RockyBB
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join:2005-01-31
Longmont, CO
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Re: [General] Magicjack
it's not yet to the stage of being vaporware ... they're not even taking orders. until they solicit business, and start taking payments, it would be way premature have any opinion (good or bad) about them ... disclosure: in a far off world, a long time ago, I knew one of their masterminds, Dan Borislow, when he was running Tel-Save. No chance he would remember me today. He was very customer focused at that time. |
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gerbick
join:2007-04-17
Simpsonville, SC | Looks as if you can finally purchase their product. That would mean it's "out of beta" basically. Anybody have any experience with them? |
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AJICQ499087
join:2001-12-01
Louisville, KY
| I just went back to »www.magicjack.com and can see some work has been done to the site. The site went from a Beta 2 site to a Beta 3 site. Oh sure, I see what is looking like a place where you could order the product. However, there are some important details lacking on the site. For example, right now I fail to see the answer to a few main questions and they are can you get an area code for the area you live in and is it possible to keep your own phone number?
The lack of details is not a good sign. Hopefully some more information will become available soon. With the lack of details about magicJack, only a fool would try to purchase the product at this time.
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goodchefro
join:2007-02-21
Macomb, IL
 ·Logonix Corporation
1 edit | quote:
Question:
What do I need to get started?
Answer:
All you need is:
1. A computer with an available USB port.
2. Windows XP
3. One of the following, broadband, high-speed internet, cable internet, DSL, Wi-Fi, wireless, or WiMax.
Question:
Does magicJack™ support Windows Vista?
Answer:
Not currently, but it will be supported in future updates.
Please check back after our launch in April '07.
Question:
How do I get started?
Answer:
It's as simple as a 60 second setup.
1. Plug any phone cord into the magicJack™
2. Plug magicjack™ into a USB port on your computer.You may use a USB extension cord (such as the one provided) if desired.
3. Wait 60 seconds for completion screen to appear, then dial your phone and talk for free.
Question:
How do I make and receive a call?
Answer:
Simply pick up the phone and dial the same way you would with a traditional phone line.
Question:
Where can I get a troubleshooting guide?
Answer:
You can download the latest troubleshooting guide as a printable PDF file. Download here.
Question:
What is my monthly rate?
Answer:
There is no monthly rate with magicJack! Simply by purchasing your magicJack, you have free nationwide long distance and all of your features for a full year!
Question:
What happens after I renew my subscription?
Answer:
Your service is good for one year upon initial activation of your magicJack™. After one year, you may renew service yearly for a low annual rate.
Question:
Can I use my current telephone with my magicJack™?
Answer:
Yes, simply plug your current ordinary phone system into your magicJack™.
Question:
When can I purchase the magicJack?
Answer:
The magicJack™ will be commercially available in May '07.
Question:
Can I make international calls?
Answer:
Sure. Call any person who has a magicJack™ in any country and the call is free. Or click here (available in May '07) for low rates to other countries.
Question:
What is magicIn?
Answer:
Each magicJackTM includes a free phone number to receive calls from anyone in the world.
Question:
Can I make a call to 911 with my magicJack™?
Answer:
During this Beta test magicJack™ does not provide 911 services. Please use your traditional phone lines for an emergency phone call. Please revisit this section as we update in anticipation of our launch in May '07.
Question:
Can I take my magicJack™ overseas?
Answer:
Yes! Your magicJack™ works anywhere in the world where there is a high-speed internet connection available. Your phone number will stay the same and you can call the US at no additional charges from anywhere.
Question:
What if the magicJack™ is not for me?
Answer:
Try the magicJack™ for 30 days. If you are not completely satisfied, simply email us at >> returns@magicjack.com
$ 40 / year sounds like a hit for the person constantly on the go, who lacks a cell phone.
Plenty pros and cons can be brought about this gadget. Let's wait and see if it really comes out and what that "then dial your phone" M.O. suppose to mean. |
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AJICQ499087
join:2001-12-01
Louisville, KY
| There have been more updates to »www.magicjack.com/site/index.html
There is a magicFix download to see if your computer/broadband/router can run magicJack and it even suggest what to do if a router need to be setup differently to run magicJack.
The site is still in Beta 3. There are still no details about getting your area code and no information about porting your current phone number.
magicJack is still a no buy for me without more answers to questions. |
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AJICQ499087
join:2001-12-01
Louisville, KY
| I noticed »forum.magicjack.com has opened right now and I posted my question in the forum topic MagicJack Phone Service
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: When Will magicJack Offer 502 Area Code Phone Numbers?
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I want sign up for the magicJack service, but I have a couple of questions. When will magicJack offer 502 area code phone numbers?
It would be nice to port my current phone number too, but if that is not possible I can live with a different number in the 502 area code.
Is it true that magicJack is offering only Florida area code phone numbers right now?
Sincerely,
AlaninKY
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gerbick
join:2007-04-17
Simpsonville, SC
| I'd seriously love to know more about this... but it seems to be either a closely guarded secret or people aren't buying into this product as I'd expected.
I'm still happy with my occasional VoiceStick usage... but I'd love to see this in action. |
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AJICQ499087
join:2001-12-01
Louisville, KY
| If you just read the latest at »forum.magicjack.com/forum/ you will find there are now answers to some questions.
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AJICQ499087
join:2001-12-01
Louisville, KY
| I decided to try out magicJack now. I ordered one on June 21, 2007 and received it on June 25,2007. Below is my first report.
magicJack voice quality is great! It’s better than my AT&T land line and better than my cell phone!
This is my first report on my use of magicJack. I only had time to set it up and test sending and getting phone calls for an hour. I installed magicJack on my main computer at home which is an XP 2005 media center O/S on a Dell PC with all the window updates installed and my broadband connection is through Insight in Louisville, KY. I have a router and access point at home too.
I just installed magicJack with the phone line connected directly to the magicJack. I used my speakers and mic as the way to communicate with magicJack. I had no problems installing magicJack except I did have to go to »www.magicjack.com/site/CustomerS···ues.html to get my audio to work. The instructions to fix the audio issues were simple and it did work. I registered magicJack as it gave me the option to pick Colorado 303 area code with prefix 719 for Denver, Michigan 734 area code with prefix 708 for Detroit, Minnesota 952 area code with prefix 583 for Minneapolis, Nevada area code 702 with prefix 421 for Las Vegas, Tennessee area codes 901 and 615 with the 901 area code having prefix 217 for Memphis and the 615 area code having the prefix 530 for Nashville, and Washington 206 area code with prefix 497 for Seattle.
I picked Nashville area code 615 with prefix 530 and magicJack assigned me the last 4 digits of my new phone number.
I made and received phone calls, followed the simple magicJack software instructions to setup the voice mail and the phone system does work with crystal clear audio which is better than my cell phone or crappy AT&T land line.
When I have my phone line hooked into magicJack my regular crappy AT&T land line will get the busy signal when trying to dial that number.
That is really no big deal as I plan to use this magicJack at home to listen to my Monday nights long distance real estate teleseminars and make long distance phone calls to friends, etc.
I do plan to hook up magicJack to a regular phone and set the user friendly magicJack software menu feature to work with a regular phone, but thought it was neat that it will work with a phone line hooked directly to magicJack using the computer mic and speakers.
When magicJack offers me to port my home and office phone numbers that will be great as then it will be time to buy magicJacks to work on my office phone lines and to buy magicJacks as real estate closing gifts and as Christmas, and birthday gifts. 
I’m in love with YMax Communications magicJack.
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AJICQ499087
join:2001-12-01
Louisville, KY
1 edit | Here is a cordless Uniden phone that will work with magicJack.
Uniden America Corp cordless phone model EX17960 will work. Just take any phone cord and stick one end on magicJack and the other end plug into the spot on Uniden that has a slot for the phone line. Of course the magicJack is in a USB port of a computer and the computer must be running.
Now your old regular land line with it own regular phone number will still work too. So what you have now is an extra phone with your magicJack phone number. Hopefully sometime you can get your area code and then sometime down the road port your land line number to the magicJack and then cancel out your old regular land line.
Corded GE phone Model 2-9223BKB also does work with magicJack.
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AJICQ499087
join:2001-12-01
Louisville, KY
| Phone Results When Watching Streaming Video On Computer
I ran a magicJack phone test while watching streaming video on the computer.
I was able to receive and make calls using my cordless Uniden EX17960 phone and I still had crystal clear audio! I'm using Insight cable broadband.
It's impressive the phone audio was crystal clear and better than my cell phone or my lousy AT&T land line.
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AJICQ499087
join:2001-12-01
Louisville, KY
| Would having a router on one channel with an access point on another channel allow two magicJacks to work with each magicJack on a different computer with one connected to the router and the other connected to the access point?
I'm going to find out for myself the answer to the above question. I just ordered my 2nd magicJack. When it does come I'll try my idea out.
At home I already have the above setup. At the office I only have a router. There is no point in buying an access point for the office until I find out if my idea will work.
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The bottom line is this does work as both magicJacks can make and receive phone calls without conflict!
The 2nd magicJack I ordered came in the mail this morning. I had no trouble installing it on a Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop with XP media center O/S. I didn't even have to adjust the audio settings this time! I registered
this magicJack with a different e-mail address with same area code (615) and prefix 530 since Nashville, Tennessee is closest available area code/prefix to Louisville, KY available to me at this time.
MagicJack #1 is connected to a computer that is connected to a Linksys WRT54GL Wireless G Broadband router using channel 6. MagicJack #2 is on the laptop that is connected to a Linksys WAP54G Wireless G access point using channel 11. I'm using Insight cable modem service.
There you have one way to have two magicJacks working!
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AJICQ499087
join:2001-12-01
Louisville, KY
| Area Codes
The following area codes will be available in the next 60 days.
Source of Information
»forum.magicjack.com/forum/viewto···hp?t=108
CodeS City State
201 HACKENSACK NJ
202 WASHINGTON DC DC
203 NEW HAVEN CT
206 SEATTLE WA
212 NEW YORK CITY NY
213 LOS ANGELES CA
214 DALLAS TX
215 PHILADELPHIA PA
216 CLEVELAND OH
219 GARY IN
224 NORTHBROOK IL
240 SILVER SPRING MD
248 PONTIAC MI
253 TACOMA WA
254 KILLEEN TX
267 PHILADELPHIA PA
281 HOUSTON TX
301 SILVER SPRING MD
302 WILMINGTON DE
303 DENVER CO
305 MIAMI FL
310 COMPTON CA
312 CHICAGO IL
313 DETROIT MI
314 ST LOUIS MO
320 ST CLOUD MN
323 LOS ANGELES CA
330 AKRON OH
334 MONTGOMERY AL
339 MASSACHUSETTS MA
347 NEW YORK CITY NY
360 VANCOUVER WA
404 ATLANTA GA
408 SAN JOSE CA
409 BEAUMONT TX
410 BALTIMORE MD
412 PITTSBURGH PA
415 SAN FRANCISCO CA
424 BEVERLY HILLS CA
425 BELLEVUE WA
435 PARK CITY UT
440 WILLOUGHBY OH
443 BALTIMORE MD
469 GRAND PRAIRIE TX
484 ALLENTOWN PA
503 PORTLAND OR
507 ROCHESTER MN
508 WORCESTER MA
509 SPOKANE WA
510 OAKLAND CA
512 AUSTIN TX
516 GARDEN CITY NY
517 LANSING MI
530 CHICO CA
541 EUGENE OR
551 NEW JERSEY NJ
561 WEST PALM BEACH FL
562 LONG BEACH CA
571 ARLINGTON VA
573 COLUMBIA MO
586 WARREN MI
609 TRENTON NJ
610 ALLENTOWN PA
612 MINNEAPOLIS MN
614 COLUMBUS OH
615 NASHVILLE TN
617 BOSTON MA
618 COLLINSVILLE IL
619 SAN DIEGO CA
626 COVINA-BALDWIN PARK CA
630 NAPERVILLE IL
631 BRENTWOOD NY
636 ST CHARLES MO
646 NEW YORK CITY NY
650 PALO ALTO CA
651 ST PAUL MN
661 BAKERSFIELD CA
662 TUPELO MS
678 ATLANTA NORTHEAST GA
682 ARLINGTON TX
702 LAS VEGAS NV
703 ALEXANDRIA VA
706 AUGUSTA GA
707 SANTA ROSA CA
708 LA GRANGE IL
713 HOUSTON TX
714 ANAHEIM CA
718 BROOKLYN NY
720 DENVER CO
724 GREENSBURG PA
727 CLEARWATER FL
731 JACKSON TN
732 NEW BRUNSWICK NJ
734 ANN ARBOR MI
740 LANCASTER OH
754 FORT LAUDERDALE FL
760 PALM SPRINGS CA
763 GOLDEN VALLEY MN
770 ATLANTA NORTHEAST GA
772 VERO BEACH FL
773 CHICAGO IL
774 MASSACHUSETTS MA
781 WALTHAM MA
786 MIAMI FL
801 SALT LAKE CITY UT
805 SANTA BARBARA CA
810 FLINT MI
813 TAMPA CENTRAL FL
815 ROCKFORD IL
817 ARLINGTON TX
818 VAN NUYS CA
831 SALINAS CA
832 HOUSTON TX
845 POUGHKEEPSIE NY
847 NORTHBROOK IL
848 NEW JERSEY NJ
857 BOSTON MA
858 LA JOLLA CA
862 NEWARK NJ
863 LAKELAND FL
901 MEMPHIS TN
903 LONGVIEW TX
908 ELIZABETH NJ
909 ONTARIO CA
914 WHITE PLAINS NY
916 SACRAMENTO CA
917 NEW YORK CITY NY
925 WALNUT CREEK CA
931 CLARKSVILLE TN
936 CONROE TX
940 DENTON TX
941 SARASOTA FL
947 ORTONVILLE MI
949 IRVINE CA
951 RIVERSIDE CA
952 BLOOMINGTON MN
954 FORT LAUDERDALE FL
970 FORT COLLINS CO
971 PORTLAND OR
972 GRAND PRAIRIE TX
973 NEWARK NJ
978 LAWRENCE MA
979 BRYAN TX
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koam
Pink Pecker
Premium
join:2000-08-16
East Puddle
clubs:
·Shoreham Telephone
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| reply to schipperke
Sounds pretty cool but it does concern me that your computer has to be on for it to work. When I think of the times that I want to restart my computer or just have it off, it becomes a problem.
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coaster
join:2007-07-13
New Port Richey, FL
·PHONE POWER
 ·Bright House
| My computer runs all the time except the monitor. My kids are too lazy to shut it down anyway. It is really no different then say a DVR running all the time. I do reboot my machine about every week and will continue to do so. I will be without service for the most 5 minutes. Worth it for the money savings if you ask me. |
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koam
Pink Pecker
Premium
join:2000-08-16
East Puddle
clubs: | It would be nice if it could plug into a router or a computer. |
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TexasPlus
join:2004-06-16
Bedford, TX
 ·Millenicom
·ViaTalk
| said by koam  :It would be nice if it could plug into a router or a computer. Yes it would. But i suppose I can just take one of the old boxes I have laying around and dedicate that to MagicJack. oh oh I see it only runs on XP or vista.. Wonder why not on my standard win2k?
Also noticed that Magicjack has just had a price increase. This morning the shipping was free. Now they are charging $3.95 shipping per device, cant even get a break on shipping for two.
The links from BBR must be ringing up lots of sales for them.
I see nothing on their site prior to paying for the order that tells anything about the phone number one gets with the device... so do you just wait until it arives to see if the number is useful to you? that's not good...
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coaster
join:2007-07-13
New Port Richey, FL
·PHONE POWER
·Bright House
2 edits | said by TexasPlus :Yes it would. But i suppose I can just take one of the old boxes I have laying around and dedicate that to MagicJack. oh oh I see it only runs on XP or vista.. Wonder why not on my standard win2k?
Also noticed that Magicjack has just had a price increase. This morning the shipping was free. Now they are charging $3.95 shipping per device, cant even get a break on shipping for two.
The links from BBR must be ringing up lots of sales for them.
I see nothing on their site prior to paying for the order that tells anything about the phone number one gets with the device... so do you just wait until it arives to see if the number is useful to you? that's not good...
I must of been one of the last few orders to get free shipping this morning, had to pay tax since MagicJack is out of Florida though. They won't give you a number ahead of time as it seems they are just about to add many local numbers across the US according to their forums. It is funny I had never heard of them until this whole Sunrocket thing today as you mentioned. They probably had a record day of sales. |
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coaster
join:2007-07-13
New Port Richey, FL
·PHONE POWER
·Bright House
4 edits | Got my MagicJack today 7/16 after ordering on Friday 7/13. Very quick shipping! Plugged it into a usb port and used the usb extension cable that comes with it. Don't want any bending in case my pc gets moved around.
Software loaded as soon as I plugged it in. A window to register 911 info soon appeared. Another screen to select available numbers after that. A software update was also automatically downloaded. Nearest number to Florida was Nashville, TN exchange. They are suppose to be adding more numbers by September.
Voice quality on the few test calls I have made are excellent. Just have to remember to dial area code for local numbers. Considering dropping Earthlink TrueVoice as soon as I get a local number. Probably will get a bare bones plan with another service just for backup since this MagicJack service is so new.
Packaging was very professional looking and bubble pack wasn't easy to open I must add. Looks like they are going to sell this in retail stores in the future. |
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coaster
join:2007-07-13
New Port Richey, FL
·PHONE POWER
·Bright House
1 edit | reply to schipperke
First article I have seen with details about their network. Looks like they have spent some big bucks so far. Hopefully their network can handle future growth and they will be around longer than SunRocket was.
»www.personalbee.com/1607/11418000 |
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