Tweet
Do you have a VOIP phone? I believe there are many products out there such as; Obi Hai, Oooma, Vonage, Net Talk, Straight Talk, Magic Jack, etc.
I have the Magic Jack Plus, tt is worth it and it works fine for me. I've cancelled my landline home phone and had that phone number ported over to the Magicjack, however, that was an additional $20 fee (and $10 recurring annual fee to keep the ported number) which Magicjack doesn't fully disclose upfront on their webpage but still it was worth it to avoid the hassle of notifying everyone of my new phone number. The Magicjack Plus works off of my router so the computer doesn't have to be constantly on for it to work whereas the previous version of the Magicjack required the computer on to work (fax machine also works off the router). Magicjack has all the different features such as call waiting, caller ID, etc. I used to use the call forwarding feature which automatically forwards incoming calls to my cell phone. However, just recently MagicJack pulled the rug from under us and is now charging a fee to use the call forwarding feature (something like 100 calls forwarded for $1.99). Some customers are irrate about this new policy. Me not so much.
They advertise $19 service fee per year (not per month) which comes out to about $1.70 a month. Actually, it's $29 per year for the service unless you sign up for their 5 years of service for $99, which then comes out to $19 a year. Again Magic Jack doesn't fully disclose this fact on its TV advertisements but still at $29 a year (not per month) is an incredible deal IMHO.
Overall, I've had the Magicjack Plus since the beginning of 2012 and it works fine with the exception that a couple outgoing calls that I've made had dropped after a couple of minutes into the call. I suspect my router lost the connection. Other than that it works great.I used to pay about $40 a month for my landline phone (AT & T) and after one year the Magicjack Plus has already paid for itself and then some. The only beef I have is their customer service only uses online chats (no telephone service), and it can take hours to try to resolve issues if resolvable at all. Their tech staff may have good intentions but lack the necessary insights to diagnose and resolve technical problems one might experience, for the most part that I have experienced but overall my experience with the product as a whole is very satisfied. It saved me a lot of money and continues to save me money into the future.
So far mine's has been great and has saved me lots of money thusfar.
I have the Magic Jack Plus, tt is worth it and it works fine for me. I've cancelled my landline home phone and had that phone number ported over to the Magicjack, however, that was an additional $20 fee (and $10 recurring annual fee to keep the ported number) which Magicjack doesn't fully disclose upfront on their webpage but still it was worth it to avoid the hassle of notifying everyone of my new phone number. The Magicjack Plus works off of my router so the computer doesn't have to be constantly on for it to work whereas the previous version of the Magicjack required the computer on to work (fax machine also works off the router). Magicjack has all the different features such as call waiting, caller ID, etc. I used to use the call forwarding feature which automatically forwards incoming calls to my cell phone. However, just recently MagicJack pulled the rug from under us and is now charging a fee to use the call forwarding feature (something like 100 calls forwarded for $1.99). Some customers are irrate about this new policy. Me not so much.
They advertise $19 service fee per year (not per month) which comes out to about $1.70 a month. Actually, it's $29 per year for the service unless you sign up for their 5 years of service for $99, which then comes out to $19 a year. Again Magic Jack doesn't fully disclose this fact on its TV advertisements but still at $29 a year (not per month) is an incredible deal IMHO.
Overall, I've had the Magicjack Plus since the beginning of 2012 and it works fine with the exception that a couple outgoing calls that I've made had dropped after a couple of minutes into the call. I suspect my router lost the connection. Other than that it works great.I used to pay about $40 a month for my landline phone (AT & T) and after one year the Magicjack Plus has already paid for itself and then some. The only beef I have is their customer service only uses online chats (no telephone service), and it can take hours to try to resolve issues if resolvable at all. Their tech staff may have good intentions but lack the necessary insights to diagnose and resolve technical problems one might experience, for the most part that I have experienced but overall my experience with the product as a whole is very satisfied. It saved me a lot of money and continues to save me money into the future.
So far mine's has been great and has saved me lots of money thusfar.
Comment