captkw
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MAGIC JACK'S
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
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mcfez
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http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home
Works like a champ
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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larryC
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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
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captkw
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spkype
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
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john68
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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.
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comitan
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Have one in La Paz using Banda Ancha not perfect but works for me.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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wessongroup
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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.. .
[Edited on 1-2-2012 by wessongroup]
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shari
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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
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mcfez
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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?
| Quote: | 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 |
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Loretana
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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.
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
-Nikola Tesla
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captkw
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mecfeez
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
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mcfez
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| Quote: | 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
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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wessongroup
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Their latest offering I see, allows one to not have to plug into a computer too ... which has some advantages at times...
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | 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. 
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wessongroup
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | 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. |
Not again, another bad buy...
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 ...
[Edited on 1-3-2012 by wessongroup]
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choyero
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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.
I dont have anger management issues, I have idiot management issues.
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