Tempting, but I am very happy with my vonage right now. I got it all configured, and never had any issues with incoming and outgoing calls.

Tomorrow is the last day to jump on the free 30-day trial offer. ^

One sale a day has it today for $29.99 with a year of service (plus $6 shipping)

And they extended the free trial a few more days.

http://www.1saleaday.com/

OK I bought 2.
This will work great for our place in Mexico, and also another one I can use in Colorado

Groan...

I'd love to use this on my Asus eee but it looks like it's not compatible with Linux.

Interesting rant on the EULA terms here. That could be enough to dissuade me, not that I was likely to sign up anyways.

I am using MJ as a back up to my Onesuite.com voip and its been good except for the occasional hiccups but overall its okay.

Good Tool
 

So far I like the quality of Majic jack- my only negative is that it is another piece of stuff that I have to take with me on a trip.

Great Deal, But Not Sure Whether It Is Capable of Replacing a Landline
 

As a secondary phone, I think it is a great deal. I'm just not sure if can replace your main number. The USB devices seem to not be as reliable (IMHO) as the hardware based ATAs.

Finally got around to installing it. I've got to say, I'm pretty impressed -- voice quality is great both to and from the MagicJack. I also like the idea of being able to take this thing with me internationally and being able to receive calls from the States that are billed as local for the caller. I'm even considering picking up some of these for our friends in China to use to call us (and so we can call them).

Has anyone ever tried this with a fax machine (or a fax modem)?

I purchased MagicJack specifically for faxing and the results were spotty using a multi-function Brother MCF-7200 fax machine. Sometimes it would work perfectly faxing to a local number. Some long distance faxes seem to get "garbled". Voice quality is good although there is a bit of a lag and echo. All in all it is a good value for those who don't have a land line. Single page faxes seem to work OK, but multiple pages and spreadsheets are not dependable. That's my experience in the last 60 days. I like the product and concept, but I can't use it for reliable faxing.

From MagicJack FAQ:
"We do not officially support using faxing with magicJack.
Please try the following steps to use magicJack with your fax (contact your fax vendor for details):
Turn off error correction on your fax machine or program
Set the fax machine or program to use the slowest speed available
Increase the speed, checking at each speed that faxes work "

As for the "last day" offer that they show on their website. There is no such thing as they update the day to today's date. Check back tomorrow and you'll see that they use that to entice you to "buy now". As far as I can see, there's really no hurry.

I am a bit concerned about the privacy and advertising issue that many people have mentioned in the EULA. Since I'm already on Skype and it works fine, I don't think I'm going to switch. And they don't offer Canadian numbers either.

I read the EULA carefully. Apparently, the "data" collected is in the form of a cookie and is used only to determine the ads that you're shown within the MagicJack user interface. This is no different than what Google does or, for that matter, those supermarket discount cards that use the information to print targeted coupons with the receipt. As MagicJack is, by it's very nature, "opt in," the use is disclosed and, in my mind, de minimus, and the "consideration" for disclosure is far more than significant (free phone service) than that offered by, for example, Google, I have no problem with it at all.

I think they may have changed their EULA somewhat. According to this posting at BoingBoing, it certainly doesn't make me feel that great about them. I am still skeptical and especially if they start changing their EULA without notice. I have no proof so it's all innuendo.

But heck, it seems people are giving away passwords for a chocolate bar, so it's not suprising how much we value our privacy. ;)

All I can say is that the minimal amount of information disclosed and the way it is used (automated analysis to target ads within the MagicJack software) is, at least for me, a reasonable exchange for a service that lets me, for example, make telephone calls back to the U.S. from overseas for free. If, for example, MagicJack tracked all my calls, used reverse look-up to compile a list of "contact" and then sold this information to third-parties without restriction I'd be significantly more concerned.

The key is "informed consent." I believe that MagicJack obtains that and is sufficiently clear about how it uses the collected information.