On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:51:32 -0400, "Runtime Error" crash@win wrote:

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On Aug 17, 9:07 am, metspitzer wrote:

Anyway, I saw a Magic Jack ad today that says they even pay return
shipping. I shipped mine back for less than 2.50$

That is all it will cost you to test drive it.

Good luck

You get one, too, Mark Lloyd. I know you are listening. What is
2.50$ ? It kept me entertained for a couple of weeks.

It sounds interesting. I guess I'm waiting to see if I hear of any
major problems.

Worst case scenario is you will have to pack it up and ship it back.

You might be one of the thousands that plug it in and it works
perfectly without giving it any thought.

It would be nice to use you and Wayne as a sample group of 2, and see
what percent of the sample group can just plug it in and start making
calls.

I got MagicJack but when I installed it the pull down menu was blank
and I could not select an area code to create a telephone number. I
spent 5 days on the phone with the tech support but nothing worked. I
returned it and immediately recieved a full refund. It was recommended
to me by a friend who has used it for months with no problems.


I had one for a few weeks. Call quality was unpredictable. Sometimes just
fine, too often there was a nasty echo, dialed calls rarely went through the
first time ("the number you dialed is not a working number) so I got to
exercise the REDIAL button on my phone. I also found the popup window on
incoming calls annoying as well as having to minimize it on outgoing calls.

My summary: pretty darn slick technology at the right price...but not quite
ready for prime time. Regretfully, I sent it back.

I could have put up with hit and miss calling had the voice mail been
reliable. It sucked the most. It would have been nice to get an
email with the voice recordings of the callers, but that never worked
for me. The emails I got with a voice attachment were blank.