avp0713
@csfb.com
| MagicJack used with dialup service?
Without reading the entire MagicJack website I'm hoping for quick direction from MagicJack users; My elderly parents who cannot get broadband service would like to look into getting MagicJack. They only have access to a VERY slow dialup line (14 kps). Will MagicJack be good for them? |
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ANONYMOUS_COWARD
@ameritech.net
| said by avp0713 :
Without reading the entire MagicJack website I'm hoping for quick direction from MagicJack users; My elderly parents who cannot get broadband service would like to look into getting MagicJack. They only have access to a VERY slow dialup line (14 kps). Will MagicJack be good for them?
Absolutely not |
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mod_wastrel
join:2008-03-28
 ·magicjack.com
| reply to avp0713
On 14.4? No. (I still have some old 14.4 modems--haven't used them in 15 years, except for the occasional FAX.)
Interestingly, the magicJack site says that magicJack-to-magicJack calls *may* work over dial-up, though I'm sure they're talking about 56k. Back in the 90's I actually used VoIP, briefly, with dial-up (just to play around with it). It did work... badly, but it did work. I wouldn't recommend it; when you're thinking VoIP, think broadband.
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avp0713
@comcast.net | reply to ANONYMOUS_COWARD
. . . yeah, immediately after I posted the question I found out through various other forums that although it might "work" it would be sketchy at best. |
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avp0713
@comcast.net
| reply to mod_wastrel
Yes, I remember early 90's internet phone, I too dabbled with it and found that it worked, albeit choppy. Upstate NY (mountain regions) don't get DSL or Cable, so my parents are able to use their internet for basically email and long bouts of meditation while watching the CNN page download. |
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