If it sounds too good to be true... Sunrocket had a more sustainable business model and a few commercials too. I guess if the device can be used for something else if/when they fail, it's not such a bad thing.
Thanks, Steve Totaro On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Seysan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have bought this device for $39, it includes the Jack + one year > subscription. > > I called any US Numbers and also Canada Cell and Land line in Ontario, All > worked fine. > > There is no SPAM on their Program, it is just their own advertising that > says if you want to call to UK, GErmany and .... You have to pay for the > extra fee of about 2 cents per min for landlines! > > As I checked it, their are using Asterisk. Also You will get a DID for Free. > > Seysan > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Jared Geiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From what I remember reading on DSLReports Forums and looking around, they > do use sip and there are ways to extract the credentials if anything uses > SIP. > > > > There are some unofficial forums that have popped up if you google for > them. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 04:29 -0400, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > > > > > > > I saw an ad for MagicJack on TV, a USB VoIP dongle with a > $20:year > > > > unlimited calling subscription, and looked into it. I am in no way > > > > affiliated with MagicJack, except that I saw the ad and was curious. > It > > > > was introduced at the TED conference last April, and was buggy through > > > > last Summer. But it's been around a year now, has a budget for > > > > mass-market advertising. > > > > > > > > > > you have to use their dongle (which appears to be a softmodem packaged > > > as an FXS port) and their service. They do not have linux support for > > > it, only windows and osx. > > > > > > I have already approached them about linux stuff, but that was just > > > today, so nothing yet has happened more than finding out who exactly to > > > contact and a proposal submitted to do the work. > > > > > > Based on their webpage they use G.711 as the codec (they say you need > > > 80kbps of bandwidth per call). It is unclear at this time if they > > > support any standard VoIP protocol or not, they specifically state they > > > are not compatible with asterisk, and imply they are only compatible > > > with their device. > > > > > > It is my belief that the dongle itself is not smart enough to do > > > anything but act as a FXS port, and that the software that controls it > > > is what controls everything else. I do not know if they are receptive > > > to linux support (which should be most BSD/POSIX compatible systems if > > > my proposal is accepted). > > > > > > I also do not know if they are even receptive to the idea of a 3rd party > > > writing and maintaining drivers for their hardware since it can cause > > > them some problems in terms of support queries. My hope is yes, but I > > > probably wont know until well after the weekend since it is a holiday in > > > many places around the world. I further do not know if they will allow > > > open source or not, I do not know if they will allow support for their > > > service (regardless of the device itself) which would allow open source > > > switches to utilize it. > > > > > > Worst case I may just get one and sniff the usb bus to see what they do > > > and how they do it and code based on that, if the inet part isnt > > > terribly difficult I may write something that would interface, for all I > > > know its just generic SIP. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel > > > Belfast +44 28 9099 6461 US +1 516 687 5200 > > > http://www.trxtel.com the phone company that pays you! > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz