{"id":188,"date":"2011-09-16T22:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T02:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/?p=188"},"modified":"2011-09-16T22:00:10","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T02:00:10","slug":"ooma-just-blew-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/2011\/09\/ooma-just-blew-my-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Ooma Just Blew My Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been on the hold with Time Warner’s CableCARD activation self-help line for about a half hour, waiting for someone to answer.\u00a0 (I hope they do before they close at 11 Eastern Time!)<\/p>\n

And the ooma telo handset I was holding ran out of batteries.\u00a0 Line dead.\u00a0 Oh noes!!!<\/p>\n

Sadly, I went out to the kitchen to pick up another ooma.<\/p>\n

I hit talk and was about to dial when I heard the hold music playing.\u00a0 Holy crap!\u00a0 It kept my line on hold and I’m back without losing my place in queue.\u00a0 Wowzers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been on the hold with Time Warner’s CableCARD activation self-help line for about a half hour, waiting for someone to answer.\u00a0 (I hope they do before they close at 11 Eastern Time!) And the ooma telo handset I was holding ran out of batteries.\u00a0 Line dead.\u00a0 Oh noes!!! 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