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QUOTE (Daniel @ Apr 11 2008, 12:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It appears Magicjack VoIP telephone service may be a good fit for those living in Tijuana.
According to its advertisements, you get a U.S. phone number for incoming and outgoing phone calls. A computer running either Windows or Mac OS with a USB port, a regular (RJ-11) telephone handset, and access to a broadband Internet connection is supposed to be all that is needed to use Magicjack.
The Magicjack device sells for $40.00, including a one-year subscription for unlimited local and long distance U.S. telephone calls. Currently renewal telephone service costs $20.00 per year. Supposedly Magicjack can be used anywhere in the world.
Magicjack has some good reviews. Including a 1-17-08 PC Magazine Editor’s Choice award.
If anybody has any "hands on" experience with Magicjack I'd appreciate a review. Thanks.
According to its advertisements, you get a U.S. phone number for incoming and outgoing phone calls. A computer running either Windows or Mac OS with a USB port, a regular (RJ-11) telephone handset, and access to a broadband Internet connection is supposed to be all that is needed to use Magicjack.
The Magicjack device sells for $40.00, including a one-year subscription for unlimited local and long distance U.S. telephone calls. Currently renewal telephone service costs $20.00 per year. Supposedly Magicjack can be used anywhere in the world.
Magicjack has some good reviews. Including a 1-17-08 PC Magazine Editor’s Choice award.
If anybody has any "hands on" experience with Magicjack I'd appreciate a review. Thanks.
You can get a San Diego area phone number (or any # anywhere of your choosing) and anyone can call that number and reach you, wherever you are, IF your computer is running. IF your computer is running, you can make free outgoing calls to the US and Canada. The rub is that there is usually little trouble hearing incoming calls, but there can be irresolvable troubles calling out. I have given up calling out because of the broken conversations, the echos, etc. I tried repeating myself over & over to others & they still couldn't understand what I was saying. I would not renew except that my brother can call me on my MJ Burbank # which call forwards free to my Anaheim #, all for free. Still, I have no way to make ANY free outgoing calls. I have 10MB AT&T fiber optic so that's not an issue. It has to do with my computer, I've been told. MagicJack support is laughable. They have a "fix routine" that you can run but it hasn't done any good. Their phone people are foreigners who only repeat what's written down for them in a book. They don't comprehend or reason - they listen for phrases and match them up to printed replies. If you're up to a $40 gamble, go for it. You might get lucky.
