Cheap Cell Phone Service with Magic Jack VoIP
The Magic Jack is a device that allows people to get very cheap phone service directly from their computer’s high speed or broadband internet connection with the help of a small box that plugs into the USB port of the computer. The company is now introducing something similar that will allow users to get cheap cell phone service directly from their homes. The cell phone version of this essentially takes, without permission from the companies, the frequencies used by the major cell phone companies and lets the users make calls from their phones for free. The device will only cost $40 and will give the user free calls to the United States and Canada for a year. It is easy to see the appeal of it, especially since most cell phone bills are at least $40 a month.
One of the problems with the cell phone version of the Magic Jack is that the device will only work with (most) AT&T and T-Mobile phones, but not Verizon Wireless or Sprint phones. The device, which is plugged into the computer like the regular version, places the calls the user makes through the Internet, (the device will not work if the computer it is plugged into does not have an Internet connection) rather than through the actual cell phone company’s cellular tower, allowing the user to make calls without having minutes from their plan used.
International calls are also available with the cell phone version, and it works basically the same way, except fees are charged through Magic Jack and not through the user’s normal cell phone provider. Fees charged for international rates are also expected to be much cheaper as opposed to if you were to make those same calls through a regular cell phone provider. It is not clear yet whether people living in other countries can use the new cell phone version to call the US and vice versa for free.
The device is like having a mini cell phone tower and will supposedly cover a three thousand foot range. It is expected to be available for purchase by May of 2010. The major cell phone carriers and the FCC are still looking into whether what this product does is actually legal or not, since it is giving users for free what the companies pay billions of dollars for. If it is decided that it is in fact legal, this will probably be a huge hit and completely change the way people make calls.
May 3rd, 2010 at
I DONT HAVE INTERNET SO HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THE MAGIC JACK??
May 8th, 2010 at
Can I take a majic jack in europe and use that to call usa?
May 11th, 2010 at
Onorina – Yes, you can take your magic jack with you to Europe and use it to call back to the United States. You will not be able to use it to call other places in Europe.
Danielle – You won’t be able to use any voip phone if you are not able to have a high speed internet connection.
August 3rd, 2010 at
when i try to call alasasaka all i get is business signal is there any way to get it to ring, i live in louisiana and we have to dial the area code just to call across the street
August 3rd, 2010 at
i love not having an expensive phone bill, please let me know thanks
October 11th, 2010 at
I am Cdn. and bought a USA magic jack.
All is OK EXCEPT for I was told the phone # was free, a Canadian # and not told about the Cdn. dealers.
Why all the secrets?
I am not happy about the misinformation.
Nancy
November 20th, 2010 at
This could easily be the worst internet purchase you ever had Majic jack DOES NOT have any customer service accessibility so you are left out in the cold and loose all your money if you have made any purchase from them
you have to close and cancel your card and dispute the charge and not have your money return ever since banks have a tendecy to side with the merchants
YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF ALL THIS AND MORE BEFORE YOU MAKE THE MISTAKE OF BUY INTO IT
January 20th, 2011 at
when they say cheap international phone calls…does that only include Canada and US or can you call anywhere in the world. That makes a big difference whether I buy it or not.
There really should be a customer service access.