As Hurricane Ike pummeled the Texas coast on Saturday, magicJack’s YMax Voice Network stayed 100% operational. YMax Voice is one of the newest U.S. phone networks utilizing the latest technology and the Internet. By using the Internet’s robust and overlapping networks, there is less chance of catastrophic failure.

“If you have access to the Internet, you should expect 100% coverage on our network,” said YMax founder and magicJack inventor Daniel Borislow. “As a resident of South Florida, I am no stranger to hurricanes and the massive destruction they leave behind. In preparing for future hurricanes and other types of natural disasters, or just telephone company outages and spotty cell phone coverage in your house, everyone should consider using magicJack as an inexpensive back-up to their existing landline and mobile phone service.”

magicJack costs just $19.95 a year for unlimited local and long distance phone service and your own phone number.