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-19 21:42 +0200
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-19 17:52 -0400
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-20 08:25 +0200
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-20 14:11 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-17 21:21 +0200
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-18 01:40 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2016-09-15 11:29 -0700
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-09-16 18:19 +0000
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? M.L. <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-09-16 21:18 -0500
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-17 21:19 +0200
Re: Android GSM free telephone WITHOUT SIM card (is it possible on WiFi? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-09-19 18:03 -0400
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