OMG! Will they PLEASE get citywide WiFi!!!

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Originally Posted by njchopper87

I didn't know you could make regular phone calls with skype. I thought you could just call skype numbers.. Maybe I'll go for this instead of fucking Magic Jack.. that shit is a real rip off.

DO NOT GET MAGIC JACK!!! That fucking thing sucks! I had one and I tried 3 different cordless phones and I couldn't get it to work right! I had to reboot it all the time. Besides,Skype is cooler because you can use it with any computer/internet device with a mike and speaker. Including a PSP,Mio and actually,I believe you can use it with WiFi capable smart phones.

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Originally Posted by unknownroad

With tax revenues down from the recession, I wouldn't count on it any time soon! I actually thought most of the cheap wide-area Wi-Fi projects had shut down for being too unprofitable.

Anyway, I'm paying $600/month for a T1 line to my house because it was the only way to get reliable, low-latency broadband, so all y'all can just bite me

Ummm...satellite?

[njchopper87]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

DO NOT GET MAGIC JACK!!! That fucking thing sucks! I had one and I tried 3 different cordless phones and I couldn't get it to work right! I had to reboot it all the time. Besides,Skype is cooler because you can use it with any computer/internet device with a mike and speaker. Including a PSP,Mio and actually,I believe you can use it with WiFi capable smart phones.

Too late. I got it for my parents as a Christmas gift. This will be my first and only year of service. It took us a couple phones too, and even then the signal blows and you can't always make calls.

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Originally Posted by njchopper87

Too late. I got it for my parents as a Christmas gift. This will be my first and only year of service. It took us a couple phones too, and even then the signal blows and you can't always make calls.

Shoot! Well,it was "magic" the way they "jack"ed your money,anyway.... If your parents have WiFi get them a Skype phone next Christmas.

[unknownroad]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Ummm...satellite?

Satellite is about as far as you can get from reliable and low-latency

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Originally Posted by unknownroad

Satellite is about as far as you can get from reliable and low-latency

Yea but $600 a month? Tell you what for $500 a month,you can call me and I'll look up anything you want on the net,print it and mail it to you.