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Skype versus MagicJack: I am using both. My son was afraid of MJ so he went with Skype. I am using the free Skype , I tried to purchase the three months or the 12 months deal for the nationwide dial and the use of a phone number. Skype website just kept cycling me to a one month credit card charge. A friend in Tampa told me she is communicating with her husband in Afgan. (private contractor-not military) and they talk everyday both using a local 813 area code for Tampa. She calls him from anywhere in Tampa from any land/cell phone with a local dial. I suggest parents save the cell bills and LD and set thier kids with MJ at college because most colleges use wireless Internet and with local home areacode assigned parents will be able to call their kids from work or from anywhere in their same home city, yet be all the way across the country. <br> I ordered three magicjacks, and need a couple more. I used a credit card per Clark's instructions. I oppted to skip the free month as I was committed to do it based on my Tampa friend.<br> I got the local area code for Jacksonville, 904 for my phone number. I also connected the phone to our wired land phone system (second line in the house we use to use for Internet dialup. So when anyone calls the MJ phones ring all over the house on our second system. A long time ago she set the phone with no long distance carrier as we used cell phone or warehouse card for LD. Now we use the MJ from anywhere in the house for LD. So it is great to have MJ use a regular phone (single line). It is better than using Skype and the USB phone limiting you to be near the computer.<br> I bought at Walmart the Box which allows you to use the same phone for landline and Skype..It works. We also have the skype desk phone and one head set.<br> I like both services, but I think Magicjack is a better deal. At $40 plus $7 for SH what can I lose for the first year,<br> Now I also agree, I purchased three MJs and they charge me for three SH ($21) but sent all three in the same package for only couple of bucks, so I paid the only hidden fee mentioned in some the Rants below.<br> One last problem. My son Just could not get the Skype phone to work with his four year old MAC. However, it did on my laptop, So he now has my windows laptop.<br> I just installed MJ on MAC laptop my work provided me. It was no different. Did anyone out there have a problem installing the MJ on an OS10 system MAC?
By John T in JAX, FL
