 Review by ctceo 
UPDATED: 120 days ago
member for 8.5 years, 2407 visits, last login: a few minutes ago
 Mishawaka,St Joseph,IN
 $5 per month (12 month contract)
 "Price, Features & Simple install"
 "Doesn't work well with <1.5mbps access, and/or other downloads going simultaniously, 3-Way calling is awkward, Annoying popups!"
 "Currently 1.5 of 5.0, worth having if your broke or need a second line."
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Hearing me talk about the MJ a lot recently, and my friend having told us he got one prompted my GF to buy a MJ yesterday. After having set it up, which took all of say 15 minutes to get right. It seems ok, for what it was worth ~$35.00 + tax.
Right off I had a bit of a problem getting the intended PC to even see it. I plugged it in, it flashed a blue LED inside the MJ then nothing happened. I let it sit there for about 4 or 5 minutes, still nothing. I unplugged it, restarted the system, and plugged it back into the same USB port and viola it recognized, took about 3 minutes to do it's installation of a USB CD & HD device and to complete it's auto-update/install process, after filling out a brief application (about another 7 minutes) I was up and running with a local number.
Pros:
Price, Features & a simple install (excusing the initial glitch of course)
Cons:
Doesn't work well with sub-1.5 mb DSL packages or when you are using up bandwidth elsewhere. 3-Way calling feature is set up differently then the standard analog phone, as a result it's a bit cumbersome to use. Doesn't play nice with fax machines either. It's Popup ad window is a bit intrusive, and can be downright annoying when playing games, but is easily remedied by using fast user switching, and giving it it's own account.
Overall an UNSATISFIED rating of 1.5 of 5 for this one, but lemme use it for a month or three then get back with you, since I only just installed it yesterday.
UPDATE:
I just updated my review to reflect my first week's experience, also see this thread:
»MJ Problems
Also, I'd like to mention that we weighed having faster internet or phone because our income dictated this to us, and we err'ed in favor of faster internet, I'd rather watch good streams than talk on the phone anyway.
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