List of countries/cities where MJs are being used...

samba · Post by **samba** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:12 am

Please list foreign countries/cities where MJs are being used to call back to US/Canada and indicate whether MJs work or not working there. Feel free to modify this thread. Thank you.

PS: I will try to update this thread as often as new countries/cities info become available from other posters. Thank you for your contributions.
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Australia (Sydney) - ok
Austria - ok
Bahamas - ok
Belgium - ok
Brazil - ok
Canada - ok
Cayman Islands - ok
Chile - ok
China (Shanghai) - ok
China (Beijing) - ok
China (Guangzhou) - ok
China (Nangjing) - ok
Czech Republic - ok
Dominican Republic - ok
Ecuador - ok
England - ok
France - ok
Jamaica - ok
Japan - ok
Germany (Berlin) - ok
Holland - ok
Honduras - ok
Hong Kong - ok
Hungary - ok
India (western/northern cities: Mumbai, etc...) - ok
India (southern cities) - reported of issues with ISP providers
Iraq - generally ok, but some reported problems depending on ISP
Ireland - ?
Israel - ok
Italy (Vicenza) - ok
Kuwait - ok
Macedonia - ok
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) - ok
Mexico (Ensenada, Puerto Vallarta) - ok
Mongolia - call quality spotty.
New Zealand (Auckland) - ok
Nicaragua - ok
Norway - ?
Pakistan (Karachi) - ok
Peru (Lima) - ok
Philippines - ok
Poland - ok
Qatar - ok
Russia (Moscow) - ok
St. Kitts and Nevis - ok
Scotland - ok
South Korea (Seoul) - ok
Singapore - ok
Spain - ?
Thailand - ok
Trinidad & Tobago - ok
Turkey - ok
United Arab Emirates (Dubai) - MJ reported being blocked by ISP provider(s)
Uruguay - ?
Vatican City - ?
Vietnam (Saigon/HCM City) - ok
West Africa - ok

strndedinalska · Post by **strndedinalska** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:19 pm

Although we're not a foreign country, we have to go through one (Canada) to get to our drop in Seattle, WA from here in Anchorage, Alaska. Works flawlessly with only occasional sound issues.

camerons · Post by **camerons** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:41 pm

Ecuador works well most of the time

kumar · Post by **kumar** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:03 am

Using it in like 4 difference citys in India.
Also I took it to france, hungry, and germany w/o a hitch.
England works great to...
Kumar

Shanghai Pete · Post by **Shanghai Pete** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:01 am

Have been using a MagicJack from Shanghai, China for several months. Works OK, as well as can be expected given China's glacial internet speeds and general screwing around by Big Brother. Case in point -- this forum is blocked in China, I have to access it using a proxy server to get around the censors.

Used a Vonage line here for several years and I'd say that Magicjack provides as good or better quality when compared to Vonage. at 1/10th of the price, I'm very happy.

gary · Post by **gary** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:06 pm

Qatar. Acceptable quality.

Ragga · Post by **Ragga** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:18 am

Jamaica.

danaj · Post by **danaj** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:00 pm

Working excellent here in the Dominican Republic

Movingbrook2 · Post by **Movingbrook2** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:22 am

Working Excellent from Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Has been saving my family alot of money. I highly recommend it to anyone with patience. Doesn't work like the infomercials say (plug & call out of da pkg). Has to be setup/registered 1st, then will plug & call from any PC

THANKS MAGICJACK....

mnjeepmale · Post by **mnjeepmale** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:05 pm

Works great in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Been using it for 6 mo. now.

careerwoman · Post by **careerwoman** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:34 pm

it works here in the Philippines....

kumar · Post by **kumar** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:40 pm

in Iraq some people have issues other's don't depending on ISP, same with india (issues in the south, all ISP's work up north).
Peace
Kumar

gnimsh · Post by **gnimsh** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:22 am

Austria

Texhou · Post by **Texhou** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:35 pm

Moscow, Russia works fine.

serrey · Post by **serrey** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:52 am

I sent a MJ to my son in Seoul, who is teaching English there, and it is working great!

alshamsi2000 · Post by **alshamsi2000** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:09 pm

in Dubai - United Arab Emirates - the etisalat - and Du communications blocked MJ..

Yet there is always away around it

and i've been using it for mnths

alshamsi

Jmian · Post by **Jmian** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:01 am

loud & clear in Kuwait

Jmian · Post by **Jmian** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:02 am

loud & clear in Kuwait

Jmian · Post by **Jmian** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:02 am

loud & clear in Kuwait

apollo007 · Post by **apollo007** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:47 pm

Thailand is okay too.

sridharn1974 · Post by **sridharn1974** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:00 pm

I sent a magic-jack to my brother in Dubai. But looks like it is blocked by ISP. Is there a workaround to make it work ? Any info will be really appreciated. Thanks.

jemerc · Post by **jemerc** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:19 am

Guangzhou, China - ok
Hong Kong - ok

kevin34 · Post by **kevin34** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:45 pm

My brother is using it in Iran and it is excellent, except for one little problem - We have tested it on several PC's and with several phone sets and in several different locations, but my brother can not receive calls. When I call him, almost immediately the voicemail comes on.

The only constant in all this has been the ISP - the ISP at all our tests has been parsonline, the largest ISP in Iran. Could it be something with them that's blocking things. But then everything else works - it just doesn't make sense. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

samba · Post by **samba** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:08 pm

kevin34 wrote:My brother is using it in Iran and it is excellent, except for one little problem - We have tested it on several PC's and with several phone sets and in several different locations, but my brother can not receive calls. When I call him, almost immediately the voicemail comes on.

The only constant in all this has been the ISP - the ISP at all our tests has been parsonline, the largest ISP in Iran. Could it be something with them that's blocking things. But then everything else works - it just doesn't make sense. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

From what you're saying, your brother from Iran can only make inbound calls to US and he can't receive calls. Ask your brother check and set "ring count" for answering is at least 4 rings. That is the phone has to ring at least 4 times before the answering machine kicks in.

Hope it helps.

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:26 am

I wonder when the people of thoses countries can use them as a primary phone. When is MJ going global?

misterscn · Post by **misterscn** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:58 am

Magic Jack works great in Vicenza, Italy using TKS Internet. All calls go through and I have received calls from the US when I have my laptop connected.

angel-78 · Post by **angel-78** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:10 pm

Works great in Lima Peru and in Ensenada Mexico. My dad has given magicjacks to a few friends in both places and they work great. It is my primary home line here in San Diego.

nimish555 · Post by **nimish555** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:08 am

Works great in Mumbai, India. My parents call me almost every other day.

hillybd · Post by **hillybd** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:25 am

Works in Israel no prob.

marlonsito · Post by **marlonsito** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:02 pm

Magicjack is working in Nicaragua.

veleshta1 · Post by **veleshta1** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:48 am

Macedonia

actruckin · Post by **actruckin** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:02 pm

I just traveled to Japan and it worked great. For some reason it didn't work at first, but then it turned around and said that it was downloading a patch or something (this was after about a day or trying to make it work) and it started working great. I called back to Georgia and no problems at all. The 30 minute phone conversation with my wife more than paid for having the magic jack.

hsweiss · Post by **hsweiss** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:42 pm

It worked fine last week from Berlin Germany (using a hard-drive only version - left the USB dongle at home). It worked ok even with only a 128Kbps connection although the dongle-less version didn't always complete calls on the 1st try but redial, redial, redial and the call would eventually go through. Call quality was ok but I also tried Skype which sounded better (much better computer-2-computer but also computer-2-landline).

jemerc · Post by **jemerc** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:43 pm

works fine in Singapore

Mikem · Post by **Mikem** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:46 pm

Working fine here in the Bahamas.

bukzin · Post by **bukzin** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:13 pm

What headset type are you all using?

The phonejack on the MJ is a RJ11 so I guess I
need to find an adaptor to convert into a headset with a microphone?

Anyone have a brand and or model number that works well
for you?

Thanks!

gary · Post by **gary** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:51 pm

The headset does not need to plug into the magicjack. It plugs into your computers mic and headphone sockets. You have to change the setting on the magicjack to tell it to use the headset.

bukzin · Post by **bukzin** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:28 pm

So these would normally be 2.5mm (1/8th inch) jacks

or a USB jack, is that correct?

How about just using the combo mic and earphone
set up that came with my cell phone. Will that work too?

gary · Post by **gary** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:26 pm

I believe that the size of the jack for the cell phone is different.

You have to use the one's made specificly for computers. Both the jacks and the USB headphones will work. I hear that the USB headsets work better.

youth · Post by **youth** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:14 am

Trinidad & Tobago works fine.

cuidate · Post by **cuidate** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:14 pm

Has anyone had any success with the magic jack calling from Cuba? They only have 50k modem speeds currently but I was able to use a Pasket8 hookup years ago.

az2008 · Post by **az2008** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:18 pm

cuidate wrote:Has anyone had any success with the magic jack calling from Cuba? They only have 50k modem speeds currently but I was able to use a Pasket8 hookup years ago.

Packet 8 may use a different codec with higher compression. MJ uses 100k up and down. I can do a speedtest.net test and see 100k difference. So, it really uses that much. Others have said they've gotten by with lower speeds (80k ?). But, I think 56k modem speeds would be too slow.

MJ uses the less efficient codec. Better voice quality. Less dependence upon computer speed. But, more bandwidth.

Mark

cuidate · Post by **cuidate** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:09 pm

I suspected as much. Unlike other VOIP services you cannot change the codec?

I'm going to give it a try in April, nonetheless.

Kif Kroker · Post by **Kif Kroker** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:49 pm

My brother-in-law used his on his last trip to Turkey.

single151 · Post by **single151** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:50 pm

If you really want to see some eyebrows raise, pull your MJ out and plug it into your laptop while you are at sea. The typical roaming rate on a ship with your cell phone is about $2.69 per min. Calls from your cabin on a ship cost $6.99 per min. If you are one who takes a laptop on a cruise, you can use your MJ to call home or wherever for the going rate of their internet access. In our case it was 37 cents per min.

BTW, the connection was maybe not perfect, but certainly acceptable.

BRANDY1 · Post by **BRANDY1** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:03 am

so this MJ works in Honduras because i'll be going there for biz purpose..

GearMaven · Post by **GearMaven** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:47 pm

Would like to bring a MagicJack to Ireland over summer; still no one reported using there yet?

Shaunie · Post by **Shaunie** » Sat May 30, 2009 5:50 pm

Up and running in St. Kitts and Nevis

228965 · Post by **228965** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:06 am

have used mj in-

puerto vallarta, mexico

sydney, australia

auckland, new zealand

papeete, tahiti

ksojerio · Post by **ksojerio** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:11 pm

Nanjing, China

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