23 July 2007

Ooma will allow consumers to have one more VoIP option

Startup
company Ooma hopes to further change the telecommunications industry by
offering a $399 box that is a hub for VoIP and landline calling -
allowing users to have free long distance domestic calls.  

Depending
on whom a user is calling, calls made through Ooma can go over the
Internet only, public phone system only or utilize both services.  For
example, when Ooma customers call one another, the call will go from
one hub to the other hub via the Internet.

While currently under
testing to a small number of beta testers, Ooma will be available to
general market consumers sometime this fall.