Originally posted by: achiral
YOU - Having a downside and having common sense are not mutually exclusive
HER - sure it is, coming from you it should always be right?
Originally posted by: achiral
i'm sorry you are unable to be helped. maybe you should buy a magicjack and call me so i can explain further.
Originally written by: Shel Silverstein 1972
And some kind of help is the kind of help
That helping's all about
And some kind of help is the kind of help
We all can do without
Originally posted by: IksokChoy
According to theie site you can, there appears to be a charge for International calls though ?? Faq Link Again
Originally posted by: cheapherk
The TV commercial was enough to turn me off. Glad to see it wasn't a scam.
Originally posted by: LumbergTech
It does charge for international calls....but generally much less than what it normally costs
Originally posted by: Mongoloid
Originally posted by: LumbergTech
It does charge for international calls....but generally much less than what it normally costs
If you have family members in a foreign country, my coworker said he bought a magic jack for his parents back home. Because the number is local, they can call each other with no long distance charges and use a regular phone for the magic jack (which is convenient).
Originally posted by: Netopia
Originally posted by: Mongoloid
Originally posted by: LumbergTech
It does charge for international calls....but generally much less than what it normally costs
If you have family members in a foreign country, my coworker said he bought a magic jack for his parents back home. Because the number is local, they can call each other with no long distance charges and use a regular phone for the magic jack (which is convenient).
That, in my opinion, is the extreme sweet spot for these things; using them overseas so that you can call the US and people can call you, with no international calls either way.
Joe
Originally posted by: marmasatt
My parents bought on of these things. I laughed my ass off and ridiculed them to all hell. The thing works like a charm and they're saving a few hundred a year in phone bills.
Originally posted by: Smoke
I currently have telephone service through my local cable company. During the installation they basically ran a wire from the telephone/modem to my "wire room" and punched it into my key system board.
I am wondering if all I have to do is disconnect the telephone output line on the back of the telephone/modem and (using a telephone union device) splice in a MJ line and end up with my "Toshiba Key System" working on a MJ connection?
Has anyone tried something like this?
I've just ordered a MJ so after it arrives I can just try it out and see for myself. I'll report back my results.
Originally posted by: Schmide
telephone union device?
I think a standard phone (POTS) line runs like 48v. If you hook a Magic Jack to that it's going to fry.
Originally posted by: richierich1212
So is there any lag in conversation with the MJ?
Originally posted by: Smoke
Originally posted by: Schmide
telephone union device?
I think a standard phone (POTS) line runs like 48v. If you hook a Magic Jack to that it's going to fry.
You have sufficiently discouraged me from trying that. :shocked:
Just to be clear ... I'm calling the adapter(device) that allows you to attach two telephone wires (RJ11s, Single Line or RJ14s, Two Line) together to make a longer run, a "telephone union device". That may be the wrong name?
I have received my Magic Jack. I'm using an RJ14 right now to connect the Magic Jack to a Panasonic 2-Line 2.4 Ghz base station and it is working just fine.