[gui-talk] Magic Jack from Outside the U.s.

[Chris & Doris]

Hi,

My husband and I live outside the United States. We have several 
friends in the U.S. who either do not have a computer or are not able 
or willing to put skype or similar software on their boxes.

We therefore call the U.S. on the phone fairly frequently and are 
looking for alternatives to this. We currently have a U.S. based 
skype-in number which is up for renewal in a couple months. At the 
current exchange rate, our skype-in number costs us very roughly 
U.S.$90 annually.

We heard about Magic Jack as a much more economical alternative. we 
understand that it is possible to call Magic Jack users from computer 
to computer for free regardless of their location. We also know that 
Magic Jack charges for international calls from within the U.S. to 
other countries in addition to the annual subscription fee to Magic Jack.
Our question is if it is possible and legal to use Magic Jack from 
outside the United states to call landline and cell phone numbers in 
the U.S. without any additional charges  and to receive phone calls 
from U.S. phones on the phone number assigned from Magic Jack 
regardless of our location with no additional charges for either us 
or the caller.

Any information would be much appreciated  - also pointers to sources 
of information if this is beyond the scope of this email list.  You 
can also mail me off list at

chipmunks at gmx.net

Thanks much.

doris