Linda, we have a MagicJack phone. Have had it for several years, 3 or 4? It uses our broadband and it works fine, as long as someone isn't 'using' the computer the MJ is plugged into. We have it on the less powerful of our two main computers. I have my gmail as the contact email, so when someone phones and we don't answer the voice message is left on my gmail account. That part is sort of crappy, but at least we know there was a call and can phone back if we can't understand the message. We all already have cell phones, already pay too much for those, so I saw no reason to keep paying 40 a month for the land phone. melissa On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Blondie Mock <ZooKeeperss@webtv.net> wrote: > Well, gang, made a leap of faith...After the last dr. visit and a clean > health record, my 1st stop was the Verizon show case, now have a new > Iphone-4, oh, that's fun, then signed up for wi-fi and its now > installed, but I am so far behind in anti- virus ware, its been 3 days > installing, (whew), now waiting to install my NETGEAR USB port, package > says can't until the updates are installed, ok, I wait some more! Then I > bought a MAGIC JACK, with the intension of adding it to the wall phone > plug, but it says has to plugged into the p/c...huh? Won't any phone > plug work on it? Guess I need now computrer schooling, wanta help? TIA. > > ~ Linda ~ > Willow Creek,CA. > > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Do you have a security system that uses a cell phone and if so, will you share the name of the system or how the connection works. ellen Linda, we have a MagicJack phone. Have had it for several years, 3 or > 4? It uses our broadband and it works fine, as long as someone isn't > 'using' the computer the MJ is plugged into. We have it on the less > powerful of our two main computers. I have my gmail as the contact > email, so when someone phones and we don't answer the voice message is > left on my gmail account. That part is sort of crappy, but at least > we know there was a call and can phone back if we can't understand the > message. We all already have cell phones, already pay too much for > those, so I saw no reason to keep paying 40 a month for the land > phone. > > melissa > > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Blondie Mock <ZooKeeperss@webtv.net> > wrote: