User talk:Drden

MagicJack - Phone jack for "Almost free calls" to anywhere in the US and Canada. Works with regular phones and the USB port of a computer.
MagicJack

If your wondering "Does this thing really work" I can tell you it does. I am just a regular person and am not part of the Company in any way. This device turns your broadband Internet connection into a phone line. It cost me only $20.00 a year to make calls everywhere in the US and Canada.

First off, I should say that I don't work for the company of this device in any way. I am just a regular person who saw the ad and bought it. I wanted to start this process for it for others that were interested in this device. Please add to it any info you may have. I am also writing this opinion here for the first time. I am not sure how to do these WIKI's write ups, So, please forgive me because I am probably making errors. I am going to upload pictures of the device too. For Windows XP, Vista and MAC it downloads the software automatically. I use Linux Ubuntu and it does not work with it (Can someone who can writes software for Ubuntu make a driver for this? Please!). Just insert it into a USB port on a computer while connected to the Internet and wait. The MagicJack screen will pop up and then it will start the download and after a restart your almost done. You pick your own Phone # and whatever area code you want. It comes with all the features that you could ever want and the quality is very good. I personally think that it is not as good as the Phone company's quality but very good still. It could work as a replacement for your regular phone in home or even a business. Everything that the company advertises about it seems true, except maybe that the quality is not quite what was advertised for me. But, it is important to say that the quality is based on the Internet connection you have. I have Verizon DSL in California. I pay less than $20.00 for DSL and only 19.95 for this for 1 year service. It has saved me a lot of money so far and I am very happy with it.

The device itself is only about 2 inches long, 1 inch wide, and 3/4 thick. One end has the USB connector and the opposite end has a regular female phone jack. I have tried it with several different phones including wireless 2.4 and 5.8 phones as well as just a regular $10.00 phone from Wall-mart. It has worked on all of them the same. The software has an phone number storage place as well as Call-waiting and all other features that I can think of. It has a log file of all calls which is nice for business' wanting to keep track of the phone records. I will write more as I think of it. Please remember that I need a linux driver for this? So tell your programmer friends.

For Home website click here: http://www.magicjack.com/1/index.asp