HELP!!! Spending too much $ on phone bills...

[Ihavequestions 419]

The quality is good. I use it all the time.

http://www.magicjack.com

[tany1157 161]

Thanks for all the info, but from what I understand, this will only work if he is near the computer? (the magic jack)....but vonage does seem to have the best price to call there....Thank you everyone for putting in your two cents!!

[MouadsWife 161]

get a Magic Jack and talk to him for free on a landline or cell phone. My husband bought one set up an Atlanta phone number on it and then sent it to his family in Morocco. They hooked it up to their computer and now they can call anytime to our house phone or to our cell phones. We can also call them and its just like calling across street or town, its a local number. All he needs is a computer with internet.

Deb

How is it that you can call him for free using a landline or cell phone with magic jack. Magic jack hooks up to your usb port in your computer, and your phone line then plugs into the other end of the magic jack. So you would have to use a landline. Also, you would have to send him a magic jack, and he would have to do the same. So you can only call landline to landline.

Vonage: Witht he Vonage world plan, you are paying for the service $24.99 plus an additional $0.24 - $0.35 per minute. See this link... http://www.vonage.com/international_per-minute_rates/#M

Areas of coverage in Morocco....

Morocco 212 $0.25 $0.25

Morocco (Cellular & Premium) 2126-7, 21210-1, 21260-79, 21292 $0.35 $0.35

Morocco - Casablanca 21222 $0.24 $0.24

Morocco - Rabat 21237 $0.24 $0.24

I have not been able to find a free long distance plan with 'any' company calling Morocco, and I have searched endlessly. However, what I do use is a calling card from www.CallingCards.com. You have several cards to choose from depending on where you are calling. I chose the 'African Safara" card to call the Morocco Casablanca region, (he lives in Beni-Mellal and also works in El Jadida) and I pay only .10 a minute and for $20.00 I get 211 minutes. The card is also rechargable, and you can see your account transactions for printing use when supplying them with requested proof.

I have checked with At&T, Verizon, Skype, Vonage, Magic Jack and whatever I could find and none of them had free international calls to Africa 'at all" and/or were expensive in their cost per minute. I would g o with callingcards.com.

Hope this helps!

[MouadsWife 161]

get a Magic Jack and talk to him for free on a landline or cell phone. My husband bought one set up an Atlanta phone number on it and then sent it to his family in Morocco. They hooked it up to their computer and now they can call anytime to our house phone or to our cell phones. We can also call them and its just like calling across street or town, its a local number. All he needs is a computer with internet.

Deb

How is it that you can call him for free using a landline or cell phone with magic jack. Magic jack hooks up to your usb port in your computer, and your phone line then plugs into the other end of the magic jack. So you would have to use a landline. Also, you would have to send him a magic jack, and he would have to do the same. So you can only call landline to landline.

Vonage: Witht he Vonage world plan, you are paying for the service $24.99 plus an additional $0.24 - $0.35 per minute. See this link... http://www.vonage.com/international_per-minute_rates/#M

Areas of coverage in Morocco....

Morocco 212 $0.25 $0.25

Morocco (Cellular & Premium) 2126-7, 21210-1, 21260-79, 21292 $0.35 $0.35

Morocco - Casablanca 21222 $0.24 $0.24

Morocco - Rabat 21237 $0.24 $0.24

I have not been able to find a free long distance plan with 'any' company calling Morocco, and I have searched endlessly. However, what I do use is a calling card from www.CallingCards.com. You have several cards to choose from depending on where you are calling. I chose the 'African Safara" card to call the Morocco Casablanca region, (he lives in Beni-Mellal and also works in El Jadida) and I pay only .10 a minute and for $20.00 I get 211 minutes. The card is also rechargable, and you can see your account transactions for printing use when supplying them with requested proof.

I have checked with At&T, Verizon, Skype, Vonage, Magic Jack and whatever I could find and none of them had free international calls to Africa 'at all" and/or were expensive in their cost per minute. I would g o with callingcards.com.

Hope this helps!

PS: Something else on a different level I found was neat. If your unable to text ur so, you can use ipipi.com and for $7.00 get approx 50 text messages. You have to text from your computer though. If you have a smart phone you can use that. I have a smart phone, a blackberry pearl, but I have not been able to sucessfuly use ipipi.com to text him with it. .... just an after thought!

[tany1157 161]

get a Magic Jack and talk to him for free on a landline or cell phone. My husband bought one set up an Atlanta phone number on it and then sent it to his family in Morocco. They hooked it up to their computer and now they can call anytime to our house phone or to our cell phones. We can also call them and its just like calling across street or town, its a local number. All he needs is a computer with internet.

Deb

How is it that you can call him for free using a landline or cell phone with magic jack. Magic jack hooks up to your usb port in your computer, and your phone line then plugs into the other end of the magic jack. So you would have to use a landline. Also, you would have to send him a magic jack, and he would have to do the same. So you can only call landline to landline.

Vonage: Witht he Vonage world plan, you are paying for the service $24.99 plus an additional $0.24 - $0.35 per minute. See this link... http://www.vonage.com/international_per-minute_rates/#M

Areas of coverage in Morocco....

Morocco 212 $0.25 $0.25

Morocco (Cellular & Premium) 2126-7, 21210-1, 21260-79, 21292 $0.35 $0.35

Morocco - Casablanca 21222 $0.24 $0.24

Morocco - Rabat 21237 $0.24 $0.24

I have not been able to find a free long distance plan with 'any' company calling Morocco, and I have searched endlessly. However, what I do use is a calling card from www.CallingCards.com. You have several cards to choose from depending on where you are calling. I chose the 'African Safara" card to call the Morocco Casablanca region, (he lives in Beni-Mellal and also works in El Jadida) and I pay only .10 a minute and for $20.00 I get 211 minutes. The card is also rechargable, and you can see your account transactions for printing use when supplying them with requested proof.

I have checked with At&T, Verizon, Skype, Vonage, Magic Jack and whatever I could find and none of them had free international calls to Africa 'at all" and/or were expensive in their cost per minute. I would g o with callingcards.com.

Hope this helps!

A tremendous help!! Thank you so much, I will look for that calling card you suggested....

[amal 4]

nope, majic jack is awesome! it hooks to their computer and they can call ANY usa number for free from over there. My hubbies family uses theirs allllllllll the time. They will call both the land line and the cell phone and talk for hourrrrrrrrrrrs on a daily basis and for no extra charge. It's truely the greatest invention since..... the cell phone

as a matter of fact, I called my hubby about every day (to the magic jack number) while he was over there visiting last month and it was awesome!

Edited August 29, 2009 by amal

[Robina 0]

If he can already call you for free, why dont you just miss ring him and have him call you back?

[Robina 0]

So if it's set up with a US number, he doesn't have to pay the international rates?

www.alosmart.com

If a card does not work well (not connecting or you can't hear well), just call their CS number, they will correct it immediately and get you a new card or pin number. I think they rock!

Are you going there soon to Morocco? If so, buy a magic jack and bring it with you in your luggage for him and all he has to do is plug it into his computer and call you for free. He can call anywhere in the US for free.

[amal 4]

correct 100%

[tany1157 161]

If he can already call you for free, why dont you just miss ring him and have him call you back?

I will text him, and if he is home, he will call me back on his I-call through his computer, but I was mostly looking for when I'm out and about, and I need to call him, what was the best way....I guess I really need to learn some self control.....learning to wait to tell him something until the night when we talk....I was just looking for another option, but I think I will choose the calling card, seems like the best idea for what I want. Thanks for the suggestion!

[MouadsWife 161]

nope, majic jack is awesome! it hooks to their computer and they can call ANY usa number for free from over there. My hubbies family uses theirs allllllllll the time. They will call both the land line and the cell phone and talk for hourrrrrrrrrrrs on a daily basis and for no extra charge. It's truely the greatest invention since..... the cell phone

as a matter of fact, I called my hubby about every day (to the magic jack number) while he was over there visiting last month and it was awesome!

So how does the cell phone hook up to the magic jack? The MJ pluggs into your usb port and the phone line into the Magic Jack. How are they calling you free using a cell phone if it does hook up to the magic jack?? Can you explain further on this?

http://www.magicjack.com/7/index.asp

States Steps...

1. Plug any household phone into the Magic Jack

2. Plug the Magic Jack into any usb port on your computer

3. Pick up the phone and talk for free anywhere in the USA and Canada

If you use a cell phone, you will be using the cell phone tower for service and will be subject to their services and fees. I work at Best Buy and we sell these along with Vonage, and you cant use a cell phone.

[amal 4]

Set up magic jack with a local number to the city you live in. send the magic jack to them. they hook up the magic jack to their computer. plug their land line phone to that.

either you can call the magic jack number from your land line or cell phone with no international charges OR they can use the magic jack line to call your land line or cell phone.

there are no extra charges as it is a "local" call. the only charges are the typical incurred minutes if u use ur cell phone to call (just like if u use it to call anybody) or if he calls ur cell phone (just like u'd normally incur minute loss/or if ur over ur minutes, then overage charges when anybody calls ur cell phone)

[amal 4]

we don't have a magic jack at our home. we just got 1 and sent it to them. it is basically set up with a local number to your area and when u send it to them, it is as though they are calling you from a local number so there is no charge to them.

they can call to your cell phone or land line, it doesn't matter.

we do this allllllllllllllllllllll the time and have for over a year and have not gotten any international charges on our mobiles or land lines.

Edited August 29, 2009 by amal

[MouadsWife 161]

Set up magic jack with a local number to the city you live in. send the magic jack to them. they hook up the magic jack to their computer. plug their land line phone to that.

either you can call the magic jack number from your land line or cell phone with no international charges OR they can use the magic jack line to call your land line or cell phone.

there are no extra charges as it is a "local" call. the only charges are the typical incurred minutes if u use ur cell phone to call (just like if u use it to call anybody) or if he calls ur cell phone (just like u'd normally incur minute loss/or if ur over ur minutes, then overage charges when anybody calls ur cell phone)

I just called Tech Support with Magic Jack and asked them some questions... here was our chate log...

Please wait for a site operator to respond.

You are now chatting with 'Lloyd'

Your Issue ID for this chat is LTK419075883261X

Lloyd: Hello, how may I help you?

MouadsWife: I have a ? about using magic jack... and its features

MouadsWife: My question is.....

Lloyd: Okay.

MouadsWife: can i call another country "Morocco" using magic jack with my cell phone?

MouadsWife: I would have to use a land line yes?

Lloyd: What do you mean by using a magicjack with your cellphone?

MouadsWife: I have been in a discussion where we are discussing using magic jack to call Morocco. I was told that they can call USa using magic jack, by using theyre cell phone

MouadsWife: I have explained that is not possible because the phone has to be hooked up to the magic jack...correct?

MouadsWife: and a cell phone can not because they use a tower.

MouadsWife: I am also requesting information because I sell these where I work, and have many friends with family outside the country and would like to know more about its features.

Lloyd: Please do not plug the telephone to the wall jack. Just simpy plug the telephoen to the magicJack

MouadsWife: yes, as I thought. but a "cell phone" does not even come into the equation correct? A cell phone can not be used with a magic jack...correct?

Lloyd: Yes

Lloyd: Correct

MouadsWife: One more question if you do not mind...

Lloyd: Sure

Lloyd: It's alright

MouadsWife: If I was to purchase a magic jack... "I live in USA"... and I wanted to call Morocco, but they do not have a magic jack... I will be subject to fees correct?

Lloyd: Yes

MouadsWife: What if, I had a magic jack, and they had a magic jack, there would be no fees correct?

Lloyd: Call rate for Morocco is 0.25 cents per minute

MouadsWife: I sincerely appreciate your time, this has helped a great deal!

Lloyd: It is free of charge, Melissa

Lloyd: Glad to hear that

Lloyd: Is there anything else I may help you with today?

MouadsWife: Thank you.. this completes all my questions!! Have a great day!!

Lloyd: Thank you for stopping by to chat, I hope I did a good job at addressing your concerns. Please take a second to answer a one question survey about the service I provided. Please click the "close" button on the top right of this screen and the survey will appear. Thanks again!

MouadsWife: thank you...I will!

So all in all.... 1. If you have a magic jack and they do not you willbe subject to pay fees.. .25 a minute. 2. If you have a magic jack and they have a magic jack, them calling you and you calling them is free. 3. If you have a magic jack, and want to call them on they're cell phone, you will have fees. Its only landline to landline because the line hookd into the magic jack. 4. Thats goes for them too, if they want to call you, they have to use a landline.

[MouadsWife 161]

Set up magic jack with a local number to the city you live in. send the magic jack to them. they hook up the magic jack to their computer. plug their land line phone to that.

either you can call the magic jack number from your land line or cell phone with no international charges OR they can use the magic jack line to call your land line or cell phone.

there are no extra charges as it is a "local" call. the only charges are the typical incurred minutes if u use ur cell phone to call (just like if u use it to call anybody) or if he calls ur cell phone (just like u'd normally incur minute loss/or if ur over ur minutes, then overage charges when anybody calls ur cell phone)

OK...