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My Magicjack has a lot of static on the line and dropping every other word, both from my caller or listener, and me. Its been going on longer than 3 weeks

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Hello, you have static on the phoneline if you have dsl,call the phone company.

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Is your Magicjack plugged into the wall power thru a power module? Try plugging the magicjack directly into a USB port on your computer. If the magicjack work now, then you have a bad power module.
I had the same problem. My Magicjack was plugged into a wall socket. First the dial tone became inconsistent, then I could no longer make calls out, then it died completely. I plugged the MJ into a USB socket on my computer, and it then worked nomally.

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In order to use AC wall current to power the magicjack, a power converter module is needed. That module contains a transformer and rectifier that coverts 115V AC into 5V DC. It is that power converter module that is failing.

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