Internet Phone

Well how 'bout that?!

Early results show that this technology is actually for real.

I have tried out Magic Jack with an extra phone we had laying around. It sends, receives, voice mail works, caller ID shows incoming phone #'s, etc. etc.

There was a tinny quality to the sound, but when I hooked up a better phone that went away. Cheap phone = crummy sound. Better phone = sounds just fine. Called a few long distance friends, enjoyed the visits and everybody heard everything just fine. No skips, jerks, pauses, stutters, echoes. Nothin' The only stuff to complain about at all went away when I removed the cheap phone.


Magic Jack will support 911 calls from home....that's part of the painless initial setup. Opening the package was harder than performing the installation. There's some advertising during the install process that's mildly annoying, but easy to ignore and get on with life.


In order to work, one needs high speed Internet (we already had that) a reasonably powerful PC that wasn't already maxed out on other stuff (already had that too). Therefore, why pay AT&T for service at $40 a month? Beats me.

Magic Jack will not work when the power is out; so a second phone source is a good thing (cell phones....we already have those too)

So, early results all positive.