fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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1 edit | No.. I'm not kidding.
Not everyone, like I said, buys on price alone. To be honest, I like my Vonage, but I prefer POTS. Yes, I do want reliability. I'm sure MagicJack has worked for you.. I've seen the TV commercials as well. It's just not for me. (and many others)
Asides from the rest of what you said, since when did voip companies become the "giants"...?
MJ works for you.. and sure you can make phone calls and sure, the quality probably is there.. but what isn't? ... security. Who or what is looming over their head to ensure that your phone number will remain yours? Who or what is there to ensure that they just don't up and disappear one day? Who or what is there to ensure that they are providing you a certain level of QoS?
While VoiP doesn't have it either, it's why I also don't depend on them.I have vonage for some uses (mostly out of area inbound calling) and it does have it's purpose, but I don't depend on that line being there.. you can't guarantee MJ which is why I call it a gimmic... monkey rigging.. well, I say that because it's, well, it's monkey rigged to get it to work. People want phones where they pick it up, and it's there. Even VoIP for many is not desired.. they don't want a modem to reboot, they don't want to worry about cords coming undone.. the don't want to lose service in a power outage, and they don't want to lose phone when the internet goes down.
I could care less about MJ, VoIP, et all.. and honestly, I don't care about saving $20 on a phone line.. I honestly pay about $200+ a month on the amount of phone services I have.. most of it is from a traditional carrier, and not voip either.
There's one thing that is true about me.. I'm not a voip user that comes to a VoIP forum here, or anywhere, to post about "how to get my VoIP service to work again" .. I'm not a VoIP lover paying $30 a month.
MJ works for you.. and that's fine.. for millions of Americans, it won't. If it was the VoIP killer, I'm sure there would be more and more people using it. With all the stories of medical emergencies that wound up in tragedy, hoses that burned down, and other 'costly' events.. I'm not trusting of any service that isn't regulated.
You're also assuming that we're to a point where it's a comparison of Magic Jack against big evil $30 VoIP.. I guess POTS is gone already?
Roll your eyes all you want.. you love what you have.. enjoy it. I don't need the savings and won't put my family in that amount of Risk.
I'm curious, however, to hear other people, willing to go to this level as to use MJ for phone only. For the record, I've heard of MJ for quite some time and am not unaware of what it is.
The old saying goes.. you get what you pay for. 
And here's what you get:
he allocation of a phone number to you does not constitute any transfer of title, ownership, license or other rights with regard to the phone number; and the phone number is not portable to other service providers. magicJack may, without any liability, refuse, change or terminate any phone number at anytime. If magicJack changes the phone number that has been allocated to you by magicJack, magicJack will notify you, stating the effective date of the change and your new phone number. If you do not wish to accept this new phone number, you are entitled to cancel this Agreement; however, you will not be eligible for any refund unless you terminate the Agreement within 30 days of purchase of the magicJack device and qualify for a refund as further described in Section 2 of this Agreement. magicJack will not be liable for any damages resulting from the change of the phone number. and also...
You also understand and agree that use of the magicJack device and Software will include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for the magicJack device to work and for the service to be free in the first year of the agreement (and subsequent licenses to be at minimal cost). Advertisements will be served through the magicPage™ Software. magicPage™ Software attempts to serve local advertisements and classifieds using a completely automated process that enables us to effectively target dynamically changing content. Our computers may analyze the phone numbers you call in order to improve the relevance of the ads. We do not provide any personal information to our advertisers or third parties. magicJack has a policy of restricting advertisers that it believes are inappropriate, but it does not guarantee the accuracy or integrity of any advertisers and does not endorse any of the advertisements that may appear in connection with use of the magicJack device. You also understand and agree that use of the magicJack device and Software may include certain communications, such as service announcements, administrative messages and newsletters, and you will not be able to opt out of receiving them. also...
THE magicJack DEVICE AND SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR USE OR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
magicJack MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE OPTIONAL FREE 911 EMERGENCY DIALING FEATURE PROVIDED. ALL CALLS MADE USING THE 911 EMERGENCY DIALING FEATURE ARE MADE AT THE CALLER'S RISK.
magicJack MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE COMPLETION, CLARITY, OR OVERALL QUALITY OF ANY PARTICULAR CALL MADE USING THE SERVICE.
magicJack MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT ANY ERRORS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
magicJack MAKES NO WARRANTY ABOUT THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR THAT OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. ANY content DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH content.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM magicJack OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT. I'm sure that most everyone here will agree with me that this is a toy and wouldn't put themselves at risk or through this as a sole calling device just to save a buck or twenty. |
 danawhitakerSpace...The Final FrontierPremium
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Urbandale, IA | Don't forget the whole section in the faq/tos that basically says their 911 service is completely unreliable and you shouldn't count on it in the event of an emergency and they're not liable if it doesn't work, yadayada.
Having just had to call 911 last week, I can say that I'd never choose any phone service that wasn't reliable in regards to that. When you're in the middle of a medical emergency, or trying to help a family member who is, you don't have time to screw around with that kind of thing not working. And you may think it will never happen to you, or that nothing can happen that's so bad that you'd need it, or that you're perfectly healthy, etc, but you just never know. If you're willing to put your own life or the lives of your family in jeopardy by not having working 911 service, good for you I guess. I remember having an argument a few years ago on here with someone about the 911 issue, they said they'd never need to call 911 for anything. I wonder if they ever had to eat those words.
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