How Can You Make Free Calls To Any US Phone? It’s Magic, Jack.

If you’re like me, then you don’t sleep at night. And you might find yourself mindlessly watching hours of infomercials while wondering who buys this crap? I have a hard time believing any claim made on an infomercial. Especially when the word FREE is repeated ad nauseum. As a rule of thumb, the more times I hear “FREE” the more the item actually costs—the same goes for the happiness of the people in the commercial and my satisfaction with the product. But every once in a while, you see something that has potential, and you might just find use in it.

Enter: The magicJack.

In theory it appears to be the cheapest way to make phone calls to land-lines in the US, and on-par with Skype’s free internet-to-internet phone calls. The units are cheaper than Skype’s phones, $59.99 gets you the unit and a 1 year use contract. The jack itself plugs into any USB port and then you plug any normal land-phone into the jack. Then you start making phone calls. Two Magic Jack users can call eachother for free across the world as well.

As a raging skeptic, I tried to find proof that this is a scam. So far I have found none. And I’m kicking myself for not grabbing that great headset on the last Woot Off.