Review by Ted Sheckler  UPDATED: 148 days ago member for 296 days, 364 visits, last login: 1 days ago
Aurora,Arapahoe,CO
$1 per month (12 month contract)
about 4 days
"Easy install, free local and long distance, good call quality"
"Horrible web site, must leave PC on 24/7"
"Perfect solution if you want to call from home and avoid cell phone charges"
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I saw the infomercial on DirecTV and decided to try it out. Found it on ebay for about 35 bucks including shipping, had it 4 days later. Plugged into my PC, installs software automatically and you choose an area code and prefix. Plug my wireless 4-handset phone in, and was making calls within 2 minutes, my dad couldn't tell any difference when I called him other than it was a different phone number. We don't need a landline for any reason other than to avoid using up cell minutes during the day time, and this is the perfect solution if you don't need to have phone service guaranteed to be working. I tried it on a Pentium4 with 1 GB ram running Vista, call quality was unacceptable. plugged it into my Core 2 Quad and it functions as good as Vonage. the first year of service is free, and its 20 bucks a year after that, or you can purchase 5 years for 60 bucks. if i decide its worth it, I will purchase the 5 year license after the free year is up.
For a 35$ "I'll try it out", This is an excellent value. You really can't go wrong. Don't listen to the negative reviews, they either expect something for nothing or don't have a fast enough pc to give consistent call quality. I have it running upstairs from my wireless router in the basement. No problems.
UPDATE 6/14/09
5 months of rock solid phone service, the only time i've had trouble is when my computer does an automatic reboot (windows updates) and I don't log in again before trying the phone. That is not magicjack's fault though. GREAT SERVICE, ALMOST FREE!!!!!!!!
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