Magic Jack

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Magic Jack Make Unlimited Phone Calls In Canada US

Magic Jack to simple to use....
"I have never seen a simpler to use product. You simply plug it into your computer, plug in your phone, and start calling. The call quality is perfect ... this device is so simple my grandmother could install one on her PC and begin ..." - No Heat

U.S. News and World Report: Look Out, Vonage & Skype, Here Comes magic Jack!

* PC Magazine Gives the magicJack the Editors' Choice Award!
* The Washington Posts Raves About the magic Jack.
* Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine.
* CNET - Crave.
* Laptop Magazine.
* Skype and Cable Phone Services Look Out for magic Jack!
* This Week In Consumer Electronics.
* Crunch Gear.
* magic Jack To Be The New Skype?
* The magic Jack Gives Free Phone Calls.
* magicJack - Enjoy Cheap VoIP Calls.
* magicJack Promises Super-Simple VoIP.

The goal is to simplify VoIP to the point where almost anyone can use it, the firm claims. Once subscribed, the only setup needed is plugging the adapter into a USB port and any analog phone into the adapter: the device automatically installs and configures itself within a minute and is ready to use from then onwards. It currently supports only Windows but will be followed by a Mac version. Broadband internet service required!

As with most voice over IP, the advantage is low-cost calling. Reaching other magicJack users is free regardless of where they live, the company says, but differs from Skype in pricing. Instead of charging for every call to a real-world number, a $20 subscription ensures that every call in North America and parts of Europe is free. The initial device should cost between $30 and $40. A beta test has started today and will lead to an official launch in April. plug the dongle in the computer and your regular phone in the jack. Wait 60 seconds (or minutes in a spyware infested PC) for the software to auto-install, and you’re ready to make phone calls with your house phone. If it works properly, it’s something we can see the elderly and the otherwise PC-challenged crowd getting into.

Pricing is between $29 and $39, which includes the dongle and one year subscription to the service, with the plan costing $19 a year afterwards. This would give you unlimited calling in Canada and the US, though extra charges apply for other destinations. $30 doesn’t beat free any day of the year, and with the immense installed base Skype already has, it’s going to be tough “killing” it. But we sure do wish them the best of luck.

Magic Jack Make Unlimited Phone Calls In Canada US

Need a second phone line? How about a dedicated business line for your home-based enterprise? A cheap way to make calls while traveling the world? Look no further than the Magic Jack, quite possibly the coolest gizmo of 2007. All you do is plug the little guy into a USB port. It automatically installs its own software: a nifty little dialer/address-book app. (During the initial setup, you get to choose your own local number for inbound calls.) Now just plug any corded or cordless handset into the Magic Jack's standard RJ-11 jack and presto, you've got a dial tone. And voice mail. And three-way calling, caller ID, etc. You can also use a headset if you're traveling and don't want to schlep that bulky old Princess phone.

The Magic Jack costs $40, which includes a year's worth of unlimited local and long-distance calls. (Free international calls to other MagicJack users, too.) After that, you'll pay just $20 per year. I've tried this thing, and let me tell you: It rocks. It's way easier to use than Skype, way cheaper than Vonage, and way cool to boot.

Ymax will wade into the near-free telephony market with the Magic Jack, a USB device that will enable consumers to make unlimited local and long-distance calls through their PC for $20 a year. The product plugs into a USB port and automatically installs software onto a PC. Consumers plug their phones (corded or cordless) into the device and can make unlimited calls to landlines and cellphones. The Magic Jack is assigned its own phone number and will include voicemail, caller ID, waiting, 911 dialing and Follow Me, which forwards calls to other numbers when the computer is turned off.

The device also loads a softphone application on the desktop if consumers wish to use a headset. The unit will retail for a suggested $39.95 and include a year’s worth of unlimited inbound and outbound calling within the United States and the features listed above. When the year is up, consumers can renew their license for a $20 a year fee.

The Magic Jack can be taken overseas, allowing travelers to make free international calls back to the U.S. The device cannot currently make calls from the United States to other countries.

Ymax was founded by telecom execs Dan Borislow and Don Burns. According to Burns, who serves as CEO, the company can afford undercut competitive phone prices because unlike other VoIP providers, it owns its own CLEC network. “We are a certified exchange carrier in 49 states with 31 switches across the country,”

The company built a large nationwide phone network originally to support a GSM/Wi-Fi phone but decided “it wasn’t ready for prime time.” That network allows Ymax to offer low-cost calling. Whereas other firms, such as now-defunct SunRocket, had to pay CLECs to originate and terminate calls onto the landline network, Ymax only pays to terminate calls and receives a payment on any incoming call to the MagicJack.

We participated in the SunRocket liquidation until we saw the numbers behind it,” Their operating costs per customer per month were prohibitive, We were never smart enough to figure out how to make a resale business model work.

The company also differs from Skype and other services that rely on “virtual gateways” because it controls its own physical network. The MagicJack will be in one major electronics retailer by the holidays. While it is ostensibly a communications device, Burns said the company thinks of it as a “computer accessory. We don’t like the [terminal adapter] model, we think the computer is winning as the home communications hub. The softphone software loaded onto the device has a dedicated window where the reseller of the Magic Jack can advertise. “It’s a portal for retailers to continue to reach their customers.