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mitt @rogers.com	hmmmmmmmm read your blog, seems like an ad for your current service, does this thing work or not....tim
	permalink · 2008-04-21 12:13:07 ·

Captain Dave

@comcast.net

Re: hmmmmmmmm

Impulseively ordered MagicJack, went online after placcing order and found NUMEROUS complaints, went back to MJ web and could not find a way to cancel order. Then when I got an email asking me to confirm the MJ order, instead, I asked to cancel. To my amazement, my MJ order was cancelled with an email confirming this action. Whew! Dodged that bullet. Morale of this story - cancel when you get the confirmatin email from MJ because that will be the ONLY time you might get your $$$ back. MJ is probably as close to a scam as one can get without actjually losing all one's clothjing.

permalink · 2008-04-25 17:54:34 · Print ·

Lenagainster join:2005-01-07 Silver Spring, MD ·VoicePulse ·DIRECTV ·magicjack.com	My 'review' (not a blog) consisted of approximately 50 sentences, 45 of which discussed MagicJack and about five were related to VoicePulse. It was not an ad for VoicePulse, it was a discussion of the foibles of MagicJack. I'm telling it like it is; VP is what I have and I tried MJ as a backup. Hmmmmmmmmmmm..............
	permalink · 2008-05-04 18:37:26 ·

mistah kurtz

join:2008-02-29

magicjack

Had mine for a few months and except for some brief blips in conversation the voice quality is better than my Verizon cell and clearer. I tried disabling on startup and it keeps coming back each time it starts, so forget the msconfig thing. I found a small, cheap powered USB 2.0 hub from ThinkGeek that, as suggested, makes it work better overall.
Get echo sometimes briefly, if it persists, I just call them back, conversations with family last forever with good reception on both ends.. I use a cordless Panasonic 5,8 ghz fone although I doubt that makes any difference. I have had good luck with the Voicemail, so I don't understand people having problems with the device(?) What can I say.

permalink · 2008-05-01 13:19:28 · Print ·

mod_wastrel join:2008-03-28	Power and $$$ One of my "24/7" PCs might cost me as much as $2/mo, if that--barely more than a light bulb actually. Of course, it isn't my primary desktop (not anymore, that is--it was back in 2002).
	permalink · 2008-06-26 08:57:35 ·

Lenagainster join:2005-01-07 Silver Spring, MD ·VoicePulse ·DIRECTV ·magicjack.com	Re: Power and $$$ Working backwards; at $2 per month and lets say the cost in your area is ten cents per KWH rather than the 14 cents per KWH in the DC area. $2 buys you 20 KWH of electricity. Given that there are (30 X 24) 720 hours in a month, your computer burns 20/720 = .0277778 KW or 28 watts of electricity. A very efficient computer indeed. Do you have a monitor with that?
	permalink · 2008-06-27 15:18:28 ·

mod_wastrel join:2008-03-28	Re: Power and $$$ Yeah--an LCD, but it's usually off (obviously); old Celeron with a small, low-wattage PSU; cooling fans typically don't run--not hot enough. OK, maybe it'll hit $2.50/mo. ;D
	permalink · 2008-06-28 13:29:03 ·

supergirl

join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL

·Cox VOIP

·Skype

·Cox HSI

·AT&T Southeast

·magicjack.com

said by Lenagainster :

Working backwards; at $2 per month and lets say the cost in your area is ten cents per KWH rather than the 14 cents per KWH in the DC area. $2 buys you 20 KWH of electricity. Given that there are (30 X 24) 720 hours in a month, your computer burns 20/720 = .0277778 KW or 28 watts of electricity.

A very efficient computer indeed. Do you have a monitor with that?

If you put your computer, monitor, printer, etc. on a APC it runs just like running ONE VCR.
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Saving the world keeps me busy. However, I find Earth very primitive from my home planet of Krypton.
-Supergirl

permalink · 2008-07-02 09:46:43 · Print ·

Feculent join:2002-08-09 Rockville, MD	Blh, blah, blah The review that doesn't end....
	permalink · 2008-08-03 09:47:53 ·

scotty34

@suddenlink.net

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.

permalink · 2008-08-04 23:24:46 · Print ·

decalgal

@comcast.net

Voicemail, sound quality issues

I bought this for my office - to reduce long distance call charges. I used the "forwarding" option to forward any calls made to my MagicJack number - which I do not give out, but sometimes a customer will simply hit the number to dial me back - so all the incoming calls go to my office phone, and office answering machine. (Old fashioned, I prefer an answering machine to voicemail.) Issue solved. I had purchased an inexpensive Vtech 5.8Ghz cordless phone to use with the MagicJack, but the sound quality was not great...scratchy, and at first seemed to have issues. Then I switched out that phone for an older Uniden 900 Mhz cordless and the sound was PERFECT. Definitely a phone compatibility issue. Sometimes when you call the number goes right back to dial tone. I believe that might be when the number you are calling is busy. Just wait a while and try again. Initial install was a bumpy ride, but the online live tech assist was pretty quick and whatever the issue, it worked. It starts up when I start the computer every morning, and I just leave it in the lower tray. Does not affect the computer functions. Have used a flash drive with no issues. Have not tried to record a CD with Roxio since I got it two months ago, but will be aware that there might be a conflict. Noticed that the program takes up two drive letters. Did not know how to change the drive letter names, wish I had read those instructions (in this forum) a while back. Had to completely reconfigure my hard drive backup, and back up the whole computer again (a 10 hour job with firewire) because the magicjack had used the drive letter that it normally uses.(did not realize that was what was causing the backup program to indicate there was an error). That also might be the issue with Roxio...

As an outgoing only line, for office use when my computer is on anyhow, it is perfect. I have kept my regular local phone service, as well as a low cost long distance service, just in case. Using on XP with cable internet service.

permalink · 2008-09-15 22:30:58 · Print ·

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hmmmmmmmm

Re: hmmmmmmmm

magicjack

Power and $$$

Re: Power and $$$

Re: Power and $$$

Blh, blah, blah

Using MagicJack

Voicemail, sound quality issues