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I don't have the Pro Version installed but I'm able to remotely lock my device from the AVG site.
Absolutely free 
No fees whatsoever
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I use Malwarebyes...haven't had any trouble. hasn't found anything either.
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Sophos have a free offering for Android[^]. No idea if it's any good, as I haven't got a droid to test it.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Be careful of Sophos... its a virus. What the virus does is suck all the resource bone dry,  .
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence."
<< please vote!! >>
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My cellphone just failed me again; dropping a call.
I'm looking for a second number.
I'd like something with the clarity of a digital signal, 16 bit signal would be a nice starting point; a 20 bit signal would be super.
I would like something with the connection reliability of a land-line phone.
Magic Jack has been suggested to me. I welcome first hand and second had reports, either here in this group or privately directed.
If you have Majic Jack, and are willing to speak to me for 90 seconds to let me hear how it sounds, please let me know.
Other opinions are also welcome. I am also seeing these names...
Basic Talk
Voip
Vonage
BroadVoice
1-Voip
Phone.com
Phone Power
ViaTalk
Oooma
AXvoice
Voip.com
Lingo
Skype
Thanks for any first hand experience with any of these
modified 21-Aug-14 19:09pm.
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Rule 4563: You can't get 16-bit quality from a 2-bit solution.
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I have a Skype number that I use mainly when out of the country. It works well on my computers and android phone. Clients call me easily, leave messages, etc. It works fine for a $30/year solution, but requires the hardware to access it, i.e. computer, laptop, smart phone, or whatever.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Whom can you call for $30 ?
How long can you talk ?
=======UPDATE===============
Just checked their site, they say they have unlimited USA calls for $3 a month. Do you have such a plan ?
modified 21-Aug-14 18:20pm.
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Yes, that sounds like it. It's unlimited calls to the US and Canada. I've called US clients from hotels in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Ecuador, Colombia, Suriname, and probably a few other places. Clients also call me when I'm in places with internet, but no cell phone coverage (i.e. inside one of the labs where I work). It works fine if the internet connection is OK.
I got the number because I needed a business number in a specific US area code and didn't want to get another phone line or cell phone. I think it's a little cheaper if you pay by the year instead of by the month.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Second big question about skype and phones: If needed, can you speak with a living human who works there ? If so, does that human speak an understandable variant of the American version of English ?
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C-P-User-3 wrote: If needed, can you speak with a living human who works there ?
It was bought out my MS, so they've all been infected with the zombie virus.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Ah, technically accurate answers which don't help ?
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Mark_Wallace wrote: so they've all been infected with the zombie virus.
Well, that is just a bullfact.
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Upvoted for perfect English usage.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I don't know, since I've never needed to speak with anyone about Skype itself. It has just always worked fine. Even my non-tech wife routinely uses it to call friends' and relatives' phones in South America. Microsoft does have their normal tech support, though, FWIW.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Cool.
Thanks a ton for the first hand report.
I am just finishing a simultaneous text chat with a Magic Jack agent.
I get this idea for the moment.
Six year plan with magic jack is a total of about $195, or about $2.70 per month
One year plan with Skype is about $3 per month.
The agent left a hint in my mind that I may be able to purchase the physical device at a retailer for less than the website price.
Ugh,,,,,,, Search engines,,,, I can see the results already.
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BTW, I don't have Majic Jack, but know several people who use it to call US phones from elsewhere. Half the time the calls are unintelligible, but that may be because of their poor internet connections.
My daughter has Vonage and it works well.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I got the magic jack 5 year plan for $80 I got to use it 2 months the 3 years I even bothered messing with it.
Google magic jack problems....there's a zillion of em.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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During those few months when you did use it, how was it ?
Again, my purpose is for my subterranean apartment, a backup number for my cellphone.
How did you get an $80 deal ?
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They had a special early on.
Main problem when it was was working was loud clicking on the line, so bad sometimes had to call the person 3-4 times before could even understand them. That was the old magic jack though, I understand the new one is a little better my BIL has it and when he first got it he called me and it was clear but he hasn't called me in a long time so don't know now.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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The only one on your list I know to be effective and reliable is Vonage. I have friends who use it exclusively as their only phones, and never have experienced a problem with it. None of them have particularly great Internet connections, either, so it seems to use some efficient algorithms that work better than the competition.
Will Rogers never met me.
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We have Magic Jack Plus at home and are very satisfied with it. About the only issues I've got with it is that for some reason some of the calls will go to their voice mail system without ringing the phone in the house then they'll e-mail the message to me. We had Vonage for a while and it worked pretty much trouble-free as well but the price for Magic Jack is so much better. I've never called either company for customer service but I have on a couple occasions been able to use Magic Jack's chat mode to contact them and it seemed to work really well. As the saying goes, your mileage may vary.
Scott
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If you google "*any-voip-solution* + problems" you're going to get results. First, because everything has problems at some point, second because anyone with problems now posts it, and third because too many voip users have no clue that using their magic jack on a 56k dial-up connection while watching lolcats on youtube may not work well. Since you're on CP I know that you know the quality of your internet (my inlaws had Magic Jack and couldn't understand why it wasn't working on a public internet connection at a campground - any ideas?).
I've been researching phone solutions recently as well and my two cents would be to go with something like Skype for your needs. Messing around with Magic Jack and others is likely just a waste of time - you're not likely going to find something that costs you less than $3/month that is any good and (even if you can) do you want to be spending hours searching for this solution versus spending that whopping $3? Skype (and others) offer you a really low risk trial - shell out a few bucks and try it for a month. If you don't like it, then move on to the next option. Some of the key advantages of Skype are pay-by-minute credits and unlimited options, no additional hardware requirements, recognized name (you won't likely get any raised eyebrows by asking someone to call you on Skype vs. MyCheapVOIPLine123), and used by millions (though I will admit number of users does not necessarily make something great).
Good luck.
Let us know which way you choose to go and how it works out for you.
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