[asterisk-biz] MagicJack

[Steve Totaro]

If it sounds too good to be true...  Sunrocket had a more sustainable
business model and a few commercials too.  I guess if the device can
be used for something else if/when they fail, it's not such a bad
thing.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Seysan <AFShin9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have bought this device for $39, it includes the Jack + one year
> subscription.
>
> I called any US Numbers and also Canada Cell and Land line in Ontario, All
> worked fine.
>
> There is no SPAM on their Program, it is just their own advertising that
> says if you want to call to UK, GErmany and .... You have to pay for the
> extra fee of about 2 cents per min for landlines!
>
> As I checked it, their are using Asterisk. Also You will get a DID for Free.
>
> Seysan
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> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Jared Geiger <jared at compuwizz.net> wrote:
>
> > From what I remember reading on DSLReports Forums and looking around, they
> do use sip and there are ways to extract the credentials if anything uses
> SIP.
> >
> > There are some unofficial forums that have popped up if you google for
> them.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel
> <trixter at 0xdecafbad.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 04:29 -0400, Matthew Rubenstein wrote:
> > >
> > > >       I saw an ad for MagicJack on TV, a USB VoIP dongle with a
> $20:year
> > > > unlimited calling subscription,  and looked into it. I am in no way
> > > > affiliated with MagicJack, except that I saw the ad and was curious.
> It
> > > > was introduced at the TED conference last April, and was buggy through
> > > > last Summer. But it's been around a year now, has a budget for
> > > > mass-market advertising.
> > > >
> > >
> > > you have to use their dongle (which appears to be a softmodem packaged
> > > as an FXS port) and their service.  They do not have linux support for
> > > it, only windows and osx.
> > >
> > > I have already approached them about linux stuff, but that was just
> > > today, so nothing yet has happened more than finding out who exactly to
> > > contact and a proposal submitted to do the work.
> > >
> > > Based on their webpage they use G.711 as the codec (they say you need
> > > 80kbps of bandwidth per call).  It is unclear at this time if they
> > > support any standard VoIP protocol or not, they specifically state they
> > > are not compatible with asterisk, and imply they are only compatible
> > > with their device.
> > >
> > > It is my belief that the dongle itself is not smart enough to do
> > > anything but act as a FXS port, and that the software that controls it
> > > is what controls everything else.  I do not know if they are receptive
> > > to linux support (which should be most BSD/POSIX compatible systems if
> > > my proposal is accepted).
> > >
> > > I also do not know if they are even receptive to the idea of a 3rd party
> > > writing and maintaining drivers for their hardware since it can cause
> > > them some problems in terms of support queries.  My hope is yes, but I
> > > probably wont know until well after the weekend since it is a holiday in
> > > many places around the world.  I further do not know if they will allow
> > > open source or not, I do not know if they will allow support for their
> > > service (regardless of the device itself) which would allow open source
> > > switches to utilize it.
> > >
> > > Worst case I may just get one and sniff the usb bus to see what they do
> > > and how they do it and code based on that, if the inet part isnt
> > > terribly difficult I may write something that would interface, for all I
> > > know its just generic SIP.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com     Bret McDanel
> > > Belfast +44 28 9099 6461        US +1 516 687 5200
> > > http://www.trxtel.com the phone company that pays you!
> > >
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