Today, a large percentage of people have internet over phone so many companies are taking full advantage of this by offering services like Skype and Vonage. There are also free alternatives like AimPhoneline, which gives a person a number to receive a call. You will have to pay more to make calls. Many others are offering services like these that are slowly killing landline phone companies. There is a new kid on the block though. This new service blows everyone out of the water.

Magic Jack is a fairly new service that gives you a number, voicemail, call waiting, caller ID, etc. and a nifty little phone jack. Despite the name, the phone jack is not magical, but it gets close. It is a USB phone jack that plugs into a computer and then the person plugs a phone into the other end allowing them to make or recieve calls for free. All you have to do is buy the phone jack for $39.00. That is not bad for a phone service. There aren’t any other costs. As the website says, “Never pay a phone bill again!”

I discovered this service as I was waiting on a phone number via Free 411. “Press one to find out more information about this service.” I pressed one. I am almost tempted to get one. My cell phone works everywhere in the US, so the only reason I would use it, if I were to go out of country. I don’t do that often at all.

I have heard good things, and I have heard bad things about the service. If you have one, let us know what you think. We are all curious.