Great idea, thanks! I've been looking into them. The main concern I have is use with security system. One Amazon customer answer for ooma said it won't work. I will look further as I don't understand why it wouldn't yet. On Jun 19, 2014 11:51 AM, "Curtis Griesel" <cwgriesel at gmail.com> wrote: > If you must have a home phone, and can't get by with just your cell phone, > why not ditch the landline and run your voice calls through your ISP with > either MagicJack, Oooma, or something similar? Should save you $20 per > month or so on your home phone line. > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:18 PM, Jeff Jensen <jjensen at apache.org> wrote: > >> I'm probably switching from CenturyLink to Comcast [yes, both are loser >> monopoly companies] since CL top speed to my house is 12/.8 and planning on >> CC 50/10. >> >> I prefer to buy a good modem/router (and wonder about the "lucky dip" >> they'll send). Plus, at $8 rental, a purchase pays for itself in 8-16 >> months (depends on price of course). >> >> I plan to switch the landline as well. Does the cable modem then need a >> phone connector/jack as well or what is the connection? (I've only ever >> used DSL) >> >> I've been looking at [0] and [1]. I'm a Netgear fan so the N450 and N600 >> stand out to me. But I did not see any of them mention phone capability. >> >> I don't need wireless on it (have another unit that provides that) but >> fine if it does. My current DSL router has it but I turned it off. >> >> So I'm wondering if anyone has cable modem purchase recommendations for >> me? Or is the recommendation to rent theirs? >> >> >> [0] http://mydeviceinfo.comcast.net/ >> [1] http://mynewmodem.comcast.net/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20140619/eec92933/attachment.html>