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| Why USB! Too stupid!!! This thing should plug into Ethernet, not USB!
Magicjack and Femtojack, cool idea, bad implementation! | |
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| said by AstroBoy:This thing should plug into Ethernet, not USB! Magicjack and Femtojack, cool idea, bad implementation! I think it has something to do with the demographic MJ targets. The infomercial watcher. The 7/11 or Walmart impulse buyer.
The original MJ device's genius was that it took the esoteric topic of VoIP (and the myriad of choices, such as ATA, BYOD, DID, etc.) and put it into something a person could hold in their hand. No choices. No complication. As easy to use as a thumb drive. Just plug it in, attach your phone. No smorgasbord of choices. No routers to connect an ATA device to.
If this femtocell thing is real, MJ is probably following the same, simple "sham-wow" formula. Something that can be explained in a 20-second infomercial.
I can see the Sham-Wow commercials already. "Plug it in. Dial your cell phone. Talk as long as you want. And, if you order in the next 10 minutes we'll include a Windy-City BBQ grill. That's right! You can talk to family and friends while enjoying the tastiest mini burgers on earth! But wait, there's more..."
I agree that a femtocell might be beyond the grasp of that demographic. They're going to hear "femtojack" and think "femto what?"
If MJ was going to move a little outside its original demographic, I think it would have been better to get away from the USB (always-on computer) interface. A true ATA would have met I larger need (IMO).
Mark | |
3 edits | Do you honestly believe that people only purchase a magicJack after watching an infomercial? A simple Google search for "magicjack" brings up 4,510,000 hits. Almost every casual user of the Internet has probably heard of magicJack. Furthermore, people are sophisticated, there is nothing complicated about setting up an ATA and using VoIP service from Vonage, ViaTalk et al.
It is amazing that you actually believe that you are more sophisticated than someone who purchases a magicJack just because you can plug your ATA into a power outlet, your ATA into your router and your telephone into your ATA. Apparently you really believe that the average Vonage or ViaTalk user is more sophisticated than the average magicJack user and you have devoted your life to making that point over and over and over again, for years on dslreports.com. Give me a break.
Furthermore, your obsession with Dan Borislow is quite disturbing, you have never met Dan Borislow in your life and yet your obsession with the man borders on the pathalogical. You need help.
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