| Magic Jack is a USB supported peripheral (a peripheral | | | | The other advantage is its ease of use. With |
| is a device added or attached to a host computer | | | | technology advancing at the rate that it is, it is |
| which expands the host's capabilities, in this case | | | | becoming harder and harder to keep up for the |
| providing VoIP capability) which, combined with | | | | layman. Understanding these technologies may be |
| standard telephone equipment, allows users to speak | | | | hard, but operating them is also quite a task. Magic |
| to other users in the United States and Canada using | | | | Jack though, is a very simple device that anyone can |
| VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). The telephone | | | | operate successfully. A simple USB drive that you can |
| service required to run Magic Jack is provided by the | | | | plug into your computer with a port to connect your |
| related YMAX Corporation. The complete device is | | | | normal telephone to is all that you have to do. This |
| essentially 2 different components put together to | | | | device configures itself automatically to your |
| form the finished product. One side is a USB device | | | | broadband settings, and within no time, enables you to |
| which connects to the host computer, and comes with | | | | make calls over the internet. |
| the software necessary to activate Voice over | | | | The advantages don't end there. Another great |
| Internet Protocol, while the other end contains an SLC | | | | feature of this device is that you don't need to |
| (subscriber line interface). An SLC is basically a | | | | download any software onto your computer. All the |
| modular electronic circuit which interfaces | | | | software required to run this device is in the USB |
| telecommunication lines provided by the supplier to the | | | | device itself and doesn't need to be installed. This |
| rest of the telecommunication access network. | | | | translates to added mobility. You can plug your Magic |
| The advantages of Magic Jack are twofold. One | | | | Jack into any host which has a broadband connection. |
| advantage is that it is similar to any other Voice over | | | | Computers at internet cafes, hotel rooms etc. with this |
| Internet Protocol service. Just like its competition, Magic | | | | device allow you to call any phone you want at no |
| Jack comes at a cost far less than conventional | | | | cost. |
| telephone service providers and their large monthly bills. | | | | The advantages of this device have put this product |
| You can reduce your telephone bills to only about 15 | | | | into a league of its own when it comes to conversing |
| pounds a year. Considering the amount of money we | | | | using Voice over Internet Protocol. As hardware, it is |
| spend on both a landline and a cell phone every year, | | | | small, easy to carry and convenient to use, and on the |
| devices like Magic Jack are coming into the forefront | | | | software front, this product is also absurdly simple to |
| because of a combination of not only low cost, but | | | | configure and use. A great way to save money on |
| also high sound quality matching that of conventional | | | | those long distance calls, at only $ 19.95 a year. |
| phones. | | | | |