Anual VoIP service for $30/yr no PC required.

I have been sitting on this for a while, wanting to wait until I had a hands on review of this product, but time and financial restraints have not allowed for me to get my hands on one of these devices and try out.

There is a new Skype and MagicJack killer on the block, which will even give other consumer centric VoIP products like Vonage and OOMA a run for their money. The NetTalk is a new product that similar to the MagicJack comes with a low annual cost - comparable to a monthly bill for landline phone service. The service is $30 per year, which is $10 more than what MagicJack is offering, but with the recent issues that MagicJack customers have been experiencing with attempting to reach certain destinations, and the limitations that require the MagicJack to be connected to a PC to work this product is a better choice.

This device connects directly to your router, similar to how a traditional VoIP service providers ATA would (think Vonage, or OOMA) The initial cost for the device is $70 which includes the first year of service.

So far all of the reviews that I have seen for this device is positive, so check it out at http://www.nettalk.com/ and let me know what you think in the comments.

I have finally reclaimed my youtube account after having lost the password and no longer having access to the email account that I set it up with.

youtube.com/nypj will become a secondary/backup/mirror account

youtube.com/nyphonejacks.com will become the main youtube channel and will hopefully have videos added sometime after this weekend.

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Unlimited prices

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$45
Page Plus Unlimited Talk n Text + 20MB
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straight talk unlimited talk text web 
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$50
net 10 talk only? 
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t-mobile  Unlimited Talk & Text* with 100 MB data 
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boost mobile unlimited talk text web  **$5 off every 6 months until your bill reaches $35 for on time payments
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$60
virgin mobile unlimited talk text web
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AT&T $60 Unlimited Talk & Text
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$70 
t-mobile Unlimited Talk & Text* with 2GB data   
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$75
AT&T $75 Unlimited Talk & Text + 200 MB Data 
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$94.99
Verizon unlimited talk + text **blackberries and smartphones are $30/mo for unlimited data
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Clear mobie intneret $25 per month

Clear has mobile internet, with or with out a contract - at the same price, does not make much sense, because what would the motivation to sign a contract with the potential for an early termination fee if you did not have to.

Any how, Clear is offering 2 versions of their mobile WiFi unit. The Spot, and The iSpot. Both devices sell for $100. The different versions both offer unlimited internet connection for several devices, however one device costs $45 per month, while the other costs $25 per month.

The $25 per month price is for the iSpot, which is for "iDevices" only (meaning that they only support apple devices such as iPod, iPad, etc. It is not designed to connect with a laptop, or other non-apple products. A quick internet search shows that the device is using MAC filtering to prevent non-apple products from using this service. With Google you can figure out how to spoof your MAC address and use an iSpot with your laptop (or other non-apple product)

Or you can always just opt to pay the $45, it is only $5 more per month than Virgin Mobiles mobile internet.