Reviews:
 ·Optimum Online
 ·Verizon FiOS
| voip 3rd party providers magic jack is in the same league with skype, ooma and a couple of others for consumer's money. they all play games to try squeezing as much money as possible out of the consumer as possible given their quality of service which-- may not be as realiable as a true SIP provider of VOIP and less reliable than a 1st tier provider of service (such as a telco or cableco).
imo, the quality of service isn't all that much better than a google voice (free, no really FREE) provider and your tied to a stupid dongle-- that is unless you "HACK" the service to string together a series of interconnected workarounds to make it work with a sip router or other device/software.
as others say, it all depends on your needs. sometimes these lower quality voip services combined with a prepaid cellphone as a backup/emergency "plan b" is all customers need instead of spending $30+ a month for a "phone line". most consumers are sick & tired of getting RAPED by telcos for the reglatory fees that go hand-in-pocket with a "plain old telephone line" service of which many rural and non broadband access customers still in 2010 are stuck with that monopoly. until the prepaid cellular services go lower than $25 a month for unlimited calling they are NOT a competitive alternative to voip which can function on as little as 64kbit of dedicated data. |
