MagicJack the Skype & Vonage killer

They call it the "Skype killer." Anyone heard of it?

http://www.magicjack.com/site/index.html

This is supposed to be US$19.00 per year after the first year, for free local and long distance phone calls (VOIP); plug in any analog jack phone and voila! I wonder if anyone has tried it yet?

Sounds good but only if you are in the USA or Canada do you get free calls.

I currently use SKYPE and make regular calls between Scotland and Australia for free. I must admit I hated SKYPE with a mic and headphones so bought a VOIP Telephone which look like a regular phone and make most call via that now even to none SKYPE numbers at very reasonable rates.

MagicJack may be a SKYPE Killer in America .. But there are a couple of other Islands outside of the US shores ... that will still stick with SKYPE

>>Sounds good but only if you are in the USA or Canada do you get free calls.<<

Actually, I'm a little confused about that. It appears that if you sign up for a "US exchange" anyone can call you(?) I don't know - they just don't have enough FAQs on their site, and no one was around for me to ask when I was there. Well, it's something to keep an eye on...but, until they get some privacy/security on VoIP, I think I'll stick to my old regular cordless telephone from the local telephone company! [hehe]

Just like 4od, the new BBCi player and Sky anytime, Skype uses some of your bandwidth. Whether it uses the kservice .exe or not I don't know only that it's a peer to peer system. I got rid of 4od as soon as I realised what is going on. From Google about skype bandwidth usage, http://tinyurl.com/ypnk57 .
I'll be sticking to my BT cordless unless they can run without p2p systems.

Bandwidth is not really a problem for me with Virgin Media broadband. Admittedly I don`t have SKYPE running all day, I only switch it on at hours that I know someone may contact me (my contacts list is quite small, don`t want to talk to every Thom, **** & Harry on it

Hello Ferret. Good to hear. I feel a bit sorry for those on a capped bandwidth especially if they don't know of these usages.

With the amount of people now on the Internet and with a broadband connection, it is about time ISP`s stopped this capped connections. If one provider can do it, so can the rest

Internet usage is changing rapidly these days with Computer telephones, music downloads & Movie downloads. A capped connection just is not suitable for most peoples needs