Magic Jack

Great if you only use it for the voicemail. I have a local number from Magicjack in a county 200 miles from me for messages which are then emailed to me. (Google voice now does the same thing for free).

Otherwise it's crap.

Rick
 
Anyone tried it? Good or not??
:skeptical:

I have had MagicJack for about a year. It works just fine, the voice quality is usually good, though sometimes I hear a slight echo.

I think MagicJack is great for keeping in touch with distant friends and family, but not very useful for a business. I have it plugged into my family computer downstairs. Same goes for Google Voice. I only use GV for private calls.

For a good VoIP business system, Toktumi is hard to beat. About $15/mo gives you the ability to accept business calls and route them to either another extension or a designated voicemail box. There is also a desktop sharing option for about $7/mo. Unfortuanately, there is no price break for additional lines. I had to purchase an additional line to have my toll-free number ported over, and have to pay another $15/mo. It is still less expensive than Ring Central for the same features (sans desktop share).
 
I have had MagicJack for about a year. It works just fine, the voice quality is usually good, though sometimes I hear a slight echo.

I think MagicJack is great for keeping in touch with distant friends and family, but not very useful for a business. I have it plugged into my family computer downstairs. Same goes for Google Voice. I only use GV for private calls.

For a good VoIP business system, Toktumi is hard to beat. About $15/mo gives you the ability to accept business calls and route them to either another extension or a designated voicemail box. There is also a desktop sharing option for about $7/mo. Unfortuanately, there is no price break for additional lines. I had to purchase an additional line to have my toll-free number ported over, and have to pay another $15/mo. It is still less expensive than Ring Central for the same features (sans desktop share).

Can I ask if your are running cable or DSL? My impression is VOIP comes down to bandwidth plus a router that has QoS or Quality of Service. VOIP sucks on a weak DSL connection. Cable appears to be better.

I have Comcast package deal. They are idiots but if they go down they have you up that day and usually fairly quickly. I had AT&T go down due to a loose wire they could have fixed in 2 minutes but they would not come out. I had no phone or net for 24 hours.

Comcast is clueless porting toll free numbers. So I can get a toll free for $15 a month? Any minutes? Thanks for the tip.

For the other guy, if you have TMobile cell phone service - you can add a VOIP line for $10 a month plus $40 to 60 one time for their router. Still need plus internet in the office to hook it up. Plus if you want toll free you need to figure that out.
 
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