Ooma is a consumer telecommunications company based in Palo Alto, California, in the United States that allows its users to make free phone calls anywhere in the United States with no monthly service Fees. Customers only pay applicable government taxes and access fees, around $3.50 a month. The company was founded in 2004 by Andrew Frame and released to the public in July 2007. Part of the executive team was Ashton Kutcher, who started with Ooma as its Creative Director.

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  • Ooma is a consumer telecommunications company based in Palo Alto, California, in the United States that allows its users to make free phone calls anywhere in the United States with no monthly service Fees. Customers only pay applicable government taxes and access fees, around $3.50 a month. The company was founded in 2004 by Andrew Frame and released to the public in July 2007. Part of the executive team was Ashton Kutcher, who started with Ooma as its Creative Director. However, in the summer of 2008, Ooma revamped its sales and marketing strategy with a new management team, replacing Ashton Kutcher with Rich Buchanan, formerly of Sling Media, as their Chief Marketing Officer. Ooma's initial product was a "VoIP in a box" device which used peer-to-peer VoIP technology to let users make phone calls over other Ooma users' landline services. In January 2008, Ooma terminated the use of peer-to-peer technology, allowing users to completely eliminate their current POTS telephone service. This service is restricted to "residential use only", which is defined as non-commercial usage and under 5000 minutes of outgoing calls per month. Consumers simply purchase an answering-machine-like device, called Ooma Hub, or Ooma Telo which currently retails for $249.99. The service, launched in September 2007, is different from other VoIP services in that it is paid for up front through purchase of the Ooma Hub or Telo rather than through monthly fees or a term contract. So far, Ooma has raised $61 million in venture capital, and its product is sold by over 5,000 prominent retailers. After the initial purchase, there are no monthly fees besides the government taxes. On Friday, August 13, 2010, former Chief Marketing Officer Rich Buchanan, who left the company in February 2010, died due to health complications, just days after having a 4 hour open heart surgery.
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  • Tim Sullivan, Vice President of Sales
  • Toby Farrand, Vice President of Engineering Operations
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  • Ooma is a consumer telecommunications company based in Palo Alto, California, in the United States that allows its users to make free phone calls anywhere in the United States with no monthly service Fees. Customers only pay applicable government taxes and access fees, around $3.50 a month. The company was founded in 2004 by Andrew Frame and released to the public in July 2007. Part of the executive team was Ashton Kutcher, who started with Ooma as its Creative Director.
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