MAGICJACK : IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT TO SAY AFTER 2 YEARS?

Well, I still don’t own stock in the company

I started my MagicJack experience in 2008 and wrote a couple of posts :

1. MagicJack…does it work?
2. MAGICJACK : 12-MONTHS LATER…

It’s now been 2 years. Of course, the initial purchase only included a year’s worth of use, so after the 12 months were up I purchased the 5-year plan for $80. Have to say, I’m still impressed.

The device has been plugged into several PCs and laptops over the past 24 months. It’s run flawlessly on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The one “bump in the road” was during the Windows 7 installation, for some reason the software that is built into the device didn’t automatically run, so I had to browse to it and run it manually.

Overall, call quality has been excellent, with one or two exceptions during high Internet traffic or PC utilization, but for what we paid and the amount of money we’ve saved, MagicJack is still and incredible purchase in my opinion. You do get the occasional echo or "robotic" sounding person on the other end, but it’s not been a big deal. Long distance and international calls have worked well. Note, that you have pay for international calls outside the US / Canada.

I’ve move house since my original purchase. Changing the contact information in the system was easy. It’s important to do this especially for your 911 settings. In my house, the MJ is now our primary phone line, hooked into a laptop with a 2-handset base station. I actually purchased a second that I carry with me to use on wifi connections on my laptop, though on some of the public networks in places like coffee shops, the way that the wireless connections are managed can mean dropped calls, so it’s not necessarily the best solution all the time, but it’s a good backup if the cellphone reception isn’t great.

For a product that I first saw on a TV ad, this one has really done what it promised. Just plug in and off it goes. Two years and going strong. It’s also now available in stores as well as the MagicJack website.

See you in a couple of years!