Saw the infomercial on product the Magic Jack. It seems like a good idea for small business or home. any one have this? is it any good? http://www.magicjack.com
Saw the infomercial on product the Magic Jack. It seems like a good idea for small business or home. any one have this? is it any good? http://www.magicjack.com
Strictly speaking the MagicJack does everything it is supposed to. My main finding was that the call quality was extremely dependent on your available upstream speed. I have 50K upstream guaranteed and even with that I had major voice quality problems. I could hear other callers fine, but my voice to them was often garbled beyond recognition. Increasing my upstream to 100K solved the voice problem. I also had call completion and dropped call issues 5% - 10% of the time regardless of upstream. The app needs to run on your PC constantly and in some cases is a resource hog. I might own a MagicJack for an occasional call, but not on a line I was going to depend on.
I dumped my MagicJack for an Ooma and I could not be happier. The Ooma is a stellar performer on the same circuit where the MagicJack failed. I've used it 8 months now and would never go back. Of course the Ooma costs $200 (one time), but it comes the closest to an analog of anything I've tried.
Sorry, I don't know. I never paid attention to getting a local number, nobody who calls me cares.
One thing I would add is that getting your existing number ported to either is a farking nightgmare. If you've had the same # for 20 years and just cannot part with it I'd say stay with analog.
