[NLRS] Fw: K0AWU email address change & phone # soon

[Ted Gustafson]

Bill,

Welcome to the fiber. I think you will like it.

FYI stay away from Magic Jack. They are ok if you want to call the dark
side of the moon. But the issue with them is that they promise you that you
can call there but don't bank on it.  The issue is that they Magic Jack
want to stiff the local phone co. for interconnect fees (like all other
real phone co. do)  so they end up being put on the S--t List. You can not
get a local number so if you want to use it to make a local long distance
call or even a local call into Grand Rapids it wont work.  You will end up
having the same problem in other parts of the country also. Anywhere served
by one of the small local phone companys.  MJ seems to operate under the
radar of the larger outfits. I have a MJ and it ended up getting tossed in
a drawer for this very reason. If you ask MJ they tell you the problem is
with the local phone company but not the real reason why. BTW I have not
every tried to call the dark side of the moon but it may well be that they
have a problem of MJ looking for a free ride from them also.

I don't have much good to say about the outfit. Their customer service is
VERY poor. When I started having problems (they got away with this for some
time) they played dumb. After I did a lot of research and found out what
was going on and put it to the third  "supervisor" they said they  "where
having problems with some uncooperative local phone companies"  and that
they would refund my renewal if I shipped them the MagicJack that I
purchased several years earlier. That is when it hit the bottom of the junk
drawer.

Ted



Ted

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Jim Hermanek <jhermanek at centurytel.net>wrote:

>
>
> One more thought.....make sure any provider you select routes your
> 911 emergency call directly to your county's PSAP location and the new
> provider fully supports the E911 (Enhanced) system data forwarding...
>
> 73s  Jim KFC   (Hope you never have to use it)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Davis" <cqbilld at yahoo.com>
> To: "NLRS Reflector" <>
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 3:50 PM
> Subject: [NLRS] K0AWU email address change & phone # soon
>
>
> >
> >
> > Hello all .... note the new email address. Fiber optics have arrived in
> > the woods , FAST internet, new email addresses and phone number is the
> > result.
> >
> >
> > I am tired of ISP provided email accounts that have forced me to change
> > email address three times in the last 5 yrs, so I have moved my email to
> > Yahoo to avoid that in the future too, I hope.
> >
> > 10GHz ers and other that have an interest, after 37yrs a different PHONE
> > NUMBER -- STARTING Wed next week (Feb 15th) my phone number will be
> > 1-218-999-9658
> >
> > I am looking into internet based long distance for the shack at least.
> The
> > new company's long distance package is HORRID ... We will use a prepaid
> > phone card for some of that, but that will limit us to US only. Calls in
> > state MN-MN increase the rate by 5x over out of state calls... Crazy. The
> > above phone number will be good for all calls. Calls FROM me may be from
> a
> > different number, we will see. Anyone have comments on internet phone
> > service (long distance only for our use) Skype, Magic Jack ect.
> >
> >
> > ------
> >
> > AU2012 --- We could still use a couple of presentations .... neat
> > projects, activities, observations etc 20min in length.
> >
> > Thanks -- 73 Bill K0AWU
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