TK Junk Mail
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Margate City, NJ
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November 21st, @01:54PM
|  Promising as a call out system; but wouldn't trust inbound
The system sounds promising, but the reviews and the description in this story would make me very wary of having this as the only landline phone for my residence. This company needs more mileage before I would trust it.
Having an absolute barebones basic telephone service from a telco for inbound calls, with the magicjack as an outbound caller(with cellphone backup) could save some serious money. Especially for those who do a LOT of monthly minutes calling long distance. |
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Matt
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| said by TK Junk Mail  :Having an absolute barebones basic telephone service from a telco for inbound calls, with the magicjack as an outbound caller(with cellphone backup) could save some serious money. Especially for those who do a LOT of monthly minutes calling long distance. The problem, is that an absolute "basic" POTS line still costs anywhere from $15-$20/month after taxes and you're RAPED on a per minute basis both inbound and outbound.
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TK Junk Mail
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| said by Matt :The problem, is that an absolute "basic" POTS line still costs anywhere from $15-$20/month after taxes and you're RAPED on a per minute basis both inbound and outbound. There are no INBOUND per minute charges on a basic Pots line. And if not using the Pots line for OUTBOUND calls, no charges there either. The line would cost about $15/mo in my area with all fees included.
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Matt
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Jamestown, NC
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| said by TK Junk Mail :said by Matt :The problem, is that an absolute "basic" POTS line still costs anywhere from $15-$20/month after taxes and you're RAPED on a per minute basis both inbound and outbound. There are no INBOUND per minute charges on a basic Pots line. And if not using the Pots line for OUTBOUND calls, no charges there either. The line would cost about $15/mo in my area with all fees included. Well, perhaps that is a Verizon offering? I just canceled a POTS line for my alarm system that was $9/month, but after fees and taxes was $20.something per month. The rep told me that all inbound and outbound calls would incur a per minute charge, including local calls. The rep could have been wrong, but I wasn't about to start making/receiving calls to find out.
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said by TK Junk Mail :The system sounds promising, but the reviews and the description in this story would make me very wary of having this as the only landline phone for my residence. This company needs more mileage before I would trust it. Having an absolute barebones basic telephone service from a telco for inbound calls, with the magicjack as an outbound caller(with cellphone backup) could save some serious money. Especially for those who do a LOT of monthly minutes calling long distance. If I was using this service I guess the inbound could be a problem but than I could just tie it with a grandcentral account so if i miss calls they will still go to voice mail. for the price sounds good but I think for now seems like more of a toy than a solid phone device. I might pick one up over Christmas and play with it. |
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Chicago, IL | Voice mail isn't working. This product has a long way before it's ready for prime time. Too bad, as Xmas would have been the best launch time. The perfect gift, if it actually worked right. |
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