Magicjack Go 2017 Version Digital Phone Service

it works well, sent it to st Luica and they are happy with it. no pay cost. great product.

I was in a branch of Best Buy in Las Vegas about two weeks ago (January 2019) when I noticed MagicJack Go for sale. I had heard of the MagicJack VOIP service many years ago but it had not interested me because to use it, you had to connect the USB MagicJack gadget to your computer, and your computer had to be on all the time to receive and make calls. As a long-term user of Vonage, I found this set up to be quite impractical and antiquated. With Vonage, you just plugged in any standard landline phone to the adapter which you then connected directly to your router. No computer was necessary. You got the sense that you had a normal landline. I was excited to discover that, with the Go model, MagicJack had turned very Vonage-like. According to the attractive box I saw in Best Buy, you could still connect it to your computer but Go also gave you the option to connect it directly to your router and use any landline phone – just like Vonage. The price was also very attractive: $35 (plus tax) for a year’s service including a US number and unlimited calls to the US and Canada. I was sold! I left Best Buy that day with a MagicJack Go box. Setting up Setting up MagicBox Go was a piece of cake. As with Vonage, you just plug one end of the provided ethernet cable into the MagicJack adapter and the other end to your router. You then connect a standard landline phone to the adapter. Note: you will need a micro filter which is not provided – I was fortunate because I had a spare one lying around. Once the hardware is set up, you go online to register your device. The registration process is simple and painless, and you can choose a free geographical US number. I chose a Glendale number because I have fond memories of the Barnes & Noble bookshop there, and because I have many relatives in California. You can also choose the last four digits of your number if you pay extra. You also have the options of porting in your existing US number or buying a “vanity number”, such as 818-ANT-ONIO. And bingo! I had US landline phone in my room in the UK! MagicJack comes with the standard phone features for free including voicemail, call forwarding, call waiting, and caller ID. Free pinless conference calling is also available although I have to admit that I am not sure what this is which doesn’t bother me because I’m not likely to need it. The app You can also download the companion app from Apple Store and Google Play which allows you to set up your MagicJack number to ring in your home and on your mobile phone or tablet at the same time. You will also be able to send and receive texts from US numbers. The app works well in general, though there have been occasions when my home phone rang but my mobile phone did not. Also, I think the app can only be active on one device at any one time, unlike Vonage which allows you to install the app on two devices. Nevertheless, MagicJack is a great way of turning your tablet into a mobile phone. International calling To call international numbers (i.e., non-US and Canadian numbers), you will have to buy credits. The international rates are attractive as with most VOIP services, though I do not like the fact that credits expire after six months. Another thing I don’t like is that you have to buy separate credits for the device (your home phone) and for the app. I don’t understand why you can’t just have one set of credits for both. Unlike Vonage, international calling is only pre-paid and you cannot sign up to monthly plans that would work out cheaper if you call international numbers regularly. Last words I am generally happy with my MagicJack Go. Once or twice, I experienced some crackling and unclear calls but this could have been due to my internet connection and not MagicJack itself. The last calls I have made were certainly very clear. MagicJack lacks certain call features rivals like Vonage offer such as virtual numbers, but the normal home user is unlikely to want these. For just $35, I expected to be disappointed but MagicJack, in fact, gives you a lot and I intend to renew once my first year is up.

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Terrible crackled line

Todo muy bien

Super

Producto excelente, entregado en tiempo

Bene

Was a bit scared since the reviews are all over the place some with odd claims. Had a brief issue when registering. I think the problem was I read the whole contract which took a really long time and it timed out without telling me it timed out. Started over from the beginning and worked the second time. This device works fine. The sound quality is fine, though a little lower level than a normal phone. And if the other person is talking softly it's not understandable more so than with a regular phone. There's no echoing or robot voice problems. Can call people and receive calls with a regular phone and it works. Be sure you don't plug it into the wall jack if that wall jack is connected to the outdoor phone lines, something bad might happen they note. This supposedly works with an Android app to allow wifi calling through the account. I couldn't get that to work, was giving connection errors even though connection is fine. But I didn't buy this for that feature so that's not a problem for me. I didn't have to pay extra for anything like some have said. There were a bunch of extras offered like custom phone numbers or porting the old number or stuff that you'd expect to pay more for, but these were all presented as optional. If you register with a US address you might later have to pay extra for 911 to your local 911 office though, but that has nothing to do with them. They note that if you don't pay them (and if you do they just hand it over with no markup), then your local 911 people might bill you directly. Contrary to some claims, it doesn't cut off calls after a certain number of minutes. I have made several long calls. They do note that they reserve the right to cut off if there's internet network congestion problems. I haven't yet seen that happen and it's understandable to me why that is necessary. To access voice mail you dial your own number! Wouldn't have guessed that but it makes sense once you know. Also you can configure on your account to have it give a different dialtone (beep beep instead of hum) to mean there are messages. All in all, yeah, this is a good thing and I like it. August 2017 update: It's been a year and a half since I posted my original review. Everything I said still stands: it's still working, there's nothing wrong with this service, I've had no problems, and there's lots to like. I was able to renew my annual subscription simply by buying a card at Wally World for cash. It's all quite smooth, and it's very reliable. I've definitely gotten my money's worth.