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anyone using Majic Jack, Straight Talk Home Phone, etc?

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SAC69

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Our Pac Bell phone is approx $35/month and is rarely used so I am looking at alternate phone plans. We don't call long-distance, using our cell for that since who we need to call are on the same plan. Why not use the cell(s) as the "regular" phone? My wife has hers with her during the day and I work from home, my cell is actually my employers.

Does anyone used Majic Jack? , unit cost $69.95 for the "plus" unit and $19.95/annual charge

http://www.magicjack.com/plus-v05/

How about Straight Talk Home Phone, which seems to be a cell service, unit cost $99 + $15 monthly for unlimited nationwide calls ($30 international)

http://www.straighttalkhomephone.com/

Checking Vonage, their monthly plan is 25.99 + taxes, fees = almost $35/month, no real savings.

What is the general consensus on these?
 
"opentrackerSteve" said:
What about OOMA?
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Thanks, forgot about them, just saw their TV add last night, $179.00 for the device, no monthly service charge except government taxes/fees, unless you want to upgrade to call-forwarding & other fluff. Attaches to your router.

http://ooma.com/
 
Use Ooma and love it. You can find units on sale at Woot or other places once in a while.
The $10 a month goes right on the credit card and no more $85 a month from AT+T crooks.

One of the best things about Ooma, besides the $$, is it takes a half second or so after you click it on, before it connects. Living with 3 women they can't figure it out. They always start talking before it connects and drives them crazy.
 
As a wireline phone man, I will renounce anyone who uses that junk in lieu of a traditional phone line. That is all :roll

Bill
 
I sell material for telecommunications outside plant so, the use of wireless does effect our business somewhat; but I have not had a hard home phone line since prior to 1999. I have had a job that has paid for the cell phone and always lived in areas with decent signal.

With cell phone plans and signal quality the way it is these days the only reason I think that would keep someone from dumping their home phone altogether is signal availability where they live or they would miss those phone solicitor calls during dinner.
 
My mother got magic jack last year when my grandparents moved in with her. She hasn't had a land line in years. She liked it. I used it a couple of times and sounded fine to me. Just have to have it hooked up to a computer or router so location can be an issue.
 
I'll be getting ooma once we move. I have two cell phones and both were overused this month....to the tune of $400. I'll be dumping one phone, since its no longer under contract, and shrinking my work cell plan. I blew through 900 minutes last month just for work. The ooma will be for when I work at home and calling my folks.
 
Tom

We ditched our two land lines last year and use the cell phones for all voice communications. No problems.
 
I debate dumping out land line. I have comcast and never use it. I did just buy new house phones literally yesterday, so ill probably keep it for a while. If I have long calls for work ill use the land line but I don't really work from home any more. Really should have dumped it!!!
 
I think I'm going with the Ooma, have BS and they're charging me ~$40/mo. for the land line which just collects the Rx is ready, school messages, dr. appts. and junk calls. I don't want those on my cell and sometimes the land line is the only way to get the wife or daughter to answer since they lose/don't hear their cells when I call. I really need 2 methods of phone contact for work emergencies (rare but can't ignore).

Looks like I can get a refurbed for ~$130 (maybe less on a clearance site), that's 3-4mos. of BS charges, then $10/mo. so that should be $250 vs. $500 the 1st yr., then 2nd yr. on- $120.

I wish someone made a modem with this built in along with satellite TV reception, I'd buy that to avoid plugging more stuff in. One unit to transmit satellite, phone, wifi, etc. to the house would be nice, I'd mount it in a closet somewhere and forget about it. Any entrepreneurs out there?

Why do I still have to attach a cable to my TV to get satellite/cable to it? Isn't it 2013?
Jon
 
I'll have to look into this next year when my verizon fiber commitment ends.

Presently, we have our phone over fiber and have to dial area code and # for all calls. I suspect I can save some $$ when I drop the phone service and go to something like an OOMA.
 
"opentrackerSteve" said:
I'll have to look into this next year when my verizon fiber commitment ends.

Presently, we have our phone over fiber and have to dial area code and # for all calls. I suspect I can save some $$ when I drop the phone service and go to something like an OOMA.
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Steve:

FWIW, a few weeks ago we a got a new area code (669) overlay in 408 and now we have to include the area code on all calls, even next door. Not sure how close to running out of numbers your 805 area is but that is the writing on the wall.....
 
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