Telnet access to moderately old UNIX boxes

[Sridhar Ayengar]

John Floren wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Tom Manos<tmanos at concursive.com> wrote:
>> I am also considering completely blowing off net access for these boxes and
>> just using dialup. I was thinking of buying one of those MagicJack thingies
>> that give you a local number and unlimited voip calling for $20 a year and
>> setting up a modem on it. The downside is that most folks don't have modems
>> any more.
>>
>> Ideas? Am I just nuts for even considering something like this?
>>
> 
> When I see the MagicJack commercials, I always think "Oh god, what a
> scam". Looking online seems to confirm that, even leaving aside people
> who say "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED INTERNET FOR THIS", it's not a great
> company to deal with and the service is not particularly good.

I've hacked it to talk to Asterisk and I'm having a good time with it. 
Don't usually have to deal with customer service.

Peace...  Sridhar