More VOIP/Digital Voice

ABLE_1 · 2006-11-30T13:06:37+00:00

Hello All,Additional input. I was at the customers home yesterday and found the following.The wiring for line seizure was completed properly.The voltage for ON Hook was at 46.28 vdcThe voltage for OFF Hook was at 11.89 vdcThe RING voltage was at 58.5 vacEven though the ring voltage seems to be lower than was told to me at 60-90vac and much lower than BELL at 95-104vac I think that is a minor issue.The other voltages seem to be fine as far a TLM is concerned. So I am going to be turning that function back on to see what happens.My assessment at this time is that VoIP/Digital Voice is working for THIS customer at this time. I will keep you updated as time goes on if something changes.Hope this info is found helpful to others.Have a good day.Les

Nov 30, 2006 124 Replies

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Jim Rojas 17 years ago

A friend of mine owns a business in Canada. He added 2 of these magicjacks on his mail server and connected them to his business phone system. He now has US based phone & fax lines which otherwise would have cost in excess of $100 extra a month.

The way technology is growing, long distance charges will be a thing of the past within 10 to 20 years. I can also see cell phones going that way as well. You will be able to call from anywhere to anywhere free. Flat rate cellular & local phone service is here to stay.

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JoeRaisin 17 years ago

HOLD ON THERE BABALOUIE!!! (My best Quickdraw McGraw impression)

When Vonage came out there were a lot of problems with alarm system transmissions having the data packets screwed up by the different versions of the software being used.

Is Magic Jack different? Or have the problems been overcome and is VOIP now a reliable alternative to a regular POTS line?

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Jim Rojas 17 years ago

When Vonage first came out, it was a huge bandwidth hog. This causes hiccups, studdering, and echoes in transmissions. I haven't tried their service myself lately, mainly because it is cheaper for me to have Verizon Fios to provide me 2 lines.

Magicjack uses very little bandwidth. This was confirmed by my friend in Canada.

Vonage basically charges way too much for their service, if you consider what their method of transmission is. $24.99 per line gets steep quick. If Vonage would drop additional lines to lets say $9.95, then they stand a chance of staying in business. Otherwise they will lose customers by the thousands to Magicjack and other companies that offer similar services.

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Jim Rojas 17 years ago

Once Magicjack gets their number porting service available, You will then see hundreds of thousand of customers do the switch.

Magicjack needs to come up with a Vonage style router if it plans to gain a huge foothold in this market.

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Jim 17 years ago

How is that different than ..... another router?

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