magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

Ouch - sounds like I have lots of negative responses to you here, Stewart.

The Water System telemetry computer is about 3/4 mile away (not in visual sight) and has a landline telephone connection - no internet service. No WiFi or existing cable service in the area, but I will look into relative ...

I've managed to connect a couple of times at VERY low baud rates. Reading about the difficulties of data over VOIP I downloaded and installed G.711 codec. Now how do I get the magicJack to work with it?

--Larry

I verified the modem makes a good connection over a standard landline, but still get no connection with the magicJack. I really don't want to give up on this . . anymore ideas?

--Larry

I ran the tests, Stewart and consistantly get a 4.2 or 4.1 result. The largest drop (.5...) appears to be related to codec loss. Can one change or update the codec for better response?

Thanks,
--Larry

Thanks, Stewart. I am connected via wireless-g (through a range extender) to a cable connection. The host computer does not have an Internet connetion as it is dedicated to the water system it monitors, but does have a local telephone connection.

I'll work on forcing my modem to a slower speed and ...

I do not have a landline (cell only). Used to connect to a local dialup computer via pcAnywhere over the cellphone to look at some telemetry data. Changed cell service and no longer have that capability.

It looked as if magicJack would be a terrific solution to use VOIP to continue to connect my ...