Using MagicJack

Using MagicJack
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anon @ 4th Aug 11:24PM:
Using MagicJack

I keep my system on 24/7. The cost is probably $30.00 per month. I come from the old school that says don't turn your equipment off because most failures occur on power up. Oh, I also have a UPS.

Upon installing my MagicJack I made a couple of calls and had no problem. I did notice that on a reboot I had trouble getting my system to come up. After unplugging the MagicJack I had no difficulty.

Here are the idiosyncrasies that I have observed.
1. Does not work with Roxio running. If I have to reboot the first thing I do after the reboot is terminate Roxio. If I have to use Roxio I terminate MagicJack.
2. I had difficulty getting the system to boot up initially after installing MagicJack. I now unplug the device until I have everything up. I then terminate Roxio and plug in MagicJack.
3. With MagicJack running I cannot use a flashdrive. I must terminate MagicJack first.
4. If I start MagicJack first I don't seem to have any errors, but if I bring up a webpage first, at some point MagicJack begins to give me an error.

Even with the idiosyncrasies that I have mentioned I still think it is a bargain. I only use it for outbound calls to family and friends. The voice quality is good and the telephone that my computer is calling through is a cellphone located about 500 miles from me. But that's o.k.

Because I have spare computer parts, I will build a small machine with one disk drive just to handle the MagicJack. That way I won't have to reboot or terminate some program that I might want to keep resident.
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