<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026484337051027793.post5692266717897552350..comments</id><updated>2009-07-08T23:50:59.430-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Saving to Inve$t: Saving Money on Calling Costs Via VOIP Phones</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.savingtoinvest.com/feeds/5692266717897552350/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9026484337051027793/5692266717897552350/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.savingtoinvest.com/2009/07/saving-money-on-calling-costs-via-voip.html'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14309605333128481208</uri><email>andy@savingtoinvest.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026484337051027793.post-6774314297616113751</id><published>2009-07-08T23:50:59.430-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T23:50:59.430-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy,
 
I really enjoy your articles but todays wa...</title><content type='html'>Andy,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I really enjoy your articles but todays was different regarding comparing telephone cost via VOIP phones. At the end of the&lt;br /&gt;article today there is a slight reference to VOIP phone options sold at Walmart like the Magic Jack.  However, there was no&lt;br /&gt;comparison of the VOIP phone service called &amp;quot;Phone Power&amp;quot; (which claimed to be the cheapest) to the &amp;quot;Magic Jack&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;phone service which is substantially cheaper!  In fact, I don&amp;#39;t know of any phone service more reasonable!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;First I too think that people spend way too much money on their monthly phone bills!  I only hope that you will let them know &lt;br /&gt;about &amp;quot;Magic Jack&amp;quot;,  this in my opinion is the best option in the market place today, its a no brainier!  I started using my&lt;br /&gt;Magic Jack last summer, the telephone cost is $19.95 a year which is approximately $1.66 a month!!  With Magic Jack&lt;br /&gt;there are no taxes!!!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Most phone service provider&amp;#39;s taxes are near 20% to 25% of the monthly phone bill. Even the ad that compares the VOIP Phone&lt;br /&gt;Power in the article included taxes and fees of  $3.44 a month plus their monthly base bill of  $19.95 for a total of $23.39, &lt;br /&gt;or $280..68 a year. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Magic Jack is easy to install, it too works through your internet, it is a small device that is plugged into your USB port on&lt;br /&gt;the computer and you simply plug your phone into the Magic Jack.  Essentially all of your phone calls are free through-out&lt;br /&gt;the U.S. and Canada. International calls are extremely reasonable as well. You would refer to Magic Jack&amp;#39;s charges for the country&lt;br /&gt;you would be calling.  Most of what I gleamed were around 2 cents a minute. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;There is no charge for information calls to 411.  If your computer is turned off then in-coming calls go directly to the&lt;br /&gt;voice mail on your computer (thats actually your email address). Your phone will ring while your computer is on and &lt;br /&gt;you can see who the caller is on your monitor screen, it also gives you the option to accept the call or ignore it.  If you&lt;br /&gt;choose to ignore it then it will go directly to your voice mail.  One of the most significant things about Magic Jack is that&lt;br /&gt;it is portable and you can take it with and plug it into another computer&amp;#39;s USB port while traveling nationally or internationally&lt;br /&gt;still enjoying the luxury of free phone calls.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The first year&amp;#39;s cost is $39.95 that includes your first year of service and the cost of shipping and handling for the magic jack.&lt;br /&gt;You can purchase the Magic Jack almost anywhere these days, I purchased mine at Radio Shack, but now CVS, Walgreens,&lt;br /&gt;Walmart, Best Buy and other companies are carrying the product.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I have turned many of my friends on to Magic Jack and they all love it.  Some are using the Magic Jack in their business offices&lt;br /&gt;and purchased a second one for their homes.  One note to mention is that I did keep my AT&amp;amp;T home phone with the minimum&lt;br /&gt;service which is $3.50 a month plus taxes.  AT&amp;amp;T allows you to make 30 calls a month with this service and I don&amp;#39;t use it at all.&lt;br /&gt;The reason I keep it is that although Magic Jack can call 911, if for some reason your computer crashes or your electricity stops&lt;br /&gt;you will still have access to 911.  Of course if you use a cell phone then you don&amp;#39;t need to keep your home phone.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Magic Jack can also be used with any phone, headset and microphones.  Magic Jack includes a phone book that you can customize&lt;br /&gt;allowing you to simply click on a person&amp;#39;s name and the call goes through immediately.  It has an easy menu which includes questions and answers and more importantly 24 hour technical support!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;One more thing for the people that really want to economize, you can purchase multi year&amp;#39;s Magic Jack&amp;#39;s service instead of by the&lt;br /&gt;year and save even more money.   &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I know I said a lot but if you compare the prices monthly X 12 of the phone companies that were listed today, you will see that&lt;br /&gt;the savings is phenomenal and in this sluggish and sobering economy thats a lot of money that could be used for a lot of&lt;br /&gt;other things!  MAGIC JACK...NOW THAT&amp;#39;S REAL PHONE POWER!!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9026484337051027793/5692266717897552350/comments/default/6774314297616113751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9026484337051027793/5692266717897552350/comments/default/6774314297616113751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.savingtoinvest.com/2009/07/saving-money-on-calling-costs-via-voip.html?showComment=1247111459430#c6774314297616113751' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.savingtoinvest.com/2009/07/saving-money-on-calling-costs-via-voip.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026484337051027793.post-5692266717897552350' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9026484337051027793/posts/default/5692266717897552350' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>