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#8 : Posted by Dana on November 11th, 2018:
How well does the Ooma work with DSL?
-> Response: Yes it should work fine. I recommend running our VoIP test first to test your DSL to make sure it is indeed suitable for VoIP.
#7 : Posted by Mohamed Selim on October 22nd, 2017:
Does all voip hardware require high speed internet
-> Response: Yes it does require a high speed Internet connection but more importantly it needs to be consistently good Internet. Nearly all Broadband connections are high enough speeds for VoIP these days (only need about 100kb/s for VoIP per call).
#6 : Posted by Will on March 30th, 2016:
Used MAGICJACK very successfully for about 14 months before service became unbearably bad overnight and customer service did nothing to help with the problem. The Israeli company is run very poorly in retention of customers.
#5 : Posted by Art on March 11th, 2016:
I'm looking for a system for my home that can use 3 remote phones.
-> Response: The best approach is to use a cordless phone system. Plug the cordless base into the VoIP adapter that the provider sends you and then connect the adapter to your Internet modem.
#4 : Posted by Fmitchelltx on March 7th, 2016:
I have an old style MagicJack that plugs into the back of my computer as a secondary home phone for long distance. It works okay most of the time but have had many problems with it being choppy, etc. I have done all of the upgrades. I have seen Ooma advertised on tv so I called them. They want $100 for a new Ooma plus $4.44 per month for service in my area. I still have ATT landline service but am paying more than $50 per month for that. I am holding on to that because I have always had it. I would consider moving to Ooma or other service if the service was the same as ATT. Obviously I would like to have a much cheaper phone service but don't know that I want to give up and totally rely on VOIP service. I see used Ooma devices, used, on eBay very cheap. Is there any difference between the older models and a brand new model? What do you think would be my best option? My MagicJack is coming up for renewal in a month ot two.
-> Response: First and foremost I would run a VoIP test to make sure your Internet is good enough for VoIP. I say this because even though your Magic Jack is old, choppy audio can often be associated with poor Internet. Also it is not so much the speed that causes issues, it is packet loss and jitter so run the test and see what results it reports.
Regarding the version, the newer models tend to be better since they fix bugs found by other customers.
#3 : Posted by Lynn K on November 10th, 2015:
My experience with Magic Jack customer service was terrible, they were very rude people. I think it is outsourced to another country.
#2 : Posted by Lars on May 11th, 2013:
Be careful with Magic Jack. I bought one and it worked fine for me, but the unknown catch was that they don't support my area code. That means that while I can call out just fine, any of my local friends who want to contact ME would have to call a Seattle area code, and that would be long distance for them. Took it back to Radio Shack.
#1 : Posted by Cheryl on March 5th, 2013:
Ooma costs a lot initially but has been working well for home phone service. Haven't tried MagicJack.
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