Clarification, please!

dovoxove · Post by **dovoxove** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:07 am

Hello the great people of the Forum,

I have a question about the magicJack service.

I understand that you can only create a US number with magicJack. so with the magicJack US number, if you call a number in Canada I know it's free for the caller (the magicJack owner).

However, does the receiving end - the Canadian - who is essentially getting a call from the US, need to pay long distance fee for the call? Even though the call was made through magicJack?

could someone pleaaase clarify this for me?

Tried search... tried the official website.... no luck!(maybe I'm blind)

Thank you so much!

sabresfan · Post by **sabresfan** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:14 am

The person who receives the call does not get charged. Long distance charges are only applied to someone when they make a call.

generalm13 · Post by **generalm13** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:46 am

sabresfan wrote:The person who receives the call does not get charged. Long distance charges are only applied to someone when they make a call.

true if you call to a landline (housephone) if you call to a Cellphone the person recieving the call might get costs

i live in the netherlands and if my GF from the US calls me on my cell i have to pay also

sabresfan · Post by **sabresfan** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:00 am

generalm13 wrote:
sabresfan wrote:The person who receives the call does not get charged. Long distance charges are only applied to someone when they make a call.

true if you call to a landline (housephone) if you call to a Cellphone the person recieving the call might get costs

i live in the netherlands and if my GF from the US calls me on my cell i have to pay also

Good point I have had a cell plan with more minutes than I could ever use for a long time and have not thought about that in awhile.

generalm13 · Post by **generalm13** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:27 am

sabresfan wrote:
generalm13 wrote:
sabresfan wrote:The person who receives the call does not get charged. Long distance charges are only applied to someone when they make a call.

true if you call to a landline (housephone) if you call to a Cellphone the person recieving the call might get costs

i live in the netherlands and if my GF from the US calls me on my cell i have to pay also
Good point I have had a cell plan with more minutes than I could ever use for a long time and have not thought about that in awhile.

Your most welcome

dovoxove · Post by **dovoxove** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:44 pm

Thanks for the replies everyone. So, the receiver does get charged when they are using a cell phone?(Canada, particularly bc)

does anyone know this as a fact?

cell14 · Post by **cell14** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:52 pm

i live in the netherlands and if my GF from the US calls me on my cell i have to pay al

If your cellphone is registered in the Netherlands you should not pay for incoming calls. However, the caller will get a heart attack once he finds out how much it costs to call a dutch cell phone.
Off course, if you have a foreign phone you will be charged steep roaming charges.

murphy · Post by **murphy** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:53 pm

dovoxove wrote:Thanks for the replies everyone. So, the receiver does get charged when they are using a cell phone?(Canada, particularly bc) does anyone know this as a fact?

They don't get charged long distance fees but they are burning air time minutes whether they make or receive a call with a cell phone.

tony · Post by **tony** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:20 am

dovoxove wrote:Thanks for the replies everyone. So, the receiver does get charged when they are using a cell phone?(Canada, particularly bc) does anyone know this as a fact?

Hi,
Depends on the receiver's cell phone plan. I'm on Telus with unlimited incoming calls to the cell phone. So a MJ user (or anyone else) calling doesn't cost me anything. It really depends on the receiver's plan. If you use your MJ to call a landline in BC, that'll be free. Essentially, you as the MJ user get free long distance to anywhere in Canada and the US (plus I think, Puerto Rico and a US territory which escapes me currently). MJ doesn't change any of the charges incurred by the receiving end, that's determined by whatever plan they have for incoming calls.

So to answer your question, it depends entirely on the cell plan of the receiving end. MJ is not in that equation at all.