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MAGIC JACK'S

captkw - 1-2-2012 at 09:22 AM

HOLA,anyone with info on magic jack's, in b.c.s. do they work,good, what kind a speed does the router need to be ?and any info,, and not the fish (jacks) thank's in advance .......K&T:cool:

mcfez - 1-2-2012 at 09:25 AM

http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home

Works like a champ

larryC - 1-2-2012 at 09:31 AM

MagicJack works well for me, I use it on a sattellight connection in the BoLA area. Other people don't have as good service as I do so luck plays into it I guess. Get both MagicJack and Skype, one or the other should work for you. Are you on a sattellight service or something else?
Larry

spkype

captkw - 1-2-2012 at 09:31 AM

Hola,meecfez,,I use skpye at my house in the hill's, santa cruz ca. bad cell rep. and used skpye in baja for a while,,just wondering if any gain's with a M.J. ....K&T:cool:

john68 - 1-2-2012 at 09:34 AM

We've used both skype and magic jack in Los Barriles on a 2 Mbps telmex DSL. Both work fine if you're not trying to download something on the computer at the same time. There are occasional dropped calls.

comitan - 1-2-2012 at 09:42 AM

Have one in La Paz using Banda Ancha not perfect but works for me.

wessongroup - 1-2-2012 at 09:51 AM

Used magic jack and iChat with video and sound .. Telnor.. cheapest plan ... and we watched Netflix also using same connection, with an IP blocker

However, we did on occasion have rather slow connection speed, at time.. .:lol::lol:



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shari - 1-2-2012 at 09:59 AM

we LOVE our magic jack and it works very well if you shut down other programs running...I like that I can bring it with me and use it anywhere and just connect it to .....say....a hotel room phone...we prefer it to skype unless we want to video chat to the cutest grandson in the whole world....hahahaha

mcfez - 1-2-2012 at 10:09 AM

Santa Cruz has improved....so my brother's son says. It used to be that one couldnt get anything off of the H17.....now it is improved.

Get to that stereo shop okay here in sac?
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Originally posted by captkw
Hola,meecfez,,I use skpye at my house in the hill's, santa cruz ca. bad cell rep. and used skpye in baja for a while,,just wondering if any gain's with a M.J. ....K&T:cool:

Loretana - 1-2-2012 at 10:33 AM

I have a Magic Jack and it works beautifully with our Telmex land line, no dropped calls, no interference. You just have to remember to keep the computer turned on.

It puts the Skype to shame. Also, you just dial at will from a telephone, no headset, no charges per minute.

I paid $29.99 for the Magic Jack for one year, and will certainly renew it when my year comes up.

mecfeez

captkw - 1-2-2012 at 10:36 AM

hola,thank's for asking,,have not had time to deal with it,,people's boat's & trailer's keeping me busy,, HNY !! K&T

mcfez - 1-2-2012 at 01:43 PM

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Originally posted by captkw
hola,thank's for asking,,have not had time to deal with it,,people's boat's & trailer's keeping me busy,, HNY !! K&T


Well....that's good that you are too busy!!!! LMK if you want me to handle that for you :-) NP

wessongroup - 1-2-2012 at 02:09 PM

Their latest offering I see, allows one to not have to plug into a computer too ... which has some advantages at times...

DENNIS - 1-2-2012 at 02:14 PM

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Originally posted by wessongroup
Their latest offering I see, allows one to not have to plug into a computer too ... which has some advantages at times...


Still need DSL for the new version. :light:

wessongroup - 1-3-2012 at 06:54 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
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Originally posted by wessongroup
Their latest offering I see, allows one to not have to plug into a computer too ... which has some advantages at times...


Still need DSL for the new version. :light:


Not again, another bad buy... :lol::lol::lol:




You are correct ... Sir .. one would have to have a "active" pair for all to work ... not sure what the plug-in's real advantage is, but then I'm always on my laptop, with headphones ... I use a pair of Sennheiser 580's the wife has 600's ... and have gotten a wireless headset too, also from Sennheiser ... have always liked their units... not saying that others aren't better ... or have a "sound" which others may like ...

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choyero - 1-3-2012 at 07:42 AM

I like magic jack much more than skype, so much in fact that I canceled my skype. Didn't work worth a damn for me over hughesnet. We just MJ for calls to baja too. I believe we bought credit to make international calls, which was an additional charge to the 19.95 yearly.