Heard of/tried Magic Jack?

[Ara Ann]

Has anyone heard of or tried the Magic Jack telephone/PC adapter? Supposedly, you plug the phone jack into your PC and plug a phone into it and never have monthly phone bills...I think there is a once a year charge of $20, or SLT.

I am intrigued by this and wondered if it''s worth a try? We have Vonage right now and it''s just ''eh'' quality and service...but I liked the fact that we could keep our old phone number...we''d have to get a new one with this Magic Jack thingie.

Here''s the website for reference.

http://www.magicjack.com/7/index.asp

 

[Skippy123]

I just saw an article on this today put out by consumer reports .

http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/324/should-you-buy-this-now/

eta: here is a thread on them https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/anyone-use-magic-jack-tired-of-paying-high-phone-bills.119968/

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I''d consider Ooma over Magic Jack. Look on Amazon and read the reviews.

 

[MeowMeow]

I''ve been on the recieving end of a magic jack as well.. I HATED it!! I have a bit of a hearing problem and I was constantly saying WHAT DID YOU SAY??? to my fiance. The quality of the speech was just horrible. >.<

 

[Bella_mezzo]

I there are also problems with the Magic Jack in that you can''t wipe it off of your computer ever...

 

[kelpie]

I have it and the call quality has been indistinguishable from a landline. I do have a problem where my fiance's computer it's plugged into resets and I don't have the password to bring it back up....that's a personal problem though

We only had cell phones before, so if you are like us it's a great cheap addition. Agree the 911 is an issue, if I had kids I'd have a landline for that reason.

 

[luvmyhalo]

We tried it and the quality was BAD! We returned it and now have Ooma which works pretty well.