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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:19:29 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>This is weird but now Mj works</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When I first set up MJ it would not work on my PC. i signed up for Lingo and they ripped me off. I bought a dell computer, went back to Radio Shack and mj worked. Today I turn my other computer on the one when MJ did not work and now it works. I wonder if I bought a faulty MJ the first time around because the MJ I bought at Walmart, works on both computers. I have to say I am very happy with MJ now. And it is my only phone, besides my Cell.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-21 01:52:57</pubDate>
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<title>Magicjack on a &#x27;junk&#x27; laptop</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23352155</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is a rehash and follow-up to a few posts in this thread: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23350702-Re-magic-jack

I decided to post a new thread to avoid further 'hijacking' of the earlier thread.

I currently have MJ running on a dedicated Dell Dimension 8100 desktop [Win XP SP3 slimmed down a bit, P4 1.5Ghz, 160GB HD, 256MB RDRAM]. MJ is working flawlessly on this machine, but it uses 62 watts 24/7.  Since electricity is rather expensive in CT, I decided I would look into a less power-intensive solution when the opportunity presented itself.

While I was reading accounts of people's experiments with MJ running on Thin Clients, I had an idea: Why not run MJ on a spare or junk laptop? Since laptops are designed to save battery power, they should use considerably less power than a desktop. I decided to try this if I ever came across a suitable laptop.

As luck would have it, a few months ago I was disinfecting a desktop for a customer who mentioned she had a laptop she was going to throw away because the display was broken. Being a sucker for electronic junk, I offered to take it off her hands. It's a Gateway T-1616 with Vista Home Premium, 160GB SATA HD, AMD Turion 64 X2 1.9Ghz, built-in 802.11a/b/g wireless and 1GB of memory with 256MB used by shared graphics [there ought to be a law!].

The LCD has some big dark patches. It looks like it was dropped or handled roughly. I plugged in a spare monitor so I wouldn't have to deal with the mostly-missing upper right-hand corner of the display. Since I only care about looking at Magicjack on the laptop, I don't have to use an external monitor unless I'm deleting software or slimming down Vista. I can see MJ fine on what's left of the LCD. If I really want to see what's on the display without an external monitor, I suppose I could install remote access software.

I got rid of the normal bloatware that came with the laptop [ITunes, some backup software, etc. ad nauseam], got rid of a McAfee trial edition and installed Microsoft Security Essentials. I noticed that Vista was still crawling. With only 768MB of RAM, that wasn't a big surprise. 

Once I'd gotten the laptop to some semblance of usability, I plugged in my spare Magicjack [don't ask :)] and call some test numbers. From the basement on the laptop's built-in WiFi, it sounds fine when the laptop isn't doing anything else.  Some extra RAM and a crash diet for Vista should solve that issue. 

Power consumption was surprisingly high with a discharged battery. Frankly, I think Gateway made a dangerous mistake shipping this machine with a 65-watt adapter, since it draws about 72 watts when booting up and charging a nearly-dead battery. Once the battery is mostly charged, power consumption drops off to 30-50 watts [depending on hard drive/network activity].

I was able to cut this considerably [to about 25-35 watts] by turning off the built-in WiFi and using the wired network. I set the display to shut down after 5 minutes, which saved a bit more power [uses about 18-19 watts when it's idle; 25-30 watts when MJ is in use; MJ doesn't wake the display up if it wasn't minimized before the display shut off].  

Once I get some RAM [I'm upgrading from 1 to 1.5GB; that'll give me 1.25GB of usable RAM since the built-in graphics use 256MB], Vista will perk up a bit and the laptop will be ready for further testing [might take a back seat to turkey dinner late next week, though].]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-17 01:00:42</pubDate>
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<title>MagicJack selling phone usage information?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23196188</link>
<description><![CDATA[I've seen this happen a few times. I call a company (like a muffler shop, for example) and suddenly my Gmail advertisements are tailored to automotive products.

I thought about mentioning this in the past. But, I thought it might sound paranoid.

Today, I received a call from someone in a prisoner work-release center (post-prison, pre-release). An hour or two later I refreshed my gmail screen. The advertisement was:

 quote:Probation Employment Job - Felons.View-Local-Jobs.com - $15-55/Hr Job Offers For Felons. Sign Up & View

I haven't received any calls from that person in 15 months. I haven't made any Google searches regarding prison issues, work release. I receive one call and suddenly Gmail is displaying tailored ads regarding that call.

Thoughts?

Mark ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-10-16 17:54:26</pubDate>
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<title>can&#x27;t use MAGIC JACK with 2 line phone- please help!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I bought a 2 line phone, as I have a regular landline through Verizon and also have MAGIC JACK.  I was figuring I could hook the landline into Line 1 and magic jack into line 2. No go! It does not work. Firstly, there is a hum. Secondly, I tried calling the magic jack line from my cell phone and line 2 won't ring. 
 I took out a wire from line 1 and every worked great, then took out the line 2 magic jack and the landline worked great, but you CANNOT MIX THE 2 together, even if you have a 2 line phone!
 I has to be some kind of impedance issue or something. They work individually, but not together in the same 2 line phone, even though they have separate jacks. Make no sense to me. Is there a device I can purchase to make this work?  Hope everyone understood this! 
 Help!!
Rich
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<pubDate>2009-11-18 22:16:00</pubDate>
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<title>Magic Beans Adds Features To magicJack</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23117591</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new software application was recently released that enhances the magicJack users experience by adding key features.  Some of the features are extended ring tones(you can set up it for more than 4 rings), call blocking based CID, do not disturb(calls goto VM immediately). 

http://magicjackbeans.com/]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-10-01 23:07:23</pubDate>
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<title>long distens charges</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hi I have a rogers cell phone contract & I have a us magic jack with a Florida no.can anyone tell me if I call my cell phone from it will I be charged long distance charges on my rogers bill?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-18 14:23:23</pubDate>
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<title>Happy post about MJ</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23368014</link>
<description><![CDATA[I've been using MJ since it's early days.  I remember when I got my first MJ and no one could call in to the MJ number because the exchange was so new, no local phone company had my MJ prefix in it's routing tables.

It's been reliable and the call quality has been fine.  What provoked me to write this?

My son was laid off from work about 3 weeks ago.  He filed his unemployment claim, got one claim form, then nada.  So I told him to keep calling the 800 number until he got past the computer and actually spoke to a live person at California EDD (Employment Development).  He decided to use MJ since repeat dialing on cell phones is never fun.

So he's sitting at the kid's computer using the MJ on a loudspeaker.  Young woman's recorded voice = call later.  Older woman's voice means press zero to get an operator.  Time after time, he dialed, got the young woman's voice, hung up and redialed.  Dozens of times.  Hundreds of times.    Finally got the older woman's voice and commenced to press the required buttons, etc.

My point?  He was literally on the MJ for an hour and a half, dialing and redialing, pressing buttons, etc. 

MJ worked flawlessly every time.

I've had my share of MJ problems, mainly during some kind of update pushout.  But I do have to say it generally works and works well.

I do keep the computer it's on VERY clean with Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes since computer problems is the leading cause of MJ issues, in my opinion.

What's it been?  Almost 2 years of MJ's now?  I think MJ is well worth the money and if you know how to buy a good router and keep an XP computer clean, it's a great product.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-19 22:19:33</pubDate>
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<title>Magic Jack renewal</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23365271</link>
<description><![CDATA[Posting here because the other was too old.
I too discovered the reluctance of Magic Jack to post their address on their website (have you noticed Charter Cable does the same thing?) as they want/demand that you use an internet payment/paypal and one suspects that as the NYT today reports Charter Cable has emerged from bankruptsy  (this astonished me when I read that it was going bankrupt as it has over a 70% share of cable subscribers---what could possibly endebt the company to the extent that they would need to file bankrupsy when they collect over $50 for cable and another $50 for internet?)  My best guess is that they are dumping the cost of building the system (a common corporate maneuver which allows a 'new' company to continue sans debt!! The public of course, does not have this right.  Anyway, I just finished a 'live chat' with the Magic Jack rep and they refused to furnish a mail address, adding that they only way to renew was online which of course meant that they wanted your bank account info.  One suspects that this info is valuable when a corporate is going bankrupt and needs to 'sell' its assest, which a list of functional bank accounts is most valuable.  

How close is this to a pyramid scheme--your best guess!!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-19 13:27:00</pubDate>
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<title>Magic Jack issue</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23353587</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi,

when I connected magic jack, all I am getting is a dial tone.  can not make any calls.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-17 11:35:32</pubDate>
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<title>Can I extend magicJack license without password to login</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23346822</link>
<description><![CDATA[I am an overseas user. I bought a magicJack from a local auction site and the license has just expired. When I received it, it was pre-activated. I didn't know the e-mail or password. I just know my number. I can't find the original seller either.

Is there a way I can extend my license? Can somebody else who already has a magicJack account extend the license for me? When I asked their online tech support, he kept asking me to login. I told him I didn't kwow the password. He was not listening, and repeatedly asked me to login.

Thanks for any suggestions you may have.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-16 00:45:31</pubDate>
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