Jack Phone? Magic Call? What is it?

It’s “Magic Jack” idiot…this is what I’m thinking to myself after I remember finally what it is.

Why do I keep on trying to remember it? It’s because it’s such a steal. I’ve heard of the cheap phone call solution for a while now. It’s $19.95 a year or at least that’s what I’ve seen advertised. I just visited the cheap phone call website and they’re even offering it for free – rather a free trial right now. The date said by today (Feb 20, 2011). I think it might be programmed where it takes the date from your computer and says today is the last day; kind of savvy, don’t you think?

Anyway, regardless if it’s free or if it’s $19.95 for:

• free directory assistance
• free phone number
• free call waiting
• free voicemail
• and free caller id

for a full year, I would say that’s a steal!  I’ve been doing everything I can to reduce my telecommunication expenses here in the  past few years because Read the rest of this entry »

Free phone service company Stanaphone Shuts down – no more free outgoing phone calls

A service which About.com tells us you can “now get free outgoing calls to real phone numbers and free incoming calls to a real phone number. You may be thinking ‘who is crazy enough to be offering that kind of service free in both directions’ and that would be a wise question. The truth is that no one company is doing that — You need to be a little creative and combine services from two companies to get free calling in both directions. Read the rest of this entry »