Sully Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 I'm dropping $35 per month for my home phone through Insight. It would be pretty sweet to only pay a couple bucks a month, but not if it's not at least somewhat reliable. Anyone have it? How is it working out for you? Any problems? Pros and Cons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan9381 Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 my buddies dad has it, but honestly, i havent talked to him in 4-5 months. he said he liked it when i last talked to him, but i dont know how long he had it at that time do you have any need for a home phone? i havent had a home phone since i lived with my parents. everything is thru my cell phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 no personal experience, but I did find this link http://magic-jack.pissedconsumer.com/do-not-buy-magic-jack-it-is-a-scam-20091108161453.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 A guy I work with bought it for his mom. She loves it, apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 My parents use it for that long distance and have had no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiumss Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 I just bought one on Black Friday for $30. It works awesome, you just need to have high speed internet, a open USB port and your computer on for it to work. The sound quality is just like a real phone. I've made about a dozen calls now and everyone says I sound the same. I highly recommend it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 GF's parents have it, they don't seem to have any problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 do you have any need for a home phone? i havent had a home phone since i lived with my parents. everything is thru my cell phone. Yes. I have a security system that needs a phone line. Plus all of my family is out of state and mostly out west, so I use the home phone to talk to them instead of running up the minutes on my cell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 http://www.voipreview.org/review/magicjack Not much positive from what I have read. I guess if you have a POS PC laying around you don't mind running 24x7, that it could be okay to put the Magic Jack on that. I sure as hell wouldn't put it on my main desktop. Doesn't sound like an overly reliable device either. That, and your average consumer has no fucking clue on how to wire in home phone wiring into a VOIP connection. Most consumers can't even disconnect the ILEC from the DMARC, let alone do any wiring fixes most homes require to reliably have VOIP through the existing wiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Yes. I have a security system that needs a phone line. Plus all of my family is out of state and mostly out west, so I use the home phone to talk to them instead of running up the minutes on my cell. Unless you understand how to wire phone, and how to wire phone lines correctly into a 31x jack, you should NOT take on that task yourself, as you will have no clue on how to obtain line seizure. Hell, half of the alarm installers are clueless on how to wire VOIP for line seizure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshymkiw83 Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 I have it and love it. 5 years of phone service for 140 bucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Unless you understand how to wire phone, and how to wire phone lines correctly into a 31x jack, you should NOT take on that task yourself, as you will have no clue on how to obtain line seizure. Hell, half of the alarm installers are clueless on how to wire VOIP for line seizure. Do you know how to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Do you know how to do it? Yes, I am VERY good at it. That said, I will not wire up Magic Jack for anyone. I will be happy to hook you up with a far better product (WOW Phone) for a reasonable price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Yes, I am VERY good at it. That said, I will not wire up Magic Jack for anyone. I will be happy to hook you up with a far better product (WOW Phone) for a reasonable price. +1 The WOW guys knew exactly what to do back when we got hooked up to them through Joe. I'd love to save even more money too, but in reality, $35mo for full phone with zero Long Distance is pretty cheap. Especially when you consider it just plain works every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiumss Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 http://www.magicjack.com/4/index.asp 30 day free trial.... There are minimum requirements. If you have the slowest "high speed" service it won't work. "A minimum bandwidth UPLOAD speed of 128 kb/s is required." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 I've been waiting to do this, but not until they can port your old number. I hardly use my home phone and would love to cancel it, but my wife won't hear of it. So as soon as Magic Jack can port my old home number, I'm getting it. For the maybe once a day my home phone gets used, it would be worth it to me... :nod: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuBieQT Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 i love my magic jack... all my family has it as well. Such a good deal. It's most useful if you ever go out of the country! Really easy to use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedfocus1647545489 Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Yes. I have a security system that needs a phone line. Most alarm companies nowadays offer cellular as a backup or even primary line. I worked for an alarm company at my last job many years ago (~12 years), before cell service really came down in price, and it was pretty reasonably priced even then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Yes, I am VERY good at it. That said, I will not wire up Magic Jack for anyone. I will be happy to hook you up with a far better product (WOW Phone) for a reasonable price. Bwahahaha!!! If you are able to have WOW run a line all the way out to my house just for me, I'll forget about magic jack and switch all of my cable/internet/phone services from Insight to WOW. That being said, when I get magic jack, would you be able to hook up the lines for me so that my security system and wall jacks work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiji ST Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Does anyone run this on a laptop that's running on a wireless router? I would like to do this, but want to know if I can run it off this set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff1647545535 Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 no personal experience, but I did find this link http://magic-jack.pissedconsumer.com/do-not-buy-magic-jack-it-is-a-scam-20091108161453.html I know rob has dish, and he is running 2 of them in the shop for extra phone lines other then the main line...ask him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff1647545535 Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Bwahahaha!!! If you are able to have WOW run a line all the way out to my house just for me, I'll forget about magic jack and switch all of my cable/internet/phone services from Insight to WOW. That being said, when I get magic jack, would you be able to hook up the lines for me so that my security system and wall jacks work? just run the line from it into a jack. rob has 1/2 the building running one like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 shit works fine for what im doing with it. i ran one wire into one jack, and it made the other jacks work...so i dont see why its so hard to wire up..but the pc has to be on to get incoming calls..only down side to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy82z Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 Does anyone run this on a laptop that's running on a wireless router? I would like to do this, but want to know if I can run it off this set up. Yep..been running mine like this for about two years...no problems. I usually reboot it once a month when I throw on the new Windows Updates though. Like I said, we have had this for about two years. For the cost of this service it is a no-brainer. We use our cells for all the cell to cell calls and then use this service for anything that is not "in" calling. This allows us to bump our cell phone plan to the lowest minute plan and literally pays for its self and then some.... We have a bunch of cordless phones that dont even need a phone line to work, just plug the main unit into the magic jack, take the other base units around wherever you want them and poof...your done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 get ooma instead... it costs a bit more, but everyone I've talked to that has it said they love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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