- U.S. News and World Reports gushes praise on magicJack

[Gerry_52]

Another upstart has crashed into the world of telephones, selling calls so cheaply it would seem no incumbent can compete. The magicJack website looks like a carnival, and inventor Dan Borislow can sound like a carnival barker. But his $40 device is selling fast with its promise of a year of unlimited calls anywhere in the United States. "We're now the largest telephone company out there," Borislow boasts with typical lack of restraint. He's referring to magicJack's availability in all 50 states, with phone numbers offered in about 80 percent of area codes—claims that even AT&T can't make.

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U.S. News and World Report

[gnimsh]

Borislow responds that targeting ads based on user information is no worse than what Google does in tailoring ads based on Web searches or the content of E-mails in its Gmail system. "We'll be doing what other people do in Web advertising," he says, promising to protect user privacy. His software robots won't monitor the content of phone calls themselves. "I'm not going to do anything to piss off my customers."

Really Dan? You mean things like locking down your own support forums, or never giving us actual dates as to when things will get done but just telling us "soon"? Things like that? Or maybe things like taking money from people's accounts before their "free" trials are even over?