Quote Originally Posted by markbet View Post
Sounds pretty good. But, after the promotion is over, and start paying full price, plus the taxes, the cost is going to be REAL close to $20.00 a month, and that really is not that cheap. And like any other company, I am pretty confident that the cost will continue to creep up. It is a shame that Magic Jack is so funky, $20.00 a year is cheap.
About the cost; first, remember that the promotion provides two years of service -- that's four times as long as most other promotions, such as Comcast's six months. But also, the cost - promotion or otherwise - includes taxes and fees. When I left Comcast I was paying over $20 a month per line plus taxes, fees, E911 surcharge, and so on. VOIPo works out to about $9 with better features and NO extra fees; it's all included.

Sure, the user interface is kludgey (Tim, the CEO, keeps promising it will get better). Sure support is limited because we're not paying for a 24 hour off-shore call center of contract employees with no vested interest in the company. But, hey, when I did the math for two lines, I'm actually paying 1/4 of what I paid Comcast. And while VOIPo may increase in time, so will everyone else.