Chuck,
I have no personal experience with MagicJack, but my son used it while
in Costa Rica a couple of years ago. As I understand it, you must have
Internet service for it to work properly. See the MagicJack site for
frequent Q/A info.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 3/11/2014 2:52 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> The cable/internet/phone company we'll have to use when we move to South
> Carolina is an old telephone co-op. Their internet and cable services
> seem reasonable from a function and cost standpoint (fiber service
> direct to the house) but their phone services seem a bit like pre-AT&T
> breakup... (very) local calls are free but "long-distance" is billed at
> a monthly rate + 5-10 cents/minute. I feel like I'm being backed up
> some 20 years on the phone service.
>
> I think the right thing to do is maintain a purely local number for
> purely local or incoming calls but use a separate phone on magicJack for
> outgoing long distance calls. But I have no experience with magicJack.
> Can anyone give me some feedback?
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck Norcutt
>
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