I have been using it for two plus years. Although I am in Brazil I have a Los Angeles phone number. Call and am called by my daughters and son there. Works very well. Sometimes it skips a word or something. But otherwise, great.
Marcio -----Original Message----- >From: Robert Carroll <[email protected]> >Sent: Jan 1, 2010 6:00 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [CGUYS] MagicJack: a VoIP question > >In the 2010 February issue of Consumer Reports, there are tests of 15 >items sold on TV infomercials that use hard-sell language. As one may >suspect, most items did not live up to the claims made therein. But one >got a favorable review, the MagicJack for connecting to VoIP. The >review follows below. > >I have only a general knowledge of VoIP. Can someone point me to a >source that offers specific info so that I may decide if having VoIP is >advantageous for me? > >======== > >The CU review: > >*The claim.* MagicJack, a VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) phone >device and service,"makes your monthly phone bill disappear," an online >ad says. "Save hundreds, even thousands, of dollars" and get "no more >poor reception." You plug MagicJack into a computer's USB port, plug the >line cord of your own phone into the other end of the USB adapter, and >MagicJack uses the Internet to make and receive >calls. You need broadband Internet access, and the computer has to be on >for you to make or receive a call. If it's off, messages go to voice >mail. The charge: $39.95 for the device and one year of local and >long-distance calling; then $19.95 per year. Details are at >www.magicjack.com. > >*The check.* One of our electronics experts made dozens of calls over >several days, sometimes while downloading files or playing online >computer games. > >*Bottom line*. Shazam! Calls connected, and voice quality was clear, >though not as clear as on a good corded phone on a regular line. When >our tester downloaded a big file while playing an online game and making >a call, there was some interference. But if you can live with a few >limitations, it's a great deal. Vonage VoIP service can cost $216 a >year; Skype, $95, and you must buy a Skype phone. > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
