Vonage and magicJack are residential VoIP phone companies that provide US customers free or low-cost nationwide long distance using Internet phone service. Using ATAs, Vonage and magicJack offer residential VoIP phone service to consumers with high speed Internet access. Comparing Vonage vs. magicJack reveals that the most significant differences are cost, accessibility, advanced feature availability, and quality of service (including customer service). Vonage typically offers phone service for a monthly rate, while magicJack offers a device called the magicJack Plus (now the recently released magicJack PLUS 2014) that offers unlimited phone service for the cost of the device.
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Service Basics: Vonage vs. magicJack
The basic premise of Vonage vs. magicJack is technically similar — both residential VoIP phone companies use VoIP adapters to support Internet phone service. In fact, the VoIP adapter plays a significant role in outlining the difference between Vonage Internet phone and magicJack Internet phone:- Vonage markets phone service with a variety of different calling plans, and includes the adapter for free.
- magicJack sells the adapter and includes unlimited domestic long distance calling for free (for the first 6 months), with prepaid international long distance options.
- Vonage supports other compatible ATAs.
- magicJack PLUS 2014 is a proprietary device, and its free calling service can only be used with the magicJack ATA. ...
