Posted by Chris Jones on January 07, 2009 at 17:32:27 from (98.26.244.190):
In Reply to: Re: Magic Jack ? posted by Jim H SW-PA on January 06, 2009 at 23:30:39:
Vonage has nothing to do with Magic Jack. They are actually a competitor or Magic Jack. Vonage provides a device that attaches to your internet modem and coexists / shares the connection with your pc. That device they give you changes your voice to data and sends it over the internet. Magic Jack is hardware plugged into your computer and it using your computers processor converts your voice to data and send it over the internet. So Vonage will work with your computer off but Magic Jack needs it on.
It doesn"t matter who your internet service is with. As long as it"s not a dialup internet connection of course it"s fine. I"m using the local Cable companies internet service but the phone company"s dsl internet service is fine too.
It"s been awhile since I tried Magic Jack but I seem to remember that I really did just plug the Magic Jack thing into my USB port and it started up a software installation on my computer that allowed me to pick where I wanted my phone number to be from and it was up and going in no time. I took an old phone and plugged it into the magic jack and could make and receive calls.
I don"t know what Vonage"s quality is but they cost almost as much as my regular old fashioned telephone service--of course Vonage does include free long distance in their service. Magic Jack is so so much cheaper and also has long distance included.
Magic Jack"s approach would allow me to take the magic jack to work and plug it into the office computer and a phone into it and vola my home phone would ring at work. You could take it to china and if you had a good internet connection do he same. It doesn"t know where it is it just accesses the internet via the computer it"s plugged into. They point out relatives of the military can buy these and set up a number on them local to where they live and mail the device to their military family member in the gulf and then they can make calls back and forth like a local call. Provided the military gives them internet service.
When picking a number you pick a number that you want people to call you at that is local to them so they can call it free--for must of us or local area. You of course using the device can call anywhere free cause long distance is included. So if most of the folks calling you are from out of state do them a favor and get a number where they are located. You can still call all your local number free (free long distance) but to them it"s a local call to call you.
The have voice mail that answers if you don"t or your computer is off and it"s pretty neat that they send you that voice mail via email so you can play it on your pc--you can also get it over the phone.
Course I"m not using mine as like I mentioned I can"t move my current number to them yet and had spells that I couldn"t get or make calls.
Also consider that you can"t turn off their voice mail service though you could put an answering machine on it if it answered before 4 rings which is when their voice mail service answers.
Lastly I found this worked but it isn"t recommended by them. To get all the phones in your house to use it go outside and disconnect your house from your local phone service at their box on the side of your house then take a phone line and plug one end into the magic jack and the other in a wall jack. Now all the phones in your house are plugged into your Magic Jack and work through it. Worked for me just fine.
Oh, almost forgot, Given Magic Jack doesn"t know where it is physically you need to go online to Magic Jacks admin site and tell it where you want 911 to go when they get a call from that device. If you move the jack to another address don"t forget to update where you told them to send 911 responders.
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