The Official Guide: Ooma vs. Vonage vs. Obi

Yes, luckily I discovered that before making the purchase. Now $79.99 reactivation fee [ooma.com]. Sigh, so I might as well purchase a new unit. Costco has them with WiFi for $169.99.
So basically it will cost me $170 for the unit and $40 for the port, so $210 to use my existing number on VOIP. All because Google will not port it from T-Mobile. Sucks, but breakeven is less than a year over landline carrier charges.

Quote from MozartA : Used Ooma require re-activation fee which is VERY expensive ($70). That's why there is no market for Used Ooma. And also need to pay Number Porting fee which is ($40). http://www.ooma.com/legal/rates After that, the monthly fee/taxes is $3 to $5 depend on location.

Update, some people indicate Ooma fee/taxes is increased to as high as $7 a month or $82+ a year.

Example,
zipcode
20853 <--- $6.9 a month
94115/94118, etc <--- $6.59 a month
95138/95119/95123, etc <--- $5.5 a month

In addition, Ooma can charge your credit card any tax/fee increase they want without giving you any warning or any information before hand. And since they don't send out bill, you will never know how much taxes/fee they charge unless you look at your credit card statement carefully AFTER they already charged you. And there is no guarantee the taxes/fee will stay the same which actually it has increased few times in last couple years already. And their local fee/taxes system hasn't totally setup for all locations yet so many locations fee will almost certainly go up to include the local city fee/taxes.

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If you are need to features in Ooma Premier (extra $10 per month), Vonage recently introduce a new plan which works out cheaper (For NEW customers only).
http://lp.vonage.com/basic_1l?LPID=basictalk
The plan is $9.99 ($9.99 forever and not introduction price) and about $3-$4 a month in taxes/fee and includes many features. You also do not have to pay for the Vonage box and replacements are $15 of ebay.

I wanted ooma because it is easier to set up . But with ooma increasing fees , I am afraid of getting it. i do not want anyone debiting my bank account and i always use my debit card. Cut up all charge cards , so debit card is all I have. I don't know how to set up the OBI box with Google Talk as I am no tech person at all. Now I am not sure what to do.

I have an obi for my work phone, and it's pretty good. Now I want something similar to my home phone, but we have two numbers (one line). I'm leaning towards the Ooma for this one.. however.. could someone tell me if there is any difference in call quality between Ooma and Obi?

local and internationally - using Vonage - but final monthly bill ~$36 - taxes too much....

I am going to order an Obi and use my GV # for calls at home since for one thing since I am dropping AT&T for wireless and probably going to try the $30 T-Mobil 4G web special plan that has unlimited text and data and 100 voice minutes. Will update here once I get set up and see how well that works out but it seems like a good way to go,