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rrs26 · Jun 5, 2008, 11:02 AM

Has anyone heard of Magic Jack? Or is there anyone who has used it and what's your opinion? If I wanted to call Iraq do I have to send one to them also? Or is it that I just have to buy one and fix it to my comp and start calling anywhere in the world?

Please help me if anyone knows about this...

RickJ · Jun 5, 2008, 11:07 AM

I've been tempted to try it but haven't yet. I'm happy with Vonage at $25 per month for all features including long distance (which includes much of Europe).

$20 per year sounds too good to be true so I presume it to be so. There's GOT to be a catch, so I don't want to give them $20 to find out what that catch is.

... I'll be watching. I'd love to hear from someone who's used it successfully - With No "Catches" - for at least 4 months.

NeedKarma · Jun 5, 2008, 11:23 AM

Previous thread here:
https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/voice-...ght=magic+jack

Fr_Chuck · Jun 5, 2008, 02:41 PM

Ok, I have tried it, from previous post, and to be honest, it works great.
No trouble with hook up, calls clear, and no issues at all.
Customer service has been great and easy.

They had a small error in my mailing address, I sent one email, they correct it, and responded back in minutes.
It is not slowing any of my computers down. I would remember that on the few complaints I have heard from some of the complaint sites, has anyone ever saw the number of complaints on people like Bell telephone, Cingular, Comcast and so on. I am not saying there are no problems, I am sure any company has many.

Vinj · Sep 3, 2008, 11:27 PM

I have an MJ account as a back up for my Onesuite prepaid phone card and voip services. For what's its worth, MJ is a worthy voip back up.

ROBERT4328 · Jan 15, 2009, 08:13 AM

I have a magicjack email me phone # at [email protected] and I will call you on magicjack

ylaira · Apr 1, 2009, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by rrs26

Has anyone heard of Magic Jack? Or is there anyone who has used it and whats ur opinion? If I wanted to call Iraq do I have to send one to them also? Or is it that I just have to buy one and fix it to my comp and start calling anywhere in the world?

Please help me if anyone knows about this....

Just for educ purposes>... Im using one. As I understand, if your from US, you don't need to have a magicjack. Magicjack is for people who wants to call US numbers for free. If both parties are not from US, they both should have a magicjack. As per connection, its clear. If its not clear, its your internet connection. It works great for 2mbps and up.

ROBERT4328 · Apr 1, 2009, 03:44 PM

Ok, I have tried it, from previous post, and to be honest, it works great.
No trouble with hook up, calls clear, and no issues at all.
Customer service has been great and easy.

SanDeeW · Aug 31, 2009, 08:47 PM

Hello I bought my magic jack at radio shack and have been using it 7 months... It works great., no problems at all... love to save $$$$ this one is a biggie.

superk · Sep 2, 2009, 02:53 AM

Just for further information in the future so no the same questions again.

If you're both in the US or Canada and doesn't have national calling plan, you need a MJ. (FYI)

If you're in the US or Canada you don't need to have a magic jack since its country code is 1. That person in Iraq is the one who needs it for you to call each other. His magic jack will have its own US number (an area code of his choice as long as it's available). For you to call that MJ in Iraq for free using your homophone with just local plan, you must share the same area code.

If you're not in the US, then both of you must have MJ. Yes you may buy that person in Iraq his own magic jack, mail it to him, set it up himself and call each other and yes you can call anybody in the world who got magic jack for free. Make sure you bought it from a legitimate local distributor so someone can support you when in technical trouble. It's just plug and play and very easy to set up.

Magic jack is internet and power dependent. If the speed is not good, then the calling will be affected or there's no power, you can't place a call. There are times that it gets virus and reboots itself while on the call but it's good in general.

Magic jack is not plugged in the computer all the time because it heats up so you can just leave each other a VM when the other person is unavailable. You can also set up an email so you can just play your VM in realplay or in windows media player. It also has caller ID, 3 way calling and capable of calling 1800 numbers.