# Ooma landline

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Ooma landline and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Ooma as a home phone that works over the internet, with 911 access and no jack needed in every room. Critics raised no complaints.

## Why people recommend it

- Years of steady satisfaction (3 comments): "which I've been using for many years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489408)) "It has been absolutely wonderful." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47485219)) "haven't gotten bored with it yet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916825))
- Works without wall jacks and 911 (2 comments): "It's not like a POTS where you need to put a jack in every room." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47485368)) "911 access and we have no need for whitelisting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50071274))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Google Voice](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-voice.md): 29 recommend
- [jmp.chat](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jmp-chat.md): 10 recommend
- [JMP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jmp.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.ooma.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ooma landline", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ooma/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).