MagicJack’s Making Cell Phone Fees Disappear
Posted by Jacob Ross on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 5:27
MagicJack’s new version of the device allows free calls from cellphones in the home and cellular carriers are not happy about it.
The company behind the MagicJack, the cheap Internet phone gadget that’s been heavily promoted on TV, has made a new version of the device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home, in a fashion that’s sure to draw protest from cellular carriers.
The new MagicJack uses, without permission, radio frequencies for which cellular carriers have paid billions of dollars for exclusive licenses.
via Digitaltrends.com.
I’ve never personally used a MagicJack, and now this gadget plans to make cellphone fees disappear, but how? The article goes on to say that MagicJack for cellphones is intended to hijack a cell towers frequency and routes the phone call through a broadband connection.
The size of a deck of cards, it plugs into a PC, which needs a broadband Internet connection. The device then detects when a compatible cell phone comes within 8 feet, and places a call to it. The user enters a short code on the phone. The phone is then linked to the magicJack, and as long as it’s within range (YMax said it will cover a 3,000-square-foot home) magicJack routes the call itself, over the Internet, rather than going through the carrier’s cellular tower. No minutes are subtracted from the user’s account with the carrier. Any extra fees for international calls are subtracted from the user’s account with magicJack, not the carrier.
However it turns out that the gadget only works on GSM phones which include: AT&T and T-Mobile, which means, Verizon and Sprint users won’t benefit. No worries though, I’m sure a GSM prepaid phone will be just as useful.
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