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   Gary Perkins to All   
   MagicJack   
   02 Feb 13 20:54:52   
   
   Recently, it's been reported that analog modem over MagicJack has been working   
   for some people.  I just wanted to chip in my own two cents: if you're thinking   
   of purchasing, your experience may vary.   
      
   I'm using Time Warner Cable Roadrunner in Southeast Texas.  I have a USB   
   MagicJack plugged into an XP box with no processor load, lots of free memory,   
   which is connected via ethernet directly into a router.   
      
   I tried dialing four different systems.  Initially, I got a decent 28.8   
   connection, but then it retrained annoyingly a few times before dropping   
   carrier.  Not useful at all.  It pretty much got worse from there, never   
   finding a good carrier.     
      
   I tried forcing 14400, 9600, all the way to 300.  I didn't bother with less.  I   
   tried various modulation standards, limiting the retraining speeds, and I tried   
   giving my ethernet port the highest priority on the router.   
      
   Eventually I plan on buying a Magicjack Plus and trying that.  I just don't   
   know if my latency here is the issue, or if it's going through a USB port on   
   this particular system that's causing the latency; in any case, I thought I'd   
   put this out there for anyone else giving it a go and running into problems;   
   you're not the only one.  :P   
   --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32   
    * Origin: Southeast Texas BBS (1:393/31)   

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