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by Whippersnapper
Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:24 am
Forum: Alternatives to magicJack
Topic: NetTalk -- blocked area codes/prefixes (like Magic Jack)?
Replies: 3
Views: 5745

NetTalk -- blocked area codes/prefixes (like Magic Jack)?

Is NetTalk blocking any area codes and prefixes like Magic Jack?

Lately I have been getting the dreaded three beeps when calling various numbers I want to call and I can more or less only call and receive phone calls in my local MJ area code, or so it seems.

Would I encounter the same crap with ...
by Whippersnapper
Thu Dec 09, 2010 11:37 pm
Forum: Magic Jack Technical Support
Topic: Long Distance not working--cannot call or receive
Replies: 8
Views: 8537

Thanks, BitStopJoe. I'd been calling numbers in a rural area code; that's probably what the problem is. Funny, the Magic Jack TV ads don't mention that a great many numbers are blocked, if that is indeed the case. It almost seems like they are positioning themselves to be on the defendant side of a ...
by Whippersnapper
Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:03 pm
Forum: Magic Jack Technical Support
Topic: Long Distance not working--cannot call or receive
Replies: 8
Views: 8537

I can make and receive calls for the area code of my Magic Jack, but I get a busy signal when I try to call another area code. I tried calling my Magic Jack with GMail phone and it wouldn't connect.

I had a type-chat with a Magic Jack help person and they said their engineers are looking into it as ...
by Whippersnapper
Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:26 pm
Forum: Magic Jack Technical Support
Topic: Long Distance not working--cannot call or receive
Replies: 8
Views: 8537

Long Distance not working--cannot call or receive

About three months ago my ability to place and receive long distance calls--calls made from outside of and to my Magic Jack's area code--stopped functioning. Whenever I try to call a long distance number I simply get a busy signal.

It worked fine for about a year. Is there a reason why this would ...