Brand: magicJack
EAN: 0895034001020
Feature: Free local and long distance calls
Label: magicJack
Manufacturer: magicJack
Model: 100-2
Publisher: magicJack
Studio: magicJack
MPN: 100-2

• Free local and long distance calls
• Free phone number - any area code you would like
• Free call waiting, Caller ID, Voicemail
• Take magicJack when you travel and make free phone calls from anywhere in the world!
• Second year service is only $19.99 a year! You can also make phone calls through your computer

With magicJackTM never pay a monthly phone bill again. Simply plug the magic|Jack into the USB port on your computer with a highspeed internet connection, plug in any phone or phone system and you're done! Never again pay a monthly telephone line charge or any bills for local or long distance calls! With Magic Jack there are no contracts. There are no hidden charges or fees.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Pro's and Con's
Comment: After a bit less than one month of usage, here is my input on the MagicJack product:

Pro's:
- Inexpensive
- Voice quality, local and international, quite good (better than cell and near, if not equal, to landline)
- Works with regular landline type phones
- I haven't yet had any call quality or dropped signal problems as mentioned in other reviews

Con's:
- Requires computer to be on full time
- Takes forever to boot
- insists on being in the foreground while booting
- Won't let my computer hibernate or go on standby
- Limited operating system support. Should work with Linux boxes.

I'm in the process of setting up an old XP based laptop to be dedicated to the MagicJack. I'll have about $150 invested in the equipment when I'm done. This will allow me to turn my main computer off when I'm not using it. It should also reduce my electical usage since the laptop will be a minimal configuration machine with only one purpose; running the Magic Jack.

Overall, I recommend the Magic Jack but suggest using it with a cheap low power consumption dedicated computer.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't buy it
Comment: The device itself is rather interesting, but it rarely works. The software requires your computer always to be turned on and left logged on, instead of running as a service. The biggest problem though is the sound quality. It sounds much worse than a cell phone with lots of crackling and it often hangs you up. Also, if you chat with tech support they just read through the knowledge base, which you most likely already did, and their ability to write English is terrible. It may be a cheap phone bill but you're better off just not having a phone if you want to save money.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: No Complaints
Comment: I've been using Magic Jack for about 4 months and have had no difficulties at all with it. MJ provides you with a local phone number which is great, you get connected quickly, and the sound quality is reliably good ! I have been using Skype for years, but Skype does have its days. I use my Magic Jack phone when Skype's call quality is lacking; it's a great back-up.

Like Skype, it gives you the luxury of a different phone number if you are doing business from home, but don't want the little ones answering business calls or if you have an older relative in a different state and you want to provide her with a local phone number with which to reach you.

I really like MJ and will renew my service next year.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Perfect
Comment: My magicjack is great --- quality as good as landline and so close to free. This phone comes with all the services you could want -- those that the phone company charges $6-$8 monthly for each one. What I love about the voicemail is that every voicemail generates an email and you can listen to your messages on any computer (or of course you can access it from your phone). You can go online and forward your MJ number to another number in the event of a power outage too. I just love this and with my family all over the country it's really great to talk long distance all I want to, with landline quality, free. You can't go wrong here.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Magic Jack still needs improvement
Comment: Yes, free phone service sounds good and is a huge savings - but ... the Magic Jack only works 50% of the time.

Often we can't receive calls in, or make calls out. We have to reboot the computer a couple of times per day.

Luckily, we don't use the phone much and we have cell phones, so this is not a huge deal, but still a concern.

The Magic Jack still needs improvement.

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