Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP

2010-01-10 Thread tjpa
On Jan 9, 2010, at 6:31 PM, rleesimon wrote: In that case, what you want is the Skype To Go feature. Either with a subscription plan (which you have at 5.95/mo) or Skype credit, you can get a local phone number for free. The number they provide is a US number so I can access Skype from a

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP

2010-01-10 Thread tjpa
On Jan 9, 2010, at 6:31 PM, rleesimon wrote: How about doing that with google voice? From what I have read Google Voice offers a whole lot more and a whole lot less. So for now I'm going to pass on it. Officially, Google Voice is still available by invitation only, and I can tell why.

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP

2010-01-10 Thread mike
It would be interesting to see what other users think of it. I activated two accounts just in the last week or so but have not used them. I know half a dozen people who use google voice and have not had any problems with it. I don't doubt his problems, I don't think google voice is ready for

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP

2010-01-10 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 2:47 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Jan 9, 2010, at 6:31 PM, rleesimon wrote: How about doing that with google voice? From what I have read Google Voice offers a whole lot more and a whole lot less. So for now I'm going to pass on it. The best feature is having

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP

2010-01-09 Thread tjpa
On Jan 9, 2010, at 1:18 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: olsmeister writes MagicJack is demonstrating a [0]femtocell device at CES that will [1]allow any GSM phone (locked or unlocked) to place free phone calls over the internet using VOIP. The device costs $40 and includes free service for 1 year. It

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP

2010-01-09 Thread Michael Fernando
Right now we are testing Skype's $5.95/mo one country deal. After only a few days my wife announced that we had already gotten our money's worth. We still have to place the call from our Mac, but it rings to a regular phone in Italy. In that case, what you want is the Skype To Go feature.

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP

2010-01-09 Thread rleesimon
How about doing that with google voice? -Original Message- From: Michael Fernando [mailto:michael@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:41 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP Right now we are testing Skype's $5.95/mo one country

[CGUYS] Fwd: [Slashdot] MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP

2010-01-08 Thread Fred Holmes
+--+ | MagicJack Femtocell Gates Cell Traffic to VoIP | | from the someone-is-gonna-love-that dept. | |