On 11/07/2011 07:22 AM, M Robards wrote: > Thnx, Bruce, I wasn't aware of the 'new' version. So you still need > internet service, you just plug it into your computer for a minute to > register, and then directly into your router? Is that what the LAN > cable is? What do you mean about the new one being cheaper to use? > Because you can turn off your computer, since the old one wouldn't > work if your computer was turned off?? We don't turn ours off very > often, maybe we should. sorry for so many questions :) > > > The cost savings comes from not having to run the computer all the time. Once the device is registered, it is removed from the USB port on the computer and it plugs into the power supply. The cable from the router plugs into one port and the telephone is plugged into the other. The very interesting thing is that if you travel, even outside of the country, you can take the device with you and use it with your computer and any wired phone the same as the original Magic Jack. Bruce -- Registered Linux user number 482434. "If we were meant to be nude, we would have been born that way."