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ljdavick
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Soon Google will open it's "Google Voice" to us all and it will change Voip forever. One of the really cool things that Google Voice does (I understand) is that it will transcribe a voicemail message and e-mail it to you.
They explain it with a very friendly video
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOZU7BOeQ58>
All of these features are available now with enterprise VOIP systems, but not to John Doe.
Larry Davick
The Mystery Machine
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From: "Thomas Phipps" <tph1pp5@yahoo.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:40:03 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Do not buy MagicJack (new post on the subject)
Sorry about your experience with MagicJack. However, you can accomplish the very same goal with Skype, a product of Cicso. Skype is a Voice over Internet Protocal (VoIP) service. Same as MagicJack, but that is about the only similarity. Skype is available at 3 levels of service. Free, just download the software and go to town. However, you can only call someone who also has Skype and has their computer up and on the I-net. At the second level, for about $30 a year, you are able to make unlimited calls to the entire U.S. and Canada. The Skype network will drop into a local number, and complete the call. However, (again with that word), people cannot call you back, this is a one way dial-out. The called person, if using caller ID will not know who is calling. The call out number has always been in their local area code. I currently use this and it works for my purposes. (Don't call me, I'll call you.) Finally, for an additional $60 a year, you can get an actual ass
igned phone number, that other people can call you on.
The killer on this, you must have a broadband internet connection, and your computer must be on line. There is a small device available that will allow you to "plug" a standard phone into your computer and use it, if you do not like using a headset and mike (but, you will look just like a phone operator.)
One nice feature, if you have several computers, you can load the Skype program on all of them. Then, when you log in with your user name and password, and you have changed to a different computer. You cannot be logged in on 2 computers at once. But, you can have 2 accounts, with different names and passwords.
I had thought of using MagicJack, but read several articles that reflected poorly on their method of operation (business plan). By the way, read the fine print on their contract, you might find that there are unpleasant surprises hidden in there.
Hope this helps.
Tom Phipps,
75 GMC
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Larry Davick
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1976(ish) Palm Beach
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Howell EFI + EBL + Electronic Dizzy
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