Ooma landline
Shares rank 4 of 5 phone number services by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Years of steady satisfaction
“which I've been using for many years”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids” “It has been absolutely wonderful.”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids” “haven't gotten bored with it yet”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “The Hottest Phone for Kids Right Now Is a $100 Landline” Works without wall jacks and 911
“It's not like a POTS where you need to put a jack in every room.”
Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “The hottest new phone is Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids” “911 access and we have no need for whitelisting”
Comment from 13 Oct 2026 in “Apple HomeView”
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| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Voice | 29 | 29 | 50% | 11 | 15 yrs4 owners | — |
| jmp.chat | 10 | 1 | 91% | 7 | — | Approved |
| StatPhone | 8 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Ooma landlineThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| JMP | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“911 access and we have no need for whitelisting”
“haven't gotten bored with it yet”
“which I've been using for many years”
“It's not like a POTS where you need to put a jack in every room.”
“It has been absolutely wonderful.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.