Monday, July 10, 2006

JAJAH - The Difference - The Benefits

Jajah lets you make phone calls for free...



  • There is no download and no software

  • You don’t need a headset

  • You don’t need a broadband connection

  • You are using your existing phone (landline or mobile) and so is the person you are calling

  • You are not stuck to your computer

  • You can call your friends for free - no matter if they are online or not


JAJAH is all about simplicity! Enter the phone number you want to call at www.jajah.com, press call: Your phone will ring - your friend’s phone will ring - start talking! It’s what you’re used to, it’s simple, it’s free and it just works!

I think that is a simple and convincing explanation. I’ll add an explanation that if you want to call anyone who is not “registered”, you pay them $0.025 per minute (much like Skype) When you sign up they give you $3.75 credit. They don’t want your credit card or any other payment until you use up your credit and want to make a call that costs. If you call someone else who is registered, there is no charge.

Clearly this could be the same method Skype is using (with more limitations) give free calls to build up a clientelle, then introduce nominal fees.

What I like about this approach is the freedom from software. There is nothing to go wrong on your PC, just use your browser, use your phone, you are done.

Every now and then there is poor quality, just hang up and try again. The quality is normally equal to that of a conventional phone line (nobody knows the difference)

I’ve suspected that Skype,Jajah and others are able to purchase Voip services from somewhere and I’m determined to find out how this works, so I can buy at wholesale and not retail. I see that voip-info.org has lots of information, that asteriks is a free pbx, that trixbox is a linux distribution to run your own PBX, that most ADSL internet providers offer “naked DSL” (no phone service, only ADSL), that les.net is highly recommended and acanac.ca seems to have an echo on the line for everyone I talk to.

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