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I'm coming from Ooma to MJ+. I liked Ooma but what started as a pricier upfront cost/free service has turned into pricier upfront/monthly fees.

I looked at the Ooma service before ordering the MJ+ and saw that while they said their phone service was free, you had to pay taxes which added up to over $4 per month. I wonder how MJ skirts this?

The only real complain I have it that the MJ answering service picks up automatically after the fourth ring. I prefer my phone's answering machine to pick up after the fourth ring instead. I know you can set the physical answering machine to pick up after three rings but that's cutting a little too close.

Yeah, I noticed this also. I'm surprised they don't allow a configuration of the number of rings.

I looked at the Ooma service before ordering the MJ+ and saw that while they said their phone service was free, you had to pay taxes which added up to over $4 per month. I wonder how MJ skirts this?

Yes, Ooma was fully free during the first year, other than the device which is usually over $200. The second year we had it went from free up to around $13 a year. Still not bad and we were OK with it. Then last month Ooma said they would start charging us $4 for fees + taxes per month when my contract expires. That was enough for me and my brother always loved his MJ, so we decided to go with it.

If I understand correctly, with MJ, they pay the fees too but just charge everyone the same flat annual fee. I imagine that's also why the MJ+ adopters are probably paying more than the original MJ owners (the overall fees are going up in general for MJ).

Yeah, I noticed this also. I'm surprised they don't allow a configuration of the number of rings.

The conspiracy theory is that MJ wants every call coming in to a MJ customer to be answered. This allows them to maximize the fees they collect from other phone companies to connect calls on their network.