I recently got the MagicJack in mail. I saw a commercial on it while moving from North Carolina. This has been so far one of the best things I have gotten. I can make phone calls anywhere in the United States, for as long as I want and as much as I want for $20 a year. Not a bad deal. At first I thought it was bogus, but this product is true to it’s name. I get voicemail, call waiting, caller id, and all the basics you get with most telephone companies.
However, there are its limitations. Unfortunately, fax does not work with it, and if it does, I haven’t been able to figure it out. I just might not be the technology geek that I thought I was. Also there is no feature to transfer your existing number to this “telephone line”.
One of the main reasons I bought this, was for deployements. Soon enough the Marine Corps and Navy is going to deploy me to go play in the sandbox. I can bring this with me, find an internet connection, hook it up, and bam! I got me a telephone back to the US. People can still call my normal number and still get me without paying international charges. I think this is one of best things for our troops deployed or stationed overseas. They can still have a United States based telephone number while being outside of the United States. They can call their friends and family without the costs of international charges, and vice versa, their friends and family can call them with no international charges…..all for $20 a year and $40 the initial year.
It just doesn’t get better than that. I think if they can fix the fax issue, Vonage, move over, there is no way any phone provider can compete with this one.
June 24th 2008
