George wrote:
Dave Bugg wrote:
George wrote:
John Jones wrote:
"Lou" wrote in message

I have been trying MJ as a second line with Vonage which
I have had for a few years. Both seem to be the same
quality. Vonage ask a fee to disconnect so I am in no
hurry to switch them off. The bottom line in expense is
you need to leave a computer on for MJ to work.
Doesn't Vonage charge a monthly fee, where as MJ charges
a yearly fee? I'm temped to try it at $20 a year versus
$370 a year. That worth a tank of gas.
Lou
Yes. Vonage gets about 18.00 per month while MJ gets 20.00 per
year. I paid $40.00 for device and 1 year of service. I will
eventually drop Vonage completely.


I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry. Magicjack doesn't have a
sustainable business model so as soon as they burn through the
investor money they will either have to turn the lights out or
charge what other services charge.

Please provide the cite for that.

No cite,

As I thought.

I am sure you know things about whatever business you might be in.

Yes, I do.

Anyone who knows the workings of VoIP knows what the overhead
is and that they don't have a sustainable business model.

The overhead is what the business makes it.; from the little I've read, this
company has chosen to ratio its overhead to the customer base... to grow
only as it needs to. I've seen no evidence -- huge national prime time TV
ads as an example -- to contradict this. They had a soft launch with no big
"grand-opening" kick-off, which is a real key to fine-tuning how well a
business responds to customer growth.

BTW, there is nothing technologically magical about magicjack.

Exactly WHY the company is probably going to remain healthy. The technology
is simple and straight-forward and cheap.

They require you to use that silly energy wasting key

I don't know what you mean by "key".

which means you need to keep a computer running all of the time.

For $20.00 per year vs Vonage at $26.00 per month, that's no big deal.
Besides, I don't HAVE to keep the computer on all the time if I don't need
to use the landline..... and I don't. As with a large number of the
population, I have a cell phone that I can use if I simply must make a call
between 11pm and 7am. Prior to magicjack, I would turn off the landline at
night anyway.

Behind the scenes they are just slightly different than standard SIP.

How so?

I remember similar criticisms leveled at Amazon regarding the sustainability
of its business model; I disagreed then with the naysayers then, too.

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What is best in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before
you, and to hear the lamentation of the women." -- Conan