Wednesday, September 19, 2007

OOMA P2P VoIP device on sale


As we reported a while ago, the Ooma peer to peer VoIP service and unique device is slated to go on sale today for $399. The device plugs into your broadband connection and uses a peer-to-peer architecture to dodge termination fees and offer free voice calls. Users can buy $39 "Scout" devices that extend the system to each phone jack.
May be because of the co founder and movie star Aston Kutcher's involvement service might get a jump if there is any connection between actors and VoIP. But slated YouTube (utube) promotion will certainly help.
Just like Skype, OOma is based on peer to peer technology and the success of the service vastly depends on the number of devices out on the wild. So far there is about 2250 devices are out there. If the service needs supernodes!, like skype, we are not sure of who is handling the supernode service, Ooma or the users them selves.
More information could be found at Ooma site.
Just to remind you that if you do not care about actors and want to save $300, you might want to look at PhoneGnome, a similar service.

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