Sure is funny that MAGIC JACK charges NO FEES OR TAXES and OOMA does.

The key to make ALL your existing home phones work with Ooma is to use a phone line splitter (similar to the GE 26191 duplex wall jack adapter available on Amazon) in your old wall jack.

First I purchased magic jack.

Magic Jack is highly unreliable if you read the reviews

They wanted me to just forget the 3 years I had not used, pay a fistful of dollars for the new type of Magic Jack, and then pay for a all new plan

Ooma sounds like Magic Jack

I had Magic Jack for 6 years, got tired of paying every year

I have had many problems with Magic Jack, three units in two years

After having spent a few days researching this, I decided that the Ooma Telo had a much better reputation than Magic Jack and ordered it

however I decided to go with Magic Jack but the Ooma features are much better than Magic Jack but Magic Jack is cheaper over all

If you use internet anyway, and don't mind the upfront payment of the Telo, you should be able to cut your phone bill to a 4th probably, of what you pay now (we used to pay 30 dollars per month, vs 5.40 that we pay now in taxes with Ooma).Keep in mind that Magic Jack plus and Vonage has the same restrictions; you still need to pay taxes (altho Magic Jack Plus cost 89 dollars vs 150, and the taxes are about half of the Ooma; but on the bad side you have non existent customer service and a product that is a couple of levels inferior, so feel free to compare them and pick what fits your

I threw away my Magic Jack..

With Magic Jack I could not dial numbers in many of the rural towns in my area that are serviced by small phone companies

I've used two other digital phone services in the past and (embarrassingly) tried out the Magic Jack (what a joke)

I just wish I searched this earlier, I was just scared of being ripped of or had the quality of magic jack

Much better than Magic Jack which I did not have a good experience with.

Much better than Magic Jack!

Tried magic jack and didn't like it

and I would advise getting the Ooma rather than the Magic Jack.

Most calls are fine, and it's a lot better than the Magic Jack from the two

Had Magic Jack for a year and voice quality went down.

I didn't like that type of Magic Jack very much because I had to keep my computer running 24 hours a day 7 days a week in order to make calls or receive calls on the Magic Jack

Excellent piece of tech, way better quality than a magic jack.

This machine had a bad jack

Had a magic jack for several years and just got used to call dropping, static, and constant rebooting of the device

I was using Magic Jack - until they jacked with me when their product stopped working after 2 months.

Good product and unlike Magic jack or others I could actually get a local exchange

We tossed around the word "Magic Jack" and I told her I would do some more research.

I actually stumbled across the Ooma on accident while researching the Magic Jack

Replaced a Magic Jack that I had used in place of landline for 4-5 years.

Larger Hardware not very portable like Magic Jack for Travel

I bought a Magic Jack and was up in running in 5 minutes

With Magic Jack I could not dial a number in the town that is only a quarter of a mile from my home

When I called Time Warner who is my current provider for phone service, they said they are unaware of any of the heavily advertised VOIP providers, Ooma, Magic Jack, etc. being able to port their number

I have tried Magic Jack and was not happy

Truthfully, in my opinion, Magic Jack is just not worth it

Had Magic Jack for a year and voice quality went down.

I have used Magic Jack for the past two years and the Ooma is much better

I've used both Magic Jack and the OOMA and this one works way better

I thought I had it bad with Magic Jack!!

I tried Magic Jack Plus before but the voice quality is just so so.

We looked into Magic Jack and judged it too risky to try.

Then Magic Jack came out with their new Magic Jack that doesn't have to be connected to your computer

So I went to the Magic Jack

I ended up selling the unit on Ebay and got a Magic Jack Plus

It took me about 5 minutes to plug the Ooma in the proper jacks and use it

People have commented on the clarity of the calls and the other plus point is that you do not need to go through your computer like Magic Jack for example it works just like a regular phone system all in all I highly recommend this as the best internet phone out there friends that have Vonage are now moving to OOMA following my experience.

To test out if my ISP really was causing the problem, I unplugged my Ooma device and reset my Vonage and original Magic Jack units up and experienced excellent call quality with them

after having this for awhile am not at all satisfied-the crystal clear calling isn't there-works better than Magic-Jack, but call quality is not up to par with a land line-am constantly being

Tried magic jack and didn't like it

Other than these issues, calls are very clear (better than some of the lower-priced alternatives such as Magic Jack, etc that I have tested) and service has been consistent so far.

I've only made one call with the Magic Jack and the reception was only fair on my end

I've used two other digital phone services in the past and (embarrassingly) tried out the Magic Jack (what a joke)

When I purchased my Magic Jack I purchased the five year plan

Before making this purchase and switching from Magic Jack I called Ooma customer support and I asked specifically if the Ooma Telo would be able to talk to my router "without" a wire

They said that I had to buy a new Magic Jack plan for the newer type of Magic Jack

If you use internet anyway, and don't mind the upfront payment of the Telo, you should be able to cut your phone bill to a 4th probably, of what you pay now (we used to pay 30 dollars per month, vs 5.40 that we pay now in taxes with Ooma).Keep in mind that Magic Jack plus and Vonage has the same restrictions; you still need to pay taxes (altho Magic Jack Plus cost 89 dollars vs 150, and the taxes are about half of the Ooma; but on the bad side you have non existent customer service and a product that is a couple of levels inferior, so feel free to compare them and pick what fits your

I don't have anything to really compare it to except Magic jack which I had nothing but problems with

I had Magic Jack before

This means that when internet goes down, you have no phone, but is the same if you have magic jack, vonage or other VOIP services

however I decided to go with Magic Jack but the Ooma features are much better than Magic Jack but Magic Jack is cheaper over all

Magic Jack is highly unreliable if you read the reviews

cant wait to port my landline which costs me $80 per month.tried magic jack and it sucked.ooma is clear as a landline service.

That was for the type of Magic Jack that had to be plugged into my computer

So much better than "Magic Jack"

This Ooma took the place of my old Magic Jack and seems to be superior to Magic Jack

Great product works great - I purchased Magic Jack and it was

I will go back to this if the Magic Jack stop working.

Another thing, Magic Jack support stinks big time

Larger Hardware not very portable like Magic Jack for Travel

Apparently Magic Jack refuses to contract with the smaller phone companies so the smaller phone companies block numbers from the Magic Jack system

after hearing clark howard extol its joys, i figured i'd give it a roll instead of the magic jack

I wish I heard of this product before I bought the Magic Jack

, i've noticed on occasion some poor voice quality with others that use magic jack

I have had a Magic Jack for over 2 years but the performance and sound quality has been very marginal for the last 6 months

I replaced the magic jack VOIP service, and have been generally pleased with the operation.

Bought this instead of Magic Jack Plus, due to my dissatisfaction of having to deal with lack of/poor technical support from Magic Jack when an occasional glitch occurred.

With Magic Jack I sometimes had to dial a number two or three times to get a line clear enough to talk on

For starters: this will not give you free calls, so if you plan to spend 0, use either skype or magic jack (not the plus, since it will have the same issue of OOMA, with taxes that has to be paid; more on this later).The unit is really nice to look at, and super light; probably as heavy as your wifi router

Apparently Magic Jack refuses to contract with the smaller phone companies so the smaller phone companies block numbers from the Magic Jack system

After getting scre wed by Magic Jack for a couple of years with a poor quality MJ plus (it died in the first year) and their hidden fees I decided to shop around for an alternative.

I should have done this a long time ago, almost got a magic jack but this company had better customer service reviews

Not always so with Magic Jack

Essential points for me, comparing to Magic Jack

Only other option at the time of purchase was magic jack and I needed a standalone unit

I used to have magic jack and im sooooo glad i switched to Ooma

Up front set up cost was higher but far no regrets, you get more/better equipment than with Magic Jack

The newer type of Magic Jack connectes directly into your modem, but what really ticked me off was that I had 3 years left on my 5 year plan and Magic Jack would not apply the 3 years left on my Magic Jack plan to a the newer type of Magic Jack

It works as good as an AT&T line, and at a fraction of the cost

Service is every bit as good as AT&T.What's not to like?

Just follow the directions and it works just as easily as it is supposed to.

Minutes later however the set up had completed and the sound has been just as good as with my ATT service ever since

Worked perfectly, we called several times a week and the connection was just as clear as if we were calling across the street.

The calls are as clear in sound as with my traditional service.

Your phone will still work as it did before.

I don't need cancelling a service to be as painful as

Note I have talked on Ooma when streaming such services as Pandora or Amazon Prime Videos ... as well as when playing an Internet-connected MMORPG

Overall, the phone quality is very good, though not as good as C__cast.

Unit arrived with a dead A/C adapter