[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Moving landline to VOIP

[Drew King (dking65@kingconsulting.us)]

I can't see my response in the thread but it should be there regarding magic jack.

I'm a 20-year customer of magicJack and endorse it highly.

I use it with a four handset base station. You can use any phone you want to.


-- 
Drew King



On October 15, 2023 5:48:56 PM EDT, Harry Forsdick <forsdick at gmail.com> wrote:
>It's been a great thread.  Sorry to have hijacked it down a cul de sac and
>glad we are back to the original topic!
>
>Thanks for the memory jog to make some progress on a long-standing desire
>of mine.  I just ordered a used Panasonic "Link2Cell" cordless phone from
>Amazon that I know from several sources on this list and elsewhere in
>AI-land will work.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-- Harry
>
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>On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 5:41 PM Peter Shaw via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
>wrote:
>
>> It looks like with Ooma, I need to use their base and handsets, $149 for 3
>> from Costco, for example.
>>
>> Magicjack seems to integrate better with existing handsets.
>>
>> Am I missing something?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Btw, this has been an interesting thread, I hope useful to others besides
>> me.
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 5:16 PM Drew King (dking65 at kingconsulting.us) <
>> dking65 at kingconsulting.us> wrote:
>>
>>> I have been using a service called magicJack for about the last 20 years
>>> and am very happy especially since it has spam call rejection if you're
>>> interested in getting rid of callers that are not real people.
>>>
>>> It costs $40 per year plus an extra $6 for 911 emergency services.
>>>
>>> I don't know if Uma provides e911 but magicJack does so if you dial 911
>>> your home address will appear on the screen of the police so they will know
>>> exactly where you live without having to locate your cell phone.
>>>
>>> The call rejection feature forces the person that calls you to press a
>>> random number between 1 and 0 and if they are a computer they obviously
>>> will not be able to press a number on the screen so the call Will Never
>>> ring the only calls that ring on your phone are the ones from real people
>>> that can press that digit this is an optional feature.
>>>
>>> There is an app for your cell phone so you can receive calls on your cell
>>> phone from your home phone line even if you're not home and it supports
>>> text messaging as well.
>>>
>>> When you buy the adapter it includes your first year of phone service
>>> which makes the adapter cost practically nothing.
>>>
>>> I have the Jack plugged into my router and the phone line goes into the
>>> back of a four handset multi-station phone system.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You can port your home number or pick a new one.
>>>
>>> It's small enough that you can even travel with it so if you go on
>>> vacation or you're a snowbird you can take it to wherever you go and plug
>>> it in and you'll have your home phone line but as I said if you're away
>>> from home you can have the app on your cell phone ring when somebody calls
>>> your home phone anyway.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Drew King
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On October 14, 2023 5:14:20 PM EDT, Peter Shaw via LCTG <
>>> lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thoughts on the best options to move my landline over to my Internet
>>>> service?
>>>>
>>>> Google Voice, Ooma, probably others.
>>>>
>>>> I confess, I'm too late to be even a normal late adopter, but that's
>>>> where I am.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
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