Can MagicJack Replace Your Landline? - Comments Page 5

One more thing, I had an occasion to contact their customer service about six months ago and I must say it was fantastic!!

I live in Canada but I spend six months in the US. If I take the Magic Jack to the US and someone calls me from within the US, is this person being charged for a long distance. Also is the Magic Jack using internet all the time it is plugged into the modem or is it using the internet just when calls are coming and going.

This looks good, we will try this gadget out the next time that we return to the States.

We have Magic Jack in Florida and we are not happy at all. It drops calls all the time and the worst problem is I can not call my husband's cell phone from our Magic Jack phone from home. His is with Cricket and took his phone back to them and they said there is not a problem with his phone. He has no problems with his phone. He can call me at home but I can't call him. It rings busy as soon as I dial his number. Any suggestions? Customer service was called several times and they didn't help at all.

I have had two MagicJacks since 2009. Have had no problems and am well pleased with MJ's and service.
By the way, from now until July 1, 2016 they are on sale at reduced rates.

Bill

I live in Central America and have used Magic Jack for a few years already. I have a US number. Call quality is great, as long as you have a good connection. My first connection I used it on was only a 256 kbps. Worked just fine!

been using the MJ's since they came out.
Love them.
The first couple of years, had some problems with failures,dropped calls, etc., but the last 5 years no problems.love the voice mails going to my emails so I don't miss any important calls.
If your looking for a cheap home phone, you can't go wrong with it.

I have been using MagicJack for over 4 years now for business line , I have 2 of them setup, they work as good as Vonage does, I have had fewer dropped call on the MagicJack than my cell phone thru verizon.
Good deal and will be using it until they have a better system.
Little Bear Gun Shop

Well I guess if I do not have internet service and I live in a dead spot for my cell phone then this MJ is useless?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Yes, you definitely need Internet service to use the MJ.

To Gene. I'm the opposite of you. I'm a US guy living in Canada. I have a MJ with a US number so my US friends can make a "local" call to me, even when I'm physically in Canada. My Canadian friends call my MJ with a Canadian number. These MJs are so cheap, you can get one for each country and all you friends can call you on a "local" call depending on where they live. Good luck!

I have used Magic Jack for years. Great product, great price!

Hey Bob, are you aware that black boldface type in articles like this is in about as poor taste as big caps? Yes, my friend - it is. This page looks like spam.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Wow, boldface type has been used to denote emphasis since at least the mid-1800s. I didn't get the memo that bold is the new spam. Would you care to elaborate as to why you believe boldface type is in poor taste?

Bought Magic Jack about 6 months ago & it is great. My daughter and a couple of friends have them in many areas in Ontario, Canada.
There is a BONUS to MJ that I accidently discovered and have NEVER heard of before...
Many companies have 800 type numbers and sometimes these are limited in geographical area and CANNOT be called from outside that limited area. BUT... MJ always connects with a local phone number and as such can connect when usual phone service CANNOT. I ran into this calling an 800 number for which the company did NOT list a local number (it was a radio station)
We are moving and I bought the MJ and set it up with a phone number for my new area code. I set up call forwarding and it doesn't even need to be plugged in all the time.

I've been toying with the idea of porting my business landline number to a Magic Jack and getting out of the the phone company landline loop. I have internet at home but not at work. Ive been told that I can plug in/download/register everything at home and then have all my business calls forwarded to my existing cell phone. Does this sound accurate? Would it work? Reliably?

Magic Jack CANNOT access Canadian 310-**** numbers. In Canada we have LOCALIZED phone numbers such as 310-FOOD, 310-RENT, etc. These ONLY work if the number is assigned in the area code you are calling from. EG,if you want a 310 number that is active in Toronto, but your land line is in Ottawa, the call will NOT go through. ( or if it is active in Ottawa will connect you to the place in Ottawa that has that 310 number) Regardless, MJ will simply NOT connect to ANY 310-**** number!
I do NOT know whether parts of the USA have a similar AIN (Advanced Intelligent Network) feature.
310 details: http://www.binrev.com/forums/index.php?/topic/22869-310-exchanges/

MJ 310 issues others have: http://www.phoneservicesupport.com/can-not-call-514-310-xxxx-t9236.html
Otherwise MJ is perfect for me, as I wrote in a separate comment above. - Greg

I have been using MJ since the beginning 4 numbers in total 3 Canadian and 1 US number, one Cad and the USA number redirected to my Canadian cell phone and never miss any calls, they are not even connected, just go to your MJ page and set up the forward option, it works fine does not matter where you are.
I hope this helps Judy, good luck

I am 70 and have three Magic Jack numbers and started using MJ when it first came out in 2007. I have not had a landline since 2004. I do not understand why everyone is not using MJ or some VOIP system. The MJ is the most reasonable and flexible system on the market. We travel all over and my family and friends can call my local number and reach me in any part of the world. It only costs $20 a year for a phone line and it works great. I highly recommend this product. Bob, thank you for sharing this information with your readers.

Issues with some of these voip companies is they don't send full caller ID. Then they get upset that people will not answer their calls. I have a digitone call blocker set up that blocks calls from anonymous, private - no name and number displayed on caller ID, phone does not even ring.

My M J works fine except there is one particular number that I have previously called every day which suddenly does not allow me to call itmalthough I can receive calls from that number. M J has not been able to resolve this . Any Ideas?