Magic Jack

[lasater]

Do any MOCers use this? I am afraid that the internal software that continually puts advertisements on your computer will cause problems. The price sounds to good to be true. Any reports of personal experience using Magic Jack would be appreciated. I also understand that there is no uninstall utility for the software if you decide that Magic Jack is not for you???!!!

[Sinterior]

We tried using Magic Jack, and it works quite well IF you have a hard wired high speed Internet connection, otherwise we found it to be pretty much useless and frustrating.
We haven't used it for almost a year and didn't get any pop up ads then, and I just left the software on my hard drive.

[boylanag]

We used it for a year also and had no more or less pop ups. We use the air card for our internet access and it seemed to "skip" or miss a lot of the words - couldn't carry on a conversation. We now use Skype and it seems to work very well. We got a webcam and can now see as well as talk with our grandkids. The only expense for us was the webcam.

[helmick]

We also use Skype. I just finished having a face to face conversation with my Grandson. He ia a foriegn exchange student in Vienna, Austria. It can't get much better than that.

[sreigle]

Skype here, too. However, the quality of the video depends on the quality and consistency of the internet connection. But much of the time it works well. And the price, free, is right!

[sreigle]

quote:Originally posted by helmick

We also use Skype. I just finished having a face to face conversation with my Grandson. He ia a foriegn exchange student in Vienna, Austria. It can't get much better than that.

Ron, you are right... your avatar picture does not really look that much like you.

[garyka]

I did some research on the web on this and found a lot of negative post,and decided not to try it.Maybe they perfected it by now

[greener]

Magic Jack works well BUT only with highspeed internet.