Archive for the ‘MagicJack’ Category

MagicJack to Offer SIP Service With New MagicTalk Product

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Look out Skype, Magicjack is getting ready to kick your behind. Magicjack’s creator, Daniel Borislow, is coming out with a new product next month, called MagicTalk. MagicTalk will be a SIP service like Skype, and will make it so that millions of people will have access to MagicJack’s service, without having to actually buy the MagicJack device.

MagicJack’s creator, Daniel Borislow, merged his company YMAX, with the VoIP company VocalTec last week, which means that MagicJack now belongs to a publicly traded company. I know that a ton of telecom professionals have made fun of the MagicJack over the years, but I’ve always though it was a cool product, and I’ve should know, since I have one in my office. With a move to the NASDAQ, MagicJack should have more clout, and should finally get the respect it deserves.

MagicJack Installation Video

Friday, January 8th, 2010

I put together a video that shows how to install your MagicJack, download the software and get your new MagicJack phone service up and working.

MagicJack

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

I’ve used MagicJack in the office for the last couple of years, and even though I’v pulled my telephone number off of the website, and don’t answer the phone any more, MagicJack still emails me my voicemails.  While lots of people use MagicJack as a second phone line, more and more small office/home office guys like me are starting to use it as an office phone. With mine, I even have a toll free number from a regular phone company that rings into my MagicJack number. And the really cool thing about that is that I live in Washington state, but my MagicJack phone number is for Wisconsin, which has the cheapest instate toll free service from my toll free company. I did this so that no matter where people live, if they call my toll free number, I’m paying less than 3 cents per minute for the call.

Another cool thing about MagicJack is that since it’s a SIP service, if you plug the MagicJack box into a computer, anywhere in the world with high speed internet access, you can plug a phone into it, and it will work just like you’re in the states. I can be sitting in McDonalds in Mexico City, using their free WiFi through my laptop, and answering toll free customer service calls from the states for the same 3 cents per minute it would cost me if I were in Washington, Oregon, California, Florida, Texas, New York or Timbuktu.

If you want to compare the price of MagicJack to the price of other VoIP and landline services, use the Rate Search Tool at the top of www.Calling-Plans.com main page.