Magic Jack budget questions???

[hsmamato2]

hello- anyone out there use Magic Jack? if you do,what is your opinion of it? Does it really save you $$$?
When you have this,do you also have to pay for landline service? Right now we pay for landline,and LD is seperate cost- internet is it's own bill too-
would MJ save us any money? looking for ways to cut the phone bill down

 

[Malibelle]

We just bought majicjack at walmart for $39.99 and that included the first year contract. After that we only pay $20 per year so it definitly saves money! We have no landline. We just hooked it up a few days ago so we are testing it out before we cancel Vonage. So far so good, it has the same thing vonage offers. You do however have to leave your computer on but if you do decide to shut it down at night you can set it so you can have all your called forwared to you cell phone. Or if there is an interuption with your internet it will still pick up on yoru voicemail so people can leave a message. I think its a great thing if it works like it is. we can bring the majicjack when we go down the shore on teh weekends and recieve our phone calls there. As long as you have DSL or cable internet you can use it. It does have a 911 call you have to register for your area as well.

 

[JoanneNC]

My father has it and loves it. He travels all the time as a travel agent so he uses this as his 2nd to easily call home and stay on top of work.

Even worked for him in Mexico

 

[mikelan6]

I tried it at both my home and office where I have two different internet providers and the sound quality was not reliable at all. I have stopped using it for that reason.

 

[hsmamato2]

thanks- do I need a phone line/landline for this? or just the 'net?

 

[mikelan6]

thanks- do I need a phone line/landline for this? or just the 'net?

Just a PC computer, a physical phone and a fast internet connection.