magic jack work from south korea?

lockadam2112 · Post by **lockadam2112** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:01 am

Im in south korea and i wanted to know if the magic jack works here?

mberlant · Post by **mberlant** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:26 am

As you should have already learned by reading the other postings on this very subject (You did read before posting, right?), it all depends upon your Korean ISP. Dacom is reported to block and other ISPs are hit and miss.

The Search button is your friend.

lockadam2112 · Post by **lockadam2112** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:41 am

sorry this is my first day on this fourm i just wanted a fast answer so your saying its a maybe but can i get around dacom blocking it and one more question if MJ works can i call a Korean number using MJ thanks sorry about the newb Q's

JohnnyFreightTRAIN · Post by **JohnnyFreightTRAIN** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:30 am

I have heard of people downloading and using "hotspot sheild" to bypass their ISP and make magicjack work. I cannot confirm that.

The only way you can call korean phone numbers from a magicjack is to BUY INTERNATIONAL MINUTES. The magicjack will only give you free* calls to the USA and CANADA. Any other places require pre-paying for international minutes

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crackerjack · Post by **crackerjack** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:31 pm

mberlant wrote:As you should have already learned by reading the other postings on this very subject (You did read before posting, right?), it all depends upon your Korean ISP. Dacom is reported to block and other ISPs are hit and miss.

The Search button is your friend.

To establish whether your ISP blocks ports, try the simple test at www.testmyvoip.com. This routine will attempt to communicate with a remote server using the typical ports required for any VOIP connection.

If it fails, try to disable any hardware or software based firewalls that may be active on your system.

You can also try the port block test called 'shields up' at www.grc.com. Pay particular attention to ports from 5050-5099. Again, disable your firewalls prior to using this test.

Good luck

az2008 · Post by **az2008** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:00 pm

crackerjack wrote:
mberlant wrote:As you should have already learned by reading the other postings on this very subject (You did read before posting, right?), it all depends upon your Korean ISP. Dacom is reported to block and other ISPs are hit and miss.

The Search button is your friend.
To establish whether your ISP blocks ports, try the simple test at www.testmyvoip.com. This routine will attempt to communicate with a remote server using the typical ports required for any VOIP connection.

If it fails, try to disable any hardware or software based firewalls that may be active on your system.

You can also try the port block test called 'shields up' at www.grc.com. Pay particular attention to ports from 5050-5099. Again, disable your firewalls prior to using this test.

Those tests may be useful to test whether an ISP blocks VoIP generally. But, MagicJack doesn't require any open ports (port forwarding, WAN-to-LAN) the way testmyvoip.com requires. That's why it's not a good test for MagicJack users.

Ex. an ISP may block incoming SIP traffic (ports 5060-5070). But, that doesn't mean it will affect MagicJack users. MagicJack initiates connections to 5070 only, to MJ's servers only. That's less than what testmyvoip.com tests.

Mark

mberlant · Post by **mberlant** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:08 pm

If you are a US servicemember billeting on base you will not be able to use any VoIP service (without sleight of hand, like VPN). Part of the deal the ROK government made with US Forces is that they will give 100% of their non-official telecommunications business to the Korean phone service. If you have off-base housing you may be able to subscribe to an ISP that does not block VoIP.

lockadam2112 · Post by **lockadam2112** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:51 am

thanks mberlant and everyone but what is vpn? and i kinda still want to try it if it works awsome if it dosent than evryone one this fourm will know that MJ doesnt work in south korea

mberlant · Post by **mberlant** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:07 pm

VPN is Virtual Private Network. You can learn more than you care to by googling for it.

As to your other comment, all we will learn from your success or failure in Korea is whether you succeeded or failed in Korea. We will not learn anything about anyone who has a different Korean ISP than you do. As I said, some Korean ISPs block VoIP and some do not, but the one with the contract to serve the US Forces does block. You never answered if you were in the military, so I will assume that you are not and that you have a chance to choose an ISP that does not block.