Magic Jack/Skype/Vonage VoIP Feature Comparison Chart
Magic Jack/Skype/Vonage VoIP Feature Comparison Chart
Magic Jack/Skype/Vonage Feature Comparison Chart
|
Features |
Magic Jack |
Skype |
Vonage |
|
Free Calls to Landline Phones |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Free Calls to Cell Phones |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Free Calls to Other Computers |
Yes |
Only to other Skype users |
Yes |
|
Free International Calling |
Yes, but only if both parties have the Magic Jack device |
No |
No |
|
Free Voice Mail |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Free Caller ID |
Yes |
Sort of, the other person’s Skype user name |
Yes |
|
Free Call Waiting |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Free Call Forwarding |
Yes |
Only if forwarded to another Skype user name |
Yes |
|
Cost of Service |
$19.95/year |
Varies. Ranges from Free to $60/year subscriptions |
$24.99/month, will be other fees and taxes. |
|
Reliability |
New service, still to be determined by long use. Unverified problems reported with service not working after a couple of months. |
Very good. |
Very good. |
|
911 Calling |
Yes, but I wouldn’t depend on it. |
No. |
Yes, but like Magic Jack, I wouldn’t depend on it in an emergency. |
|
Use ordinary Landline Phone with the Service? |
Yes |
May use a Skype phone which is very similar |
Yes |
|
Must Computer be turned on to use service? |
Yes. |
Yes, you must also have your internet browser open and the Skype program running. |
No. |
|
Call Quality |
Good. |
Sometimes intermittant or scratchy. |
Very good. |
|
Ability to Send & Receive Faxes |
No. |
Yes. |
Yes. |
Depending on what you need from a VOIP service, each of these services has their best points. If you are just mostly interested in chat and video chat with maybe a few cheap long distance international calls, Skype would probably be the best for you. You can chat free to another Skype user and international calls to Europe are as low as 2 cents per minute.
Maybe replacing your current telephone service entirely is what you are looking for. In that case, I would go with Vonage. But, I wouldn’t cancel the current phone service until I had used Vonage for a few months. Also, if you have a lot of problems with your internet service going down, you would also be out of phone service during those times too. However, Vonage will relay any phone calls to another number for you, so if you use a cell phone also, that could work out for you.
If you’re not really looking to replace your current phone service, but would like a way to make cheap long distance calls, give Magic Jack a try. I think in the future, Magic Jack may develop into a company to entirely replace your phone service, but a new company always has growing pains so I don’t recommend getting Magic Jack and dumping your current phone service until they have more a track record behind them.
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