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Gear-Monkey · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 23 Jul 2009 Posts: 20

My goal is to shut off my land line completely. I am curious if anyone here uses MagicJack as their primary phone and shut down their landline?

bitstopjoe · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject:

Yes I have. I got my MJ in Aug 2008. BUT I had DSL so I was in a catch 22 as I needed my landline for DSl. UNTIL they offered naked DSL 3 months ago. I dropped my landline then and havent looked back. BUT my phone company has a unique naked DSL. I can keep my phone line and ONLY receive calls at no charge. I can't call out ( other than 911). BUT between my MJ and Google Voice I dont need too. I could not be happier...

Joe Sica

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stroths · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:03 pm Post subject:

I shut off my land line years ago and went straight VOIP. I am currently with MagicJack, but have had my share of other VOIP companies (Vonage, Net2Phone, SunRocket, etc).

My connection is FIOS (20m down/5m up) and it played the biggest role in getting a good quality call. I was too far from the CO that my DSL connection wasn't that clean and caused issues. Upgraded to cable Internet which helped, but still wasn't the most reliable. Moved to fiber w/FIOS which gave me the most stable base for VOIP.

Popgory

Gear-Monkey · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 23 Jul 2009 Posts: 20

I am happy to announce that I have officially cancelled my land line and now using my MJ and Cell phone.

It feels good saving money! Laughing

cell14 · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:52 pm Post subject:

Yes, I ditched my land line, however, for me is my cell phone the primary line

macman4hire · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:34 am Post subject:

I also have given up my PSTN line. I use currently MagicJack, Google Voice, IPKall and Sipgate One accounts.

samarai · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:48 pm Post subject: 3 MJs and a VOiP line

Even though I have MJ for my business, home and cabin I use VOiP with an ATA to ensure connectivity. Since I am on an aircard/router/switch for all my connections to the Internet - I do sometimes have some garble as it may not be quite fast enough. Google Voice forwards my calls to the MJ, VOiP phone and cell. The cell is clear and the VOiP phone with VoipVoip.com is usually a little clearer than MJ, so I try to answer with it or my cell.
Maybe too much info, but my system works fine for me (and I save a boatload of money) and I can be reached 24/7 without having to make any changes when I am out of the office or home.

08/11 Edit: Now using the 3G option and it has made a slight improvement.

08/25: After making codec adjustment on my ATA, no garble on any line.

sctirvn687 · Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:19 am Post subject:

We have been using MJ as our only land line phone for over a year now. Like someone else here said it was something you have to adapt to. We have had some problems with, but it usually ends up being some sort of computer glitch, like Windows updating itself and getting stuck and the computer has to be restarted in order to make MJ work again. If we didn't have cell phones I don't know whether it would be our only land line service. I would hate for some kind of emergency to come up and not be able to call for help. It absolutely works probably 98% of the time, but that 2% down time is what I worry about.

Matt9876 · Dan Should Pay Me Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 504

Land line has been gone for years,MJ has been working smooth since the last big update that killed off the ATAs.

My MJ dongle and old HP computer are doing fine !! Smile

Note: Have cell phone as backup just in case.

sigmeyer · MagicJack Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Posts: 3

Yep, Verizon let me bundle my DSL with my Verizon cell phone and drop the Land Line. Oddly, The internet costs $2 less bundled with my cell phone than it did with my landline. I really used the landline very little, and most of my inbound calls were junk calls and creditors looking for the previous owner of that phone number. But I connected my Magic Jack to my existing house phone wiring and I have 5 phones connected to it. I did have an ancient dial phone that I had to unplug so that any of the phones would ring. And even the Caller ID works on my Uniden Phone, which I read was an issue.

madraida · Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 3:30 pm Post subject:

Last time I had a landline was in 2002.

I currently use MJ backed up with a prepaid cellphone, which I keep solely for emergencies. I do enable unlimited incoming on my cellphone on days when I expect to receive a lot of calls and am away from a computer (in which case I forward all calls to my cellphone). Pretty cheap at $10 per month.

I do have three cellphone accounts:
CDMA phone - for my Telus account ($10/mo)
dual SIM quadband phone - for my Smart PH (~$7 per 6 months) and T-mobile US ($10 per 3 months) SIM cards

I have Voipcheap and Yahoo Phoneout as backup for outgoing calls. International texting (to outside North America) is cheaper using VoipCheap.

I have two Google Voice numbers - one for work, one for home - both forwarded to my MJ number.

And for fax, I use Faxaway for incoming and outgoing. Sometimes I do use MJ for outgoing fax but it doesn't always work.

Darkman90808 · Dan Should Pay Me Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 701

MagicPhoneMan · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:04 pm Post subject:

who uses a landline anymore? I haven't had one in 7 years

callontom · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:09 am Post subject:

no landline since maybe 6yrs. Had OptimumVoice for about 2 yrs. Until they charged regular price after special offer. Now have Viatalk, Gizmo Voice with ATA and MJ. I will drop Viatalk soon. Keep Gizmo Voice as main and use MJ for backup. If i didn't have to keep the computer on..... well you know.

RobQ · MagicJack User Joined: 24 Dec 2008 Posts: 30

Had no land line for almost a year.Got my MJ and cell integrated to GV. And also i just got my Nettalk as my private line. Laughing

CDJ · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 07 Sep 2009 Posts: 13

I am using MJ & Net10 prepaid for my telephones. No contracts and no monthly bills. I don't use the cellphone much.

Darkman90808 · Dan Should Pay Me Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 701

It's been almost two years since I gave up my landline. Since then, I have almost completely integrated my two MJ's and my cell phone into Google Voice. As of yesterday, I installed GV Dialer on my cell phone, so that now all outgoing calls are channeled through Google Voice, with my GV number showing on the receiver's CID.

My cell phone voice mail goes directly to GV, so anyone who calls gets the appropriate message for their group. My work related callers hear one message, friends and family another, and unidentified calls hear the standard greeting. Since GV is in my Friends & Family, it also saves me from being charged for checking my voicemail, which I always thought was kind of cheesy.

Now, we'll just have to wait and see how long Verizon lets me keep my Google Voice number in my Friends & Family.

MJKobe · magicJack Apprentice Joined: 20 May 2009 Posts: 10

bitstopjoe · Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:34 am Post subject:

Yep and it is still going strong, other than the beeping issue we had last summer I have zero complaints. If I don't tell anyone I am using VOIP and MJ in particular, they would never know.
So I get DSL ( 6 mps) AND a landline to receive calls for $29.00 a month. All and all WELL worth it for me, moneywise AND call quality wise, yes my MJ sounds THAT good..

Joe Sica

jackiehsu97 · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:11 pm Post subject:

bitstopjoe · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:13 pm Post subject:

jackiehsu97 · Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:37 pm Post subject: Awesome!

V-Man · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:39 pm Post subject: Soon to be LandLine free

Working on it. I reduced my landline service to the bare minimum about a week ago, right after they had a price increase. I still need it for my home alarm system until I switch it's monitoring over to a cellular adapter. Also waiting for MJ to enable number porting, but after reading the posts on here, that's looking like it may never happen. Maybe I'll use one of the cheap methods mentioned in the forums to reserve my number Then GOODBYE permanently to my landline.

Feels great saving money AND sticking it to the monopolistic giant that is (was?) AT&T.

Gotta LOVE competition. It keeps everybody honest.

Paul777 · Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:04 am Post subject:

I will never get rid of the landline. What if power goes out and you need
to call 911? Also 911 doesn't work with MJ outside of the USA. I do have
landline down to basic service though. Even cancelled the touch tone
service. Down to $20 a month plus tax. Good peace of mind for now
but yes would like to shut down landline eventually.

bitstopjoe · Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:36 am Post subject:

Matt9876 · Dan Should Pay Me Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 504

magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

Anyone here use MJ primarily and shut off land line?