Comments on: Use a regular phone to make free phone calls with magicJack

By: Global Web

Global Web — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:21:30 +0000

When you go thru the sign up process, the number assigned to you will be displayed. You will also get this in the confirmation email

By: Global Web

Global Web — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:19:25 +0000

Only one phone can be plugged in the MagicJack device. I purchased one my self for home phone use and it works great. Since there is a limitation of a one-phone plug-in, my wife and I bought a 5 station cordless phone setup, where there is one base station and 4 satellite stations. The base station is the only device in this group that hooks to the phone line. We now have 5 handsets that share the line and they all work great, as long as our Internet is up and running fine. but this will be a requirement no matter what VoIP product you use

By: BARK Animal Rescue

BARK Animal Rescue — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:45:25 +0000

I bought my Magicjack at Best Buy for about $40 (including the $19.99 service fee for one year). I couldn’t be happier….well, except I would like to port my number!

My service works as good as Vonage and better than the digital phone service I had through my cable provider.

By: DIANE

DIANE — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:00:40 +0000

YOU CAN BUY THEM AT WALMART AND TARGET AND THAT’S WITH YOUR 19.95 YEAR SERVICE INCLUDED.

By: Fal

Fal — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:48:29 +0000

HI segismundo,

Did you get your money back. I amk curious ‘coz I just ordered one and want to know if it was a mistake or scam.

Thanks.

By: daniel nweke

daniel nweke — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:35:26 +0000

I just received my magic jack and it has superb performance! I am excited.

By: charmaine

charmaine — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:24:51 +0000

hello i am using this majickjack of my sister her husband is in canada and my fiancee is in u.s.a. at first i really love it but after a month we found out that my fiancee's bill become 1800usd usually his bill is just 200usd we are so upset,we try to contact them but no contact number at all...we don't know what to do so pls. be carefull.we are planning to report this.I dont know if this is a scum,we are so disappointed!!!!!!!!!

By: segismundo amaya torres

segismundo amaya torres — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:12:58 +0000

deseo distriuir su producto en colomia

By: Kathy Rubio

Kathy Rubio — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:04:29 +0000

I was uasing my magic jack just fine up until 4 weeks ago when it just stopped working one day. I can make calls but I can not receive them and when I talk to people they tell me it says the line is blocked or it is just a busy signal.
They try to leave me messages and they can not do that either. Many times I try to call my voice mail and it will not let me enter I have talked with the customer service people for hours and even have paid others to sit here and do the same ror hours. finally I hired a tech to come here and he worked with a tech or who they said was a tech at customer service and I think my tech got it. This phone worked fine until the announcement of Magic Jack joining with At& T. My tech asked about this merger and then he found out the merger took place much faster then AT& T was ready and AT&T has not reconfigured their routers correctly yet. We find out this may take months. wow I need this phone but I am very frustrated with this mess.

By: gregory goggins

gregory goggins — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:24:32 +0000

I own a MagicJack and I love the product and use it all the time. It does everything it claims it will do. I would like to sell MagicJacks as a business. Can i become a MagicJack reseller? Can I sell MagicJack on my website and become an offical MagicJack affiliate. i LIKE IT SO MUCH I WANT TO BE A DISTRIBUTOR. IS THIS POSSIBLE?

By: Teri J

Teri J — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:39:22 +0000

Does anyone have any tricks up their sleeves for satellite (hughes.net) broadband use? When I call people, I can hear them perfectly. But they can't hear me. All they hear is choppy words and static in the background. I've updated the original program (customer service helped me with this.) I love the concept but live in a rural area and don't have access to cable or DSL. Trying to get rid of my land line for good. Anyone else trying to use satellite broadband with mj? Thanks !

By: steve pettit

steve pettit — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:33:11 +0000

why cant i buy with money order.

By: Jay Reid/CEO Gophono Co

Jay Reid/CEO Gophono Co — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:47:34 +0000

Hello for those of you interested in buying the magicjack you can buy at our website http://www.gophono.homestead.com are pricing is higher heres the reason why and what you will be purchasing. We at Gophono have researched this product from day one. We have become resellers of this product for this reason. It will change the telecommunications era as we know it!! this type of technology was actually first introduced in the early 90’s but was shot down by the big time lobbyist and special interest groups representing the big phone comapanies. Can you imagine if this technology was approved then? Companies like Skype,Vonage,even Comcast Digital Voice, would’nt have existed, the phone companies would have drastically had to reduce prices. What Dan Brislow(inventor) did was simply introduce old technology to a new era by creating a partnership with Y-max and creating an internet based telephony system.Its really a lot deeper than that but thats in non-tech language.Most of the problems I have been reading are due to some computer issues that I have read and experienced from other sites. This product will only work as good as your ISP,your network speed,USB power,anit-spyware on your computer,configuration,settings, etc. All has an effect on whether or not this device will work effectively as a phone service. Yes I do agree that Magicjack could have done a better job creating a technical support arena where real answers could be given to people who are spending there money,and yes the live chat is not the greatest,getting refunds is another blog entirely. I’m an advocate for this product because in due time as this product becomes more well known and is marketed and supported better it will shake some feathers in this industry..As I stated before I’m a reseller for the Magicjack I’ve done my research watched it grow over the months, I’ve seen a change on the horizon a change that will eventually save some of us a lot of money its about time that someone has the courage to step up to these billion dollar corperations and say that “you’ve been ripping us off long enough” Comcast has did it lower that AT&T at 39.99 presently AT&T is about 55.00 plus dependin on the features that you pay seperately for it can go up to 80.00, and thats phone alone! Vonage has done it for 24.99 after fees an taxes it about 32.00 an some change, the next logical step. A once a year service at 19.99 NO TAXES.SURCHARGES,FRANCHISE FEES,INTERSTATE CONNECT FEES,LINE MAINTENENCE. FEES ETC. hhhmmmm now how do we get around all those charges? because with any regular phone companies every one has there hand in the cookie jar!!!!The piont I’m making is this… !1.The Telephone as we know it was’nt a perfect invention to start it had huge problems, thier was wide spread disbelief that it would actually work!!..2.Many seen the auto-mobile as a complete waste of time,they were deemed unreliable,obnoxious,loud,an scared the crap out of a lot of people..Oh I could go on but you get the point.It has its kinks people will be frustrated but for 19.99 a YEAR !!!! I have one an it works great,,ooops sorry I have 4 personal and 52 left for sale as of 15th May and they are selling fast almost too fast I have all the info you could ever want when you buy from me.All the neat tricks this devise will do!everything from turning the blue light off, to making it run thru the entire home,LIVE TELESUPPORT #s everything is covered when you buy from me. And again I apologize for the magicjack companies lack of tech support sometimes you just gotta get up quit crying and see what you can do about your situation….J Reid CEO/Gophono Co.

By: PJ

PJ — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:31:28 +0000

Wow, a lot of comments here. I'll suggest what someone suggested above (though in a nicer way) to check out MJ's own website. Their FAQ answers a lot of questions at http://www.magicjack.com/1/faq.aspx
To answer some comments above, I've been a MJ customer since last Oct., but I'll fill in what I know.
MJ's site says that it now supports Intel Macs (whatever that means).
The MJ is not restricted to one computer or one phone. I've used mine on multiple computers, bouncing back and forth between XP and Vista. I have read that a small percentage of phones have problems, but can't recall the source. A $5 corded phone from Sprawl-Mart works fine for me.
You do NOT need a land-line. You need an internet connection. I have FiOS and use MJ. Granted, if you have DSL, you will still need the land-line to get your internet.
If you do not use DSL, but rather get your internet via cable, satellite, or fiber-optic straight to the house, then you can disconnect your house from the phone co. lines by unhooking the wires in the box on the outside of your house. Once the phone lines in your house are no longer powered, you can run a cord from the MJ to any empty phone jack, and all the rest of your phone jacks will be able to call through your MJ. (Note that there may be power issues with this of which I'm not an expert. It works for me, as I have two phones plugged in at different jacks, and they both work great.)
I've sent faxes over MJ. A friend bought one to receive satellite updates for his Media Center computer which he uses for his television. Data transfers are clean.
If you have slow internet, such as 768k DSL, using your internet while talking on the MJ might degrade your quality. Working at 5mb on FiOS, I see no loss of quality.
They have phone numbers in many states, but not all. I live in Indiana, but my number is in Minnesota. I just use a Grand Central number which routes calls to my Minnesota number, so local people can call me for free. (People with caller ID often wonder why I'm calling from MN, but it's not been a bother yet.)
MJ promises to allow me to port my existing telephone number one time in the future for a small fee.
MJ can call any phone -- land, cell, other MJ, Skype, whatever. International calls are now possible with very competitive prices. You buy blocks of $5 or $10 credit ahead of time. A friend from S. Korea asked what it would cost him to call home, and it was 2¢/min. If you take a MJ oversees, you can still call to the US for free, and people in the US can call you oversees for free. Again, you have to have an internet connection.
I'm still a Vonage customer (waiting to port my number), but I've used MJ as my primary phone for about 2 weeks when my Vonage box went out on me. People never knew the difference. Once I can port my number, I'm going to save myself $320-$340 a year. Is this thing for real? Is it worth it? Yes.

By: Janice

Janice — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:33:00 +0000

I have beening waiting on a local phone number since I purschased this thing the first of Februrary.Whats the deal? If you people don’t get your &%^*&%^ together Im afraid you are going to have ALOT of lawsuits!!And where do you find the answers to these Damn questions!!

By: Sherry Belcher

Sherry Belcher — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:11:02 +0000

I would like to know if you would have to keep your phone service you have or not...and how does it work exactly....And can you get them in retail stores....my main concern is the Phone Company that I am with now and have with for years, do I still need them.