(Before you read this, the 30 day risk free trail as of today ends on March 7th or maybe until they run out of their 20,000 trial units. Do this at your own risk! I'm trying it out and just writing about it. The link is at the bottom of the post).
Okay, for the most part I want to try and keep my post a bit humorous but today I want to talk about the magicJack. What is it some of you are asking? It's by far the cheapest way to make phone calls from your home or office without using your cell phone... you are even assigned a phone number. It's called the Vonage and Skype killer!
Now we've been using Vonage for maybe the past 3 years now and it's worked perfect for us thus far! We're paying about $30.00 a month unlimited local and long distance with Vonage. If you're doing the math it's $360.00 a year. All of us are looking to save money right? So, I'm thinking if this magicJack works... in a two year period we would be saving about $654.00. We can put that money to better use! None of us can part with our cell phones in this day and age so why not put that savings to paying that bill over the next several months?!!
As shown on their web-site, there are various big name media outlets that have done reviews on the magicJack from CBS News, Fox News, MSNBC, Los Angeles Times etc... This made me feel a bit more comfortable in trying it out. I ordered it and it came in about 3 days. I didn't even have to pay for faster shipping. Setup was real easy.
Okay on to the first call... call quality is a bit poorer than Vonage but after a couple of mins. you don't even notice it anymore. Keep in mind you are more critical the first time you try something new. Wayne and I have tested the call during a download of a file and it passed without a hitch. I did run into some choppiness during one call and when I hung up and called back it was fine. Now, for the savings I can live with that but actually this is still considered normal. Think about it, there have been times even on a traditional landline where you would still have a bad connection for some reason and you tell that person, "let me call you back".
It's been about 4 days and so far so good. Now when I'm on a call the call quality is an after thought. One thing is, you will have to keep your computer on or your calls will go to voice mail. I don't know about you but I've always considered not turning off my computer anyway. At work I never turned it off... I just Locked It. My work computers never died any quicker. Here is the link to the web-site so you can check it out yourself (you may have to copy and paste it). If you decide to try it... let me know about your experiences.
http://www.magicjack.com/site/index-22a2.html
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