Magic Jack Phone Service - Comments Page 1

I have been using Magicjack for a week now. I am very pleased with it. There was a problem with an echo on my end but with a little tweaking that went away and I can tell no difference in the quality of the calls.

I am going to keep my land line for another couple of weeks to see if there are any other problems. Then I plan to just use the Magicjack for my home phone.

I see by their ads that I can renew my subscription for 5 years for $59. That is quite a savings over my usual phone bill of $45 a month. I hope they stay in business that long.

I've had Magic Jack for approximately two months now, and have not experience any problems with it whatsoever. I am using it with a Uniden cordless phone that has a base right next to the computer and Magic Jack in my basement and a remote handset / charger upstairs. I have not experienced any voice degradation or fading of a signal at all.

I am quite pleased with the sound quality and absolutely impressed with the feature bundle it comes with and last but not least the terrific price.

If their was (1) short coming, and in my case I do not see it as a shortcoming, but actually a blessing... After (60) minutes on a call, the Magic Jack unit ends the call without notice. I experienced that twice. Now I do not usually talk for that long and both times it occurred, boy was I happy to get off the phone. So you see what I mean, in my case it was a blessing.

If you are in need of a phone line, Magic Jack will cost you about a buck a month if you go for the 5 year plan and about five dollars a month for electricity to run your computer 24 / 7. I recommend it. -- Bryan

You cant use it in UAE and other countries such as China but you are not advised or told when you make the purchase

I've had Majic Jack for 4 months now and it works great, even sends an email when a message is left. The email has a .wav file you can listen to. Only complaint is that when windows updates it often restarts the computer so I have to restart Majic Jack. Overall, a majic product.

I tried Magic Jack for several months and quit. I experienced dropped calls, poor sound, crippled service, pc corruptions and more. The worst part is no tech support. . . .NONE!!! I call it tragic Jack.

I've had MagicJack for about 6 Months, no problems whatsoever. I also like the fact that your PC needs to be on to make or receive calls. This way I can just let them go to Voice mail and answer them at my leisure. I have a Cell Phone for emergency calls, and really don't need a landline phone, but for $19.95 a Year, why not.

I have used MagicJack for just over one year now - just renewed service. The complaints about voice quality when using the computer for other internet-intensive services is true, so I simply pause them when making a call. The convenience of taking my MJ with me if & when I travel along with my laptop is great, and as long as I take the precaution as just described, the sound quality is equal to any service I have ever used. When I had problems early on, even Mr. Borislow got directly involved with resolving them, which really surprised me.

Latent complaints: The idiot thing will steal focus of your cursor every once in a while, and for people who type by watching their fingers instead of the screen, this is a MAJOR pisser. Also, it seems to renew it's software on a somewhat occasional basis, which is good, but it keeps sticking it's icon back on my desktop after I have deleted it, which I find annoying.

Bottom line: I have not tried any completely free service, such as Skype, but otherwise, MJ is my only "land line". I wish they would handle the two complaint areas I have, but as it is said, I wouldn't throw her out of bed for eating crackers.

Uses up the major part of your CPU. Major Major problem

While I have not signed up yet, I won't be signing up for the very simple reason that when power goes out (storm, accident, etc) a land line with a non-wireless phone is needed to communicate with the world.... Yes, a cell phone could be used for this purpose, but, that implies that a person would still need something beyond just the Magic Jack. Of course a power generator might be an answer if you want to spend some more money...

I have used the MJ for about 6 mons on and off. I have 2 of them. I only use them as back up or traveling. The quality has not been good, therefor I would not want to use it as my primary phone service until the quality issues are resolved. Its so cheap that its easy to keep one at work and one at home or one with my laptop while traveling. If the device could be refined just a touch, it will be an amazing product.