[Electronics-Talk] Modern Landline Phone Service

[Amanda Lee]

Hi,

I bought a Magic Jack device and I merely had to plug it into the router
with a phone connected.   It costs less than $5 per month and the quality
is really good, in fact better than the quality that I received from Comcast
before I cut the cord last month.


When I had Comcast, they merely plugged in a splitter with one end of a
phone cord plugged into the splitter and the other into the nearest phone
jack.  This way, you should be able to plug in wired phones.  I never did as
my wireless base accommodates up to six handsets.

There is a drawback though in that I believe that Magic Jack doesn't allow
one to call services like Zoom as part of their Nationwide and Canada free
long distance.  I have yet to totally confirm thisas I had this occur when I
attempted to dial a zoom number because sometimes, I just like to use a
landline phone to listen in on Zoom calls.  When I called the specified
phone number though, I was informed that it was a pay per minute call and so
I immediately hung up and just logged into the meeting on the web.

Magic Jack also doesn't want one using the service if they make more than 50
calls per day which I don't.  I believe this is to discourage robo callers.

Obviously for Zoom, one can just go to the website and I just plug in my
Bluetooth earpiece which works fine if I want to walk to another room in my
house.

HTH

Amanda


-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
Leslie Fairall via Electronics-Talk
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2022 1:45 PM
To: Laz via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Leslie Fairall <fairall at panix.com>
Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Modern Landline Phone Service

Hello:

I moved due to a new job and hooked up all of my utilities. One of the
things I still prefer is old-fashioned landline service due to its sound
quality and reliability. I currently have Comcast Internet and phone. The
problem I have is that I cannot use the jacks installed throughout the home.
I've been told by Comcast that I need to connect a cordless phone to my
modem to allow me to have phones in every room. I like cordless phones but
have a couple corded phones that I would prefer using since they have great
Speakerphone capability. AT&T will sell me traditional landline service but
the cost is very steep. Their representative wanted to sell me the Voip
service, but stated that the phone service worked the same way as Comcast.
When I had Verizon Fios in New England, I could connect phones to every jack
in my home. Can anyone shed some light on this? I am scheduled to have
landline service connected in two weeks but am hoping to find a cheaper
alternative. Any and all input is appreciated. Thanks.


--
Leslie Fairall
mailto:fairall at panix.com


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