May 6th, 2008 by ketyung
The post USB magic jack posted on TechChee last Christmas has been very hot and spurred up almost 300 comments. The magic jack has got many attentions, as it offers very cheap calls and lets you make calls over the US by using a home telephone, and you pay for only $39.99 per year. But the USB magic jack seems to have got some non-tech-savvy guys with lots of problems of getting it to work on their computers.
But now, another product, CuPhone “Echo Free” USB phone adapter, which works with close similarity to the USB magic jack and is definitely worth of your try. It also allows you to hook up a home telephone or regular phone to it, and lets you make Skype VOIP calls using the home telephone.
The CuPhone “Echo Free” USB phone adapter comes with two RJ11 ports for connecting to a wall jack and a standard telephone. On the other end is a USB port that lets you hook up to your computer’s USB port. And all this setup lets you accept both landline and Skype VOIP calls from the same phone - lets say your home phone. Since it lets you use your home telephone to make VOIP calls, meaning that the computer that this adapter is connected to, must have an Internet broadband connection. The entire concept is pretty straightforward as shown in the diagram below.
The CuPhone USB phone adapter has even more functions such as letting you to route incoming Skype calls to your cellphone or any pre-specified number and supports three-way conferencing. But it seems to be lacking some common functions found in other similar products such as call waiting and switching between landline and Skype calls. The CuPhone adapter is said to work for all platforms, including Mac and Linux and it’s compatible with Skype, Msn, Xlite, Delta3, Net2Phone, VoIPBuster,Dialpad etc.
All calls made through the CuPhone adapter are Skype calls, which are free. And you can even make long-distant calls via the CuPhone’s PPG network to USA, Europe, ASIA, South America…land line. There are many goodies with this adapter, especially the free calls and you just need to spend $34 (limited time offer) to get this gadget.
Product Page, Buy online, $34, CuPhone.com
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May 27th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I rec,d a magic jack today but have been unable to get it to work. How does it compare to the CUphone?? Is there any way to buy wholesale and then retail them???