My quick Ooma questions...
okay, so lots of folks at talking about Ooma today... and my friend Alec has written a great post summarizing Ooma and past-incarnations of similar companies.
I've got a super-basic question, though... If Ooma uses someone's normal phone line to terminate calls to other people, doesn't this mean it breaks Caller ID?
I.e. Let's say Alice is trying to call Bob... but the call gets routed out through Charlie's home phone line ... won't Bob's caller ID show Charlie's number instead of Alice's?
Oh, and what about privacy? Can't Charlie just splice into his own home line and listen to all the calls that happen to be taking place using his land line? This bit sounds particularly dodgy to me.
Would love to hear how/if Ooma addresses this stuff.
I've got a super-basic question, though... If Ooma uses someone's normal phone line to terminate calls to other people, doesn't this mean it breaks Caller ID?
I.e. Let's say Alice is trying to call Bob... but the call gets routed out through Charlie's home phone line ... won't Bob's caller ID show Charlie's number instead of Alice's?
Oh, and what about privacy? Can't Charlie just splice into his own home line and listen to all the calls that happen to be taking place using his land line? This bit sounds particularly dodgy to me.
Would love to hear how/if Ooma addresses this stuff.
posted by Sutha at 9:30 AM
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Sure will be great in OOMA people would answer these good questions. I think they have gone into hiding. By the way, if you hear that they do it by "proprietary" means, just read that to say "we haven't a clue how to do it".
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