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 ·magicjack.com
| reply to wifi4milez
Re: Not good... said by wifi4milez:From what I can tell they simply replace the existing 'cellular' signal (ATT, Tmo, etc) with the magic jack one. Isn't that called interference?
How will it work if I use a femtocell in an apartment? What's that going to do to my neighbor who gets 2 bars as an AT&T customer?
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| They'll use your FemtoJack of course, sucking up a precious 80 kbps of internet bandwidth each way for a call but not draining any of their minutes. They'll love you and not know why 
Of course, that's assuming they're eight feet from the 'jack to associate with it in the first place. |
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·magicjack.com
| said by iansltx:Of course, that's assuming they're eight feet from the 'jack to associate with it in the first place. IMO, this is just MJ's way of getting in the news, free advertising, etc. To me, the story doesn't add up. But, sleazy, con-man business ethics are typical for MJ. Promulgating psycho-babble products just to get some free press coverage does add up.
If MJ wanted to cater to a new demographic that wants some kind of whole-house coverage, why not an ATA device. They could have released one of those a year ago. Why go for an exotic cellular product, FCC licensing of radio waves, etc?
They delayed a simple product for something complicated? That doesn't sound like MJ at all. MJ has a history of shooting for the simplest, lowest-common denominator.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
·Comcast
| What's simpler than bringing your cell phone into the house and getting unlimited minutes through MJ?
That said, I agree that MagicJack has been all bluster and no action of late. The single product they have is great, but they need to go ahead and do something else now to keep the momentum going. |
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·magicjack.com
| said by iansltx:What's simpler than bringing your cell phone into the house and getting unlimited minutes through MJ? I meant simpler to design and bring to market.
I question whether this is simple from a usage standpoint too. It's hard to believe a private company can broadcast on privately-owned frequencies. Or, that they can do it at a power level that will overcome nearby towers, but at the same time not interfere with neighbors who use a service whose tower is distant.
It seems like a lot of potential headache to accomplish what most people would be happy with: a router-based ATA device.
We heard that was coming almost 2 years ago. Almost a year ago we heard the Femtocell was coming (no mention of the ATA device).
And, all during that time MJ hasn't done anything to add features to the existing service. No improvements to the softphone -- except adding two radio buttons to the title bar, causing people to accidentally choose the button which they warn people not to use(!).
It doesn't add up for me. I'll be happy if MJ comes out with something. But, when they can't even add a single new feature to the softphone without bungling it, I'm skeptical they can produce something as complicated as a femtocell.
(Disclaimer: MJ's a great bargain even with shortcomings which make me skeptical about this news.).
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