Re: Really Inexpensive Phone : magicJack

On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:44:11 -0800, "Lawrence Akutagawa"
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On Jan 8, 10:37 am, Rumpelstiltskin
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:08:30 -0800 (PST), mg <mgkel...@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Dec 29 2008, 7:49 pm, Sir Frederick <mmcne...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So I am trying out my new
magicJack phone gadget.
It works quite well :http://www.magicjack.com

I will be glad when I can port my copper wire
phone number over. In the meanwhile, no more
long distance phone charges. Just about $1.00 per
month.
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Anyone interested in Magic Jack might want to also look at Vonage (or
Skype). There's a summary of the differences between the two at:
http://voip2u.org/compare-magic-jackskypevonage-features

Thanks for the chart. I haven't picked a long distance
method to replace my completely unsatisfactory SpeedyPin
yet, but I'll have to move soon.

My phone bill, not counting my internet connection (which
is AT&T, so it shows up on the phone bill) is only about $10
a month. Vonage is $25 a month, that seems to
disqualify them immediately.

Since I have DSL, I'm not sure if it would be even possible
to dump my AT&T service, though I haven't used their long
distance for a long time, mostly because of the monthly fixed
fees which are not cost-sensible for me, since I only average
about 1 or 2 long distance calls a month.

I have no plans to own a cell phone, ever.

How can one have a phone bill of only $10 a month? Is that one of
those "package" deals where they raise your prices later?

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I'll answer this one. AT&T just raised the rate on its basic flat rate home
phone service.

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_10798659?source=rss

As noted in the Mercury News article, it used to be $10.94 - it's now
(effectivie Jan 1, 2009) $13.50.

https://swot.sbc.com/swot/telcoProductDetail.do?productOfferId=155497

The lowest price dsl plan that AT&T has is $14.99 as per

http://www.att.com/gen/general?pid=6431



I'll have to check into that $14.99 plan tomorrow. I'm paying
$25 supposedly for 1.5 Mbps, but I'm likely just getting 0.75
anyway, and it's in fact so slow already that I wouldn't notice
any difference. The site gives no information about any
download limits of course, but that's AT&T.

That site answers another question I had too, about how
much DSL would be without AT&T phone service. It looks
like it would cost only $5 more. If I get Magic Jack and it
works well, enough, I might be able to save $10, since I'm
presently paying $15 for AT&T service. Maybe not though,
since Magic Jack probably also has to charge government
fees though it would be like pulling teeth to get them to
admit that before you saw it, too late, on an actual bill.






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