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Originally Posted by brightspot01
OK OK OK...I can't keep my mouth shut and have to give my opinion about Magicjack.
Yes, it's cheap. Yes, it has clear reception. Yes, it's a savings to those who have it installed as their primary phone. My phone wouldn't work so an added expense was us having to buy a better phone (that we needed anyway) in order for MJ to work.
However, we returned ours. I can't, no matter what, have a phone service where anyone local who calls me is charged long distance! Since Magicjack does not have a local area code, any neighbor or local resident who wants to call is charged long distance charges.
If my next door neighbor needed to call me...s/he would have to pay long distance charges.
I couldn't do that to my friends!
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Bright... I think we all feel the same as you, however, most people who use MJ also use a cell phone for backup and our cell has a local TV number. Also, many subscribers are now foregoing the land line and going to comcast, vonage, and the like where there is no charge for long-distance calling. The only peeps one would be imposing a LD charge would be those without the LD free service.
More and more are giving up the landline service because of the expense and cost for any and all extra services, as well as the ridiculous tax and service charges over and above the basic charge.
Even if you just used MJ for free outgoing calls, that would be a savings if you subscribe to a landline phone service that doesn't offer free LD calling.
This is merely my rationale re landline vs netline; it's all relative, yes? Each of us have our own special ideas on the subject. Whatever choices one makes is their prerogative, of course. .....b