Magic Jack Plus Install Set Up and Activate

Magic Jack Plus Install Set Up and Activate

MagicJack is a device that plugs into a USB port on the user's computer (or in the case of magicJack Plus, plugs directly into a router), and that has a standard RJ-11 phone jack into which any standard phone can be plugged. This allows the user to make unlimited phone calls to U.S. and Canada. It is a computer peripheral that, in combination with telephony service from the related YMAX Corporation, provides Internet-based telephone service (VoIP) to the United States and Canada. In 2011 the company introduced magicJack Plus, which no longer requires a computer.
The magicJack device works exclusively with the company's captive landline supplier and CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier), YMAX. Voicemail is stored on the magicJack servers and is delivered via direct telephone access, and email with WAV audio file attachments. Downloadable feature upgrades for the magicJack USB dongle are available from third-party software companies.
The firm's first product, introduced in 2007, was a USB device that holds both the software necessary to place Internet-based telephone calls via a customer-supplied high-speed Internet connection and the electronics (technically known as a SLIC, or Subscriber Line Interface Circuit) which allow conventional landline telephones to be plugged directly into the device. The device costs $40 and the first year of service is free.
In September 2011 the company introduced magicJack Plus, which no longer requires a computer. The $70 device comes with a year of free calling to the U.S. and Canada. It connects directly to an ethernet port, and has a standard phone jack that allows a phone to be connected to the device. It requires a power outlet.
For both products, telephone service beyond the first year costs $30 for a one-year subscription or $100 for a five-year subscription..
The products are promoted through television infomercials and a website. The company's website attributes the invention of magicJack and the founding of YMAX to Dan Borislow, who has numerous patent claims pending on voice-over-IP (VoIP)-related technology.
In July 2010, YMAX (the creator/owner of MagicJack) merged with VocalTec to form magicJack VocalTec Ltd
In January 2008, PC Magazine reviewed magicJack and rated it as Very Good. It also received their Editors' Choice award. In February 2009, PC Magazine re-reviewed magicJack because of dozens of complaints received about the support for the device. As a result, PC Magazine reduced its rating of magicJack from Very Good to Good, saying the company's technical support was "severely lacking." The company offers support via computer chat.
Consumer Reports gave magicJack a thumbs up in the February 2010 print issue

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