The Magic Jack Solution

Once again I'm trying another alternative to the typical Ma Bell landline telephone service. Namely the Magic Jack voip service. Magic Jack is a dongle that you plug into a usb port on your computer then plug a conventional home telephone into it and you have telephone service. I will be doing a review of Magic Jack after I've had a chance to use it for a few weeks.
The one weakness Magic Jack has is that the computer it's plugged into has to be turned on for it to work. Not wanting to leave one of my primary computers run 24/7, I'm going to press an older computer into service strictly for use with the Magic Jack. I'm using a Pentium II 350 Mhz computer for the task. The monitor and all unnecessary components in the computer will be turned off to conserve energy. I'm quite sure the annual cost of the Magic Jack service + the power consumed by this computer will be far cheaper than conventional telephone service.
To further reduce this cost, I'm planning a future project. I'm going to build a mini itx Intel Atom processor energy efficient computer to run the Magic Jack. I plan on powering it with a battery charged by a solar panel.
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