Calling options keep growing like magic

September 17, 2008 By Etan Horowitz

The line between a traditional phone and a cell phone continues to blur, which is good news for consumers. No longer do you have to sacrifice the comfort and stability of a land line for the portability and free long-distance calling of a cell phone or shell out the cash to have both.

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Dismay - Sep 18, 2008
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Does magicJack work with fax machines? that's one of the few reasons to have a land line anymore. Last time I checked the cable company's digital phone service didn't support fax (though they may claim to now), and I'm guessing magicJack and other VoIP services don't either.
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