well dan the difference is m j is cheeper then buying skype in and out. jim At 10:48 AM 5/27/2008, you wrote:
>Curtis, thanks, but we just aren't connecting on this. I understand the >physical differences of Magic Jack and Skype. What I want to know are the >functional differences. Magic jack isn't magical, it is just using your >phone as the dialer, microphone, and speaker, but is still a VOIP system >like Skype. Skype has accessories that are phone handsets so physically >the systems can be made to be pretty similar. They are both VOIP systems. >So is there a reason to use one over the other? > >Apparently, Skype has the ability for you to have a phone number that >people can call from a regular land line, or that you can use to call >people on a land line. Magic Jack does this as well. So, which is more >economical? > >Now that I am interested and doing research, a lot of folks are saying >that there are better systems than Skype. Systems that use the SIP >protocol and not a proprietary protocol like Skype uses. Grand Central >appears to be a leader in this market. > >-- >Blue skies. >Dan Rossi >Carnegie Mellon University. >E-Mail:<mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Tel:(412) 268-9081 > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.1/1469 - Release Date: >5/27/2008 1:25 PM
