I feel like an overzealous religious nutbag over here because of a gadget

[Jessie]

Copied from an email to my family:

www.magicjack.com

Ok, I need to go work as a salesperson for these people, because I think this thing is amazing.  I just bought one at Radio Shack, and brought it to work and plugged it in and voila, I have a Louisville number.  So if you call me at home from now on, call (number retracted but any of you can have it if you want it or if you're on facebook).  It'll be local if you have a Louisville #, too.

It's a little thing that you plug into your computer and it does VOIP (voice over internet protocol) to give you home phone service.  Unlimited calling, including unlimited long distance, and calling to Canada, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.  You can take it with you anywhere you go, and as long as you have internet, you have your phone.  You can even take it out of the country and call back into the US for free.

It's $40 for the thing and the first year of service, and $20/year after that.

How amazing is that?

I bought mine at radio shack because I didn't want to wait to get it from the internet

[Dry then Catch]

Copied from an email to my family:

www.magicjack.com

Ok, I need to go work as a salesperson for these people, because I think this thing is amazing.  I just bought one at Radio Shack, and brought it to work and plugged it in and voila, I have a Louisville number.  So if you call me at home from now on, call (number retracted but any of you can have it if you want it or if you're on facebook).  It'll be local if you have a Louisville #, too.

It's a little thing that you plug into your computer and it does VOIP (voice over internet protocol) to give you home phone service.  Unlimited calling, including unlimited long distance, and calling to Canada, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.  You can take it with you anywhere you go, and as long as you have internet, you have your phone.  You can even take it out of the country and call back into the US for free.

It's $40 for the thing and the first year of service, and $20/year after that.

How amazing is that?

I bought mine at radio shack because I didn't want to wait to get it from the internet

so it doesn't really replace a cell phone as it does a landline?  I hear are issues  when you are using the internet at the same time. 

[pumpkineye]

my mother has this, and sometimes there is a really annoying echo when talking on it.  She loves it though.

[Jessie]

It'd be a little awkward carrying around a computer to use this instead of a cell phone.  If you're wanting to go all Zach Morris, though, throw a laptop in a briefcase and away you go!

[Jessie]

I guess this thing is ad supported, which some people don't like, but I really don't care, unless it totally bogs down my machine.

I will report back.

[Jessie]

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MagicJack/Sentiment/Cons

Sounds a lot like you get what you pay for, which is fine by me, especially since I intentionally went and bought this at a store vs online (they don't have my credit card info).

[Dry then Catch]

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MagicJack/Sentiment/Cons

Sounds a lot like you get what you pay for, which is fine by me, especially since I intentionally went and bought this at a store vs online (they don't have my credit card info).

have you seen the infomercial?  you can potentially save thousands a year on your phone bill and take the vacation of your dreams

[Jessie]

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MagicJack/Sentiment/Cons

Sounds a lot like you get what you pay for, which is fine by me, especially since I intentionally went and bought this at a store vs online (they don't have my credit card info).

have you seen the infomercial?  you can potentially save thousands a year on your phone bill and take the vacation of your dreams

Damn it.  I wish I'd been paying for home phone service all this time.  Instead, this is kind of a wash for me.  I'm actually just trying to avoid bumping up my cell plan again.

So far, the thing works and I can't tell that it slows down my connection or anything while I'm on it.  This may not be true if you're trying to download something more than junto and facebook, though.

[ReBurn]

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MagicJack/Sentiment/Cons

Sounds a lot like you get what you pay for, which is fine by me, especially since I intentionally went and bought this at a store vs online (they don't have my credit card info).

have you seen the infomercial?  you can potentially save thousands a year on your phone bill and take the vacation of your dreams

Damn it.  I wish I'd been paying for home phone service all this time.  Instead, this is kind of a wash for me.  I'm actually just trying to avoid bumping up my cell plan again.

So far, the thing works and I can't tell that it slows down my connection or anything while I'm on it.  This may not be true if you're trying to download something more than junto and facebook, though.

Don't forget people.com.

[Jessie]

I used the phone last night and it's a little tinny sounding and not perfectly clear, but it works.

[Dry then Catch]

I used the phone last night and it's a little tinny sounding and not perfectly clear, but it works.

much like your (blank)