How would you like a landline for only $40 a year?
How would you like a landline for only $40 a year?
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#1How would you like a landline for only $40 a year?
Posted: 1/19/08 at 11:02pm
And after the first year pay only $20 a year!
This nifty little gadget is ingenious. You plug it into a USB port on your computer and then plug any regular corded (or cordless) phone into it and voila! Unlimited local and long distance calls.
Magic Jack
#2re: How would you like a landline for only $40 a year?
Posted: 1/20/08 at 12:34amwhat's the catch, if any?
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#3re: How would you like a landline for only $40 a year?
Posted: 1/20/08 at 12:39am
Sounds too good to be true... I went to the webpage, but none of the news clips/reviews they have up will load for me. 
#4re: How would you like a landline for only $40 a year?
Posted: 1/20/08 at 1:32amIt sounds great. I pay $40/month for my landline. But I agree that it sounds too good to be true. I'm curious to read some reviews about it from real people.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#5re: How would you like a landline for only $40 a year?
Posted: 1/20/08 at 2:25am
Engadget seemed to like it.
Switched On: Cap'n magicJack's port of call
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#6re: How would you like a landline for only $40 a year?
Posted: 1/20/08 at 3:44amWow... That article made it sound extremely tempting to me...
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#8re: How would you like a landline for only $40 a year?
Posted: 1/20/08 at 3:52amMe too. It sounds like you can't keep your old number, though, which is kind of unfortunate, but with the amount of money that I'd save, I'd be willing to get a new number.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#9re: How would you like a landline for only $40 a year?
Posted: 1/20/08 at 3:55am
Foster: I was thinking the same thing. It would be worth getting a new number... And I already pay to have unlimited internet access every month anyway.
LePetiteFromage: A cordless phone still has a base with a standard jack that you plug in to the other side of the "magic jack." It would work just fine. (As the article said, it would work with anything from a princess to the most advanced new phones out there.)
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#11re: How would you like a landline for only $40 a year?
Posted: 1/27/08 at 2:23pmIn case anyone is still interested I bought mine through Amazon and it arrived late last week. It took all of 2 minutes to set up and right away I was able to make calls. The sound quality is just as good as a landline. People on the receiving end could not perceive any difference. Good buy!
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