Is it possible to wire my Ooma phone to my whole house?
#1
10-27-16, 05:38 AM
Is it possible to wire my Ooma phone to my whole house?
I am using Ooma Telo VoIP Home Phone System. Instead of connecting to a phone from the Ooma, I was wondering if there is a way to connect the Ooma VoIP directly to my whole house so that I can connect my phone to any phone jack in the house. Any help is much appreciated.
#2
10-27-16, 06:38 AM
Is Ooma Tele Voip more than VoIP service? Is their phone proprietary to their service? If not then yes you can tie it into your whole house wired phone. I did this when I used Lingo VoIP service for many years.
#3
10-27-16, 08:13 AM
The unit I have a phone jack that I connect my phone to it. That is it. That is why I was wondering if I can simply wire to my house so I can connect to any phone jack in the house. If so, the next question is, how do I wire my house's phone line to the output phone jack on the Ooma unit?
#4
10-27-16, 08:32 AM
It should be straight forward
From their site and I assume in your directions.
From the second RJ connection connect to the house phone wiring.
Or your existing phone connection might be daisy changed to all the other phone outlets in the home.
If this does not make sense, then look at my set up. I'm currently using Time-Warner for my phone service but it's still a VoIP service. Instead of going from the Ooma directly to your phone, connect it to an existing phone jack in your home. This in turn should connect all you existing jacks. Then you should be able to connect another phone to any open jack.
From their site and I assume in your directions.
From the second RJ connection connect to the house phone wiring.
Or your existing phone connection might be daisy changed to all the other phone outlets in the home.
If this does not make sense, then look at my set up. I'm currently using Time-Warner for my phone service but it's still a VoIP service. Instead of going from the Ooma directly to your phone, connect it to an existing phone jack in your home. This in turn should connect all you existing jacks. Then you should be able to connect another phone to any open jack.
#5
10-27-16, 09:18 AM
Wow, thank you so much! So all I have to do is connect to any existing phone jack in the house and it should connect all of them, correct? Thanks! I'll give it a try tonight.
#6
10-27-16, 09:24 AM
Yes, if they are daisy chained.
Where does your Internet connection enter the house? You might want to make a phone jack connection right there and then daisy chain your other phone jacks to that connection.
Where does your Internet connection enter the house? You might want to make a phone jack connection right there and then daisy chain your other phone jacks to that connection.
#7
10-27-16, 10:35 AM
At the moment Internet connection is right at the power breaker where everything comes in the house. I think I can see the phone line coming from outside in this location as well.
#8
10-27-16, 12:08 PM
Before connecting your Ooma box to your inside telephone wiring you MUST disconnect from the telephone company wiring. Find the Network Interface Device (NID) on the outside of the house or very close to where the telephone wiring comes into the house. Open the cover and unplug the stub wire with the standard telephone modular plug. Wrap some plastic electrical tape around the plug and leave a note inside the NID that telephone service is now being supplied by a VoIP system.
The "spare" jack on the Ooma box MAY be the correct jack to use but it may not, you will probably need to use a standard modular telephone cable between the wall outlet and the jack on the Ooma box where your telephone is currently plugged into.
The "spare" jack on the Ooma box MAY be the correct jack to use but it may not, you will probably need to use a standard modular telephone cable between the wall outlet and the jack on the Ooma box where your telephone is currently plugged into.
Last edited by Furd; 10-27-16 at 12:52 PM. Reason: Corrected misspelled word.
#10
10-28-16, 09:21 AM
At the moment Internet connection is right at the power breaker where everything comes in the house. I think I can see the phone line coming from outside in this location as well.
#11
11-11-16, 07:54 AM
My Internet comes from the cable and not through the phone company. So, I think I'm good by disconnecting the phone company line coming from outside; however, before I do, do I need to worry about electricity in the phone company's line when disconnecting? Or is it such a low voltage enough that I don't need to worry about?
#13
11-11-16, 10:25 AM
There are several different styles but they are all essentially the same. They all have a jack (female) that is connected to the telephone company outside network and the plug (male) is connected to the inside wiring.
Unplug the plug and wrap it with tape. Don't forget the note stating that telephone service is supplied by a VoIP solution.
Unplug the plug and wrap it with tape. Don't forget the note stating that telephone service is supplied by a VoIP solution.
#17
11-12-16, 10:43 AM
From post #8, second paragraph:
I can't write it any simpler than this.
The "spare" jack on the Ooma box MAY be the correct jack to use but it may not, you will probably need to use a standard modular telephone cable between the wall outlet and the jack on the Ooma box where your telephone is currently plugged into.
#18
11-26-16, 10:05 PM
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Yes You Can use your Ooma to wire the whole house!
I have done so using the existing old house phone wiring network to field 2 lines of ooma telo and ooma linx. It has worked great. However, it requires some basic knowledge of electrical, electronics and some trouble shooting from time to time.
