Comments on: How I’m saving money on my phone bill http://www.myeugene.org/2009/01/31/how-im-saving-money-on-my-phone-bill/ Community Stories, Voices and Happenings Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:20:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James Craig http://www.myeugene.org/2009/01/31/how-im-saving-money-on-my-phone-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 James Craig Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:37:08 +0000 http://www.myeugene.org/?p=203#comment-1008 I've actually used Skype quite a bit making calls to the Czech Republic and Canada. It really does all come down to the quality of the internet connection. I've had great call quality at times and huge latency other times, which I have determined to be caused by my not so reliable wireless provider in most cases. My brother has completely ditched his LAN line provider and exclusively uses MagicJack, he seems to be very happy with it. He's using it with a Comcast Cable modem and has a pretty fast and decent quality internet connection....He's also bragging all over town about it! I’ve actually used Skype quite a bit making calls to the Czech Republic and Canada. It really does all come down to the quality of the internet connection. I’ve had great call quality at times and huge latency other times, which I have determined to be caused by my not so reliable wireless provider in most cases.

My brother has completely ditched his LAN line provider and exclusively uses MagicJack, he seems to be very happy with it. He’s using it with a Comcast Cable modem and has a pretty fast and decent quality internet connection….He’s also bragging all over town about it!

]]> By: Hans Peterson http://www.myeugene.org/2009/01/31/how-im-saving-money-on-my-phone-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Hans Peterson Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:16:01 +0000 http://www.myeugene.org/?p=203#comment-6 Isbel, Good question, both are Voice Over IP technologies. I am not a Skype expert, so I hope our readers can help fill this in, but in my opinion the big difference is that with Skype you are using your computer's headphones and microphone, where as with the magicJack device you are using a regular telephone as the interface. On the question of sound quality between the two, it would be interesting to know if sound quality was purely a factor of ones internet performance. Isbel,
Good question, both are Voice Over IP technologies. I am not a Skype expert, so I hope our readers can help fill this in, but in my opinion the big difference is that with Skype you are using your computer’s headphones and microphone, where as with the magicJack device you are using a regular telephone as the interface. On the question of sound quality between the two, it would be interesting to know if sound quality was purely a factor of ones internet performance.

]]> By: Isbel Ingham http://www.myeugene.org/2009/01/31/how-im-saving-money-on-my-phone-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Isbel Ingham Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:56:23 +0000 http://www.myeugene.org/?p=203#comment-5 Wow--thanks for this, it was fascinating. How does this compare to Skype? Wow–thanks for this, it was fascinating. How does this compare to Skype?

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