SFMarcopolo
Daly City,#2Author of original report
Thu, April 29, 2010
I fixed the problem, I returned the Magic Jack to Radio Shack. My connection is 24 gigs down and 3 gigs up. No packet loss, Ping 24ms, Flutter 1ms. I am using AT&T Uverse.
2 days ago the Lineman for AT&T switched lines on the telephone pole. He said my wires were not so good. He said the new wires were 100% better (twice as good) and their computer center was no longer getting crosstalk errors from my connection. Magic Jack may work ok now, but I am so down on Magic Jack that I refuse to try their product again. Never in my life have I spent so much of my time on a particular problem. I still think it is a flawed product, and don't recommend it to anyone. Case in point; Just run Utorrent Peer to Peer sharing program and see the instant degradation to Magic Jacks audio. You can have the greatest connectivity to your internet provider and still get cutting-out audio on Magic Jack. I'm sorry but VOIP just sucks! It is a flawed technology.
Louie
Springfield,#3Consumer Comment
Thu, April 29, 2010
Really?!?!? No...seriously. Ok, the service is 19.95 per...YEAR...not month...YEAR. Secondly, it is totally contengent upon a "working" internet service. Packet loss will give you this audio problem. I'm only saying this because you never mentioned whether or not you checked your internet reliability. I won't say connection because you can still browse web pages and it would seem as if nothing is wrong until you load games or other programs, such as VOIP, that rely on a solid connection and start seeing the lag.
I hope you figure it out, and I'm sorry if I came off as a jerk but in my line of work I deal with people who threaten lawsuits because they downloaded virus protection and still got a virus...no seriously. As idiotic as that sounds, it's true.
Kenny 2469
British Columbia,#4Consumer Comment
Mon, April 05, 2010
Hi there, I and many other people have not had any issues, but there are lots that do... Check out http://www.magicjacksupport.com Lots of good people there that can help you solve your problems....