xtra charges or not ????

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chad
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xtra charges or not ????

Post by chad »

I sent a friend a MJ abroad he can call my home phone and it works great. If I call from my home phone to the MJ number do I get charge for long distance ??
not clear on this

thanks for your help
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Jacksondale
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Post by Jacksondale »

If you sent him a MJ out of country he can call back to the states for free. No International calling just yet (it is to come though). I'm not clear about a MJ to MJ call overseas but I assume that there will be a charge. They are going to sell International Calling Cards on the website. Are you also using a Magicjack?
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Re: xtra charges or not ????

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chad wrote:I sent a friend a MJ abroad he can call my home phone and it works great. If I call from my home phone to the MJ number do I get charge for long distance ??
not clear on this

thanks for your help
Hi Chad,
Do YOU have a MagicJack? Are you calling on a regular POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) line? If the phone number number you got for your friend's MJ isn't local to you, AND you are calling on POTS, then you will get charged for long distance on that call.


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techno-pagan
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Re: xtra charges or not ????

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chad wrote:I sent a friend a MJ abroad he can call my home phone and it works great. If I call from my home phone to the MJ number do I get charge for long distance ??
not clear on this

thanks for your help
The physical location of the MagicJack does not matter. If you gave it to your next door neighbor or it is 1/2 way around the world it would be the same.
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Jacksondale
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Post by Jacksondale »

This from the Magicjack site: concerning calling locations outside the USA

Call any person on their magicJack number in any country and the call is free.

Call back to the US from another country with your magicJack and it's free.

International Services are not available during our Beta test, but will be "soon


And further down: About calling outside the USA and Canada

Not at this time. We plan to sell international calling minutes in the near future.

You can call other magicJack users anywhere in the world.


But to me this seems to imply that you need to also using a Magicjack to call....and if you aren't why not?
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Post by digitalnomad »

The international calling from one MJ to another MJ is already free. MJ > MJ anywhere = Free

Future scenario: MJ call > any international phone numbers = Need MJ International Prepaid Calling

Send your buddy a MagicJack, and you keep a MagicJack. Everyone needs a MagicJack to make it free.
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