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01/31/10 14:42
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 		 #172806 - So we're talking some kind of IP telephony device, then?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Ralph Sac said:
I purchase magic jack

A what?

From other replies, I take it this is some kind of IP telephony device?

I figured $39.95 for year was good deal

So how would something like Skype compare?
http://www.skype.com - no special hardware required!

I wondered how it worked.

Google "Voice-over-IP", "VoIP", "IP Telephony", etc,...

Sometimes the unit works perfectly other times the voice sounds very choppy or you can not hear at all.

Yes, that is typical of IP telephony!

In fact, it is typical of many of the digital versions replacing "traditional" analogue media: with analogue, you got a gradual degradation in quality; with digital, the quality is either "good" or rubbish - there is no gentle transition from one to the other.

is problem in software or the interface between my telephone that connects to magic jack and the land line phone it connects to.

It depends on how good your IP link is.



List of 49 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Magic Jack it's magic if it works            01/01/70 00:00      
   Now, I'm not sure of any of this ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      I agree with you Richard            01/01/70 00:00      
      UDP?            01/01/70 00:00      
   What are you talking about?            01/01/70 00:00      
      unlimited long distance $19.99/YEAR            01/01/70 00:00      
         That's not much help!            01/01/70 00:00      
            phone            01/01/70 00:00      
      Some VoIP arrangements work quite well            01/01/70 00:00      
         They depend entirely on your internet connection            01/01/70 00:00      
   IP telephony,            01/01/70 00:00      
      Radio Shack because            01/01/70 00:00      
         What's TV got to do with it?            01/01/70 00:00      
            re: TV            01/01/70 00:00      
         TV ?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Just a comparision between            01/01/70 00:00      
               Now I'm *really* confused!!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Why confusion            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I think you've misunderstood the "threading"            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Confused because...            01/01/70 00:00      
   So we're talking some kind of IP telephony device, then?            01/01/70 00:00      
      How check IP link?            01/01/70 00:00      
         I very much doubt it            01/01/70 00:00      
   State of the art components            01/01/70 00:00      
   Internet connection?            01/01/70 00:00      
      consider how voice telecom works ...            01/01/70 00:00      
         I Like your reply but            01/01/70 00:00      
            It makes just a little difference            01/01/70 00:00      
         I don't think that's the point here?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Nomenclature?            01/01/70 00:00      
               PSTN = POTS            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Things change            01/01/70 00:00      
               IP            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Let's not mix the layers.            01/01/70 00:00      
                     But IP is key to this discussion            01/01/70 00:00      
         RE: I was working in the VoIP arena twenty-five years ago            01/01/70 00:00      
            Yes, things have changed considerably            01/01/70 00:00      
      Cable modem            01/01/70 00:00      
         re cable modem            01/01/70 00:00      
            I tried it            01/01/70 00:00      
               Too many variables!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  It's pretty clear in one respect ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     guess what guys            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Back to square one            01/01/70 00:00      
                  what the %$#@!            01/01/70 00:00      
                     BOGOF?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  multi-post ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Magicjack lawsuit            01/01/70 00:00      
      No such thing as a free lunch            01/01/70 00:00      

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