Actually the new MajicJacks the only time you need to plug it into your computer is when you first set it up. After the initial setup you can plug it directly into the router. Major upgrade you don' t have to have the computer running all the time. On Jan 1, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Stan Gould wrote: > Try MajicJack. One version plugs into your USB port which the phone line plugs into. The only problem, is that the computer must be on for the phone to work. > > They have a second model, it plugs into a 120 volt wall socket, and accepts an ethernet cable from a router. There is also a socket for the phone. Ours is hooked to a base phone with four wireless units. Works great. There is an occasional dropped call, but not much. Instead of paying $40 a month for a phone bill, I know pay $40 a year (includes $20 of porting my number over). We are on our second year with MajicJack and will not switch back to a phone company. > > > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Jerry <apple.mail.list47 at oryx.cc> wrote: > Anyone currently using a Mac OS X VOIP phone? > > If you do, and it is working well for you, please share what you are using. > > I am in a situation right now where this would be beneficial for me. > > Just to clarify, I am *not* looking to set up a PBX/Asterisk or anything > similar, I am just interested in a sole VOIP phone, be it commercial, > open source, etc. > > I have been hitting the search engines on this, and for some odd reason, > the bulk of my searches are coming up with old articles (i.e. > 2004-2009). Maybe no one is doing this anymore? > > Thank you, > > Jerry > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20130101/9ae800a2/attachment.htm>