• Reviews around delay (2.60 of 5)

    Ooma Telo Free Home Phone Service (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

    • The delays are not constant or significant and do not interfere with conversation
    • I have heard that even a small mistake can cause significant delays.
    • We've also had a few calls where we've experienced a significant delay of 2-3 seconds during the conversation.
    • I thought surely this will cause delays if they don't automatically support BasicTalk for porting.
    • Very clear phone calls and no delay.
    • Now I rarely use this line because the delay is horrible
    • The delay is very annoying, but about 6 months into the service, we are beginning to get used to it I suppose
    • when a call comes in that way, u have an additional step of pressing "1" to accept it on your cell; if not pressed, the home system will handle as it rings in both places if you set it up that way. for those that prefer to use their own answer machine, u can set the delay on the telo box up to 59 secs before it answers the call so that your other answerer can grab it
    • When it does work, I don't like the delay when speaking
    • The thing which caused us to suspect a delay was the conversations were not flowing as naturally as they were before.
    • and there's NO annoying 1 second delay as one might expect with a cell phone connection
    • The only drawback is a 15 second delay after dialing and before the ringing starts when placing a call
    • Also sometimes severe delays of several seconds - this is annoying as you tend to talk over the other person all the time.
    • The delay results in you frequently interrupting the party on the other end one second into their sentence
    • I like the price, but the delay in the service when you are having a conversation is annoying
    • The call quality is usually real good, though on an hour-long call earlier this week, there seemed to be some cut-outs and a weird delay (that was the only call I have had a
    • I have heard that even a small mistake can cause significant delays.
    • There is a horrible 2 second delay when talking to someone.
    • There is an annoying 1/2 second delay between when I speak and when I am heard.
    • If you have satellite internet, forget it, the delay and ping is so great you'll be frustrated.
    • After spending almost $300 on Ooma, an Ooma handset, premium service and phone number porting, etc, I called Ooma support for some help in a delay problem - not severe, but enough of a delay between the people talking to be annoying
    • There was a very bad voice delay on my line
    • A different one with a very bad delay.
    • A free service as ituses your existing cable service, and all national calls are as free as e-mail
    • It works as good as an AT&T line, and at a fraction of the cost
    • Service is every bit as good as AT&T.What's not to like?
    • Just follow the directions and it works just as easily as it is supposed to.
    • Minutes later however the set up had completed and the sound has been just as good as with my ATT service ever since
    • Worked perfectly, we called several times a week and the connection was just as clear as if we were calling across the street.
    • The calls are as clear in sound as with my traditional service.
    • Your phone will still work as it did before.
    • I don't need cancelling a service to be as painful as
    • Note I have talked on Ooma when streaming such services as Pandora or Amazon Prime Videos ... as well as when playing an Internet-connected MMORPG