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Considering a VoIP option for your home, but unsure about the best approach.

Considering a VoIP option for your home, but unsure about the best approach.

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11-03-2023, 04:24 AM
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So right now we have telephone service through comcast and they are charging us like $45/mo which seems expensive and also it required a special cable modem which was also expensive. Separately in our barn which is about 150ft away we have an old landline through or local phone company (I forget what that one is costing). We want to keep the telephone number in the house but ditching the one in the barn is fine as long as there is a phone of some sort there (needs to be an actual phone, a cell is not going to work). Inside the house we have one of the vtech phones with the expandable bases and it does not reach across the house (house is very old and has a lot of horsehair plaster walls so it murders signals). Trying to find a phone solution that can cover both builds, with the same telephone number. I do have great wifi coverage on both buildings (all unifi gear). So I was wondering if there are any clever solutions for something like a phone that could leverage the wifi network and cover both buildings? These guys looked interesting - https://www.ooma.com/home-phone-service/ There is switch in the house on the wall closest to the barn, not sure if the DECT6 phones have any better range than our older ones. Or do i look at some fully VoIP option? We are trying to drop are monthly costs (probably 80-100month currently total) but dont mind buying some equipment up front. Also open to hosting something myself if thats an option (as long as its reliable)
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11-03-2023, 04:24 AM #1

So right now we have telephone service through comcast and they are charging us like $45/mo which seems expensive and also it required a special cable modem which was also expensive. Separately in our barn which is about 150ft away we have an old landline through or local phone company (I forget what that one is costing). We want to keep the telephone number in the house but ditching the one in the barn is fine as long as there is a phone of some sort there (needs to be an actual phone, a cell is not going to work). Inside the house we have one of the vtech phones with the expandable bases and it does not reach across the house (house is very old and has a lot of horsehair plaster walls so it murders signals). Trying to find a phone solution that can cover both builds, with the same telephone number. I do have great wifi coverage on both buildings (all unifi gear). So I was wondering if there are any clever solutions for something like a phone that could leverage the wifi network and cover both buildings? These guys looked interesting - https://www.ooma.com/home-phone-service/ There is switch in the house on the wall closest to the barn, not sure if the DECT6 phones have any better range than our older ones. Or do i look at some fully VoIP option? We are trying to drop are monthly costs (probably 80-100month currently total) but dont mind buying some equipment up front. Also open to hosting something myself if thats an option (as long as its reliable)

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