[asterisk-users] MagicJack quality

Joe Greco jgreco at ns.sol.net
Fri Jul 11 16:41:05 CDT 2008


> I am puzzled by the quality of magicjack.  I keep trying to figure out how
> they can the quality be that adequate.  Since Skype also has an excellent
> quality, that leaves me to believe that software based calls (softphones)
> could have and advantage over hardphones, provided there is a parameter that
> those 2 companies are addressing.

You are puzzled by the quality?

http://www.laptopmag.com/review/voip/magicjack.aspx

I don't know, but from the sounds of the comments, you'd get about just as
much quality out of an actual cigarette lighter, and probably a good bit
more usefulness.

Nice EULA, by the way:

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/04/14/magicjacks-eula-says.html

VoIP over the Internet isn't /that/ hard.

... JG
-- 
Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
"We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I
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With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.



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