Gone are the days,”when you used to pay 60-70 cents a minute, even 7 – 8 cents nows days”
Gone are the days, “when we worried about spending 10’s of dollars to buy cheap and good calling cards
Gone are the days, “when we have to worry about all types of charges eating up our balance in the card
Gone are the days, “trying to hunt down for cheap and best calling cards and services”
Gone are the days, “worry about getting disconnected when our balance dry’s up in the account”
Gone are the days, “we switch back and forth from Reliance, Airtel and other cards to get cheap rates”
Rumor: Verified.
Status: Valid and Good one. Magic Jack can be used to call from anywhere to USA only for a cheap $20/year subscription.

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Who wants to pay for calling to India now, when we have a free way to do. Yes, it is almost free now calling to India. Its even better, they can call us too.Thanks to Magic Jack. Another wonderful invention of man kind especially a savior to NRI’s about to get married. They understand what I am talking. Been there, done that. (For other, let me give an hint. Big International Calling card spenders are NRI’s who just got engaged and have 3-6 months of time before marriage.)
Anyway, I heard about this Magic Jack about 6 months ago but never gave thought about it. Because I thought its only for local long distance in USA and I was getting pretty good deal with Vonage. I didn’t care to check it out. Just a month ago, one of my friend mentioned about it again. He said,he just sent a Magic jack to his parents back in India. Once they plug-in to the USB adapter intheir computer. Wallah!!! They can immediately able to make the international call to USA. That was cool except you have to have a pretty good broadband connection in your home. Nowadays, that is not a problem. BSNL and many other companies are offering broadband internet connection for much cheaper than it used to be.
True Test:
Obviously as a desi(bargain hunter) I jumped into researching more on it to see whether it will be a viable solution for my parents. News reaches very fast in this internet era. My wife’s cousin who just got an admission in USA for his masters got this news about Magic Jack from his seniors. He wanted us to order a Magic Jack for his parents even when he was in India. We sent it via my wife’s parents who visited us. Once he got it, he installed and called us one fine day. I was able to hear him “loud and clear”. He is now in USA and his parents call him every other day. Isn’t it sweet of him? I guess its getting very popular with Indian students who can’t afford to call using calling card everytime.
How much and How it works?
Alright, I know lot of questions popup in your mind. How much is it and is it worth? What is the support and so forth? After my initial research, it seems to be steller deal until it works. It works in a simple VOIP technology similar to Vonage or any Internet phone. It works great when the broadband connection is good but if you encountered there is no phone support. Only email support and I don’t blame it for just $20 a year subscription.
Is it worth it?
Just think about it. If you are paying $5 for an hour worth of talk to India from USA, most NRI’s spend $10/week – $40/month = $500 a year. A $20 deal for calling anytime from India to USA all around the year is an unbeatable price. It will work from anywhere to call to USA. The concept is, once you connect to the computer which has Internet. You will automatically get a local USA number. Connect your phone to the adapter jack and you can call any other USA number since long distance is free. Thats simple as it is.
Hope I convinced you to buy one. But I am yet to get one for my parents because they don’t use computer all the time and sometimes get stuck with it. It has lot of Pro’s especially saving dollars but whether it suits your situation is the question you need to ask.