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Hi all

Has anyone here had any experience using Jajah (http://www.jajah.com)? I only heard about it recently - it seems like quite an interesting VoIP option: there's no software to install and it doesn't use your bandwidth (it calls you back on your phone, as I understand it) so you don't need a broadband connection.

I was just wondering if anyone had had any experiences with them?
 
James

I am using Jajah now for the last 3 months. It is brilliant. Where I live I cannot get ADSL and I am officially outside 3G coverage. I use Vodacom datacard to acess Vodacom network that run 50% of the time on HSPDA and the rest on GPRS. I open the Jajah website (loading slow on GPRS) and then I place the call to my brothers in UK and Netherlands. A few seconds later, the telephone rings and when you answer, get the message 'please hold, Jajah connects your call' then the phone on the other side rings.

The quality is equivalent to a direct dialed call with Telkom and up to now we never had any quality issues.

I am registered with Jajah and since we live in SA, we must first buy prepay airtime before you can use Jajah. My brother transferred 10Euro on my behalf to Jajah's account in Austria. Two days later, my account was active. If you transfer from your bank in SA, it will cost about R172 to transfer money by Swift transfer to their account. When I registered, I could not use a credit card to pay the airtime..... I will send a message to Jajah,s helpdesk to suggest that they add a credit card mechanism for SA. In Europe Jajah gives you credit so your account will be active immediatly.

If you call another registered user with an active acount, the call from your landline number to theirs will be FREE... My brother in the UK's O2 cellphone is also a free number to call with Jajah from SA.

Brother in UK uses a SonyEricsson K800i and use browser on phone to originate a call. He then get the call from Jajah and get connected to me in SA, all for free....

Calls to Landline numbers of nonactive Jajah users in Europe is costed at 6 Euro cents per minute.

Enjoy using Jajah

FireTelkom
 
FireTelkom said:
If you call another registered user with an active acount, the call from your landline number to theirs will be FREE... My brother in the UK's O2 cellphone is also a free number to call with Jajah from SA.
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Do you need to buy airtime to be regarded as a registered Jajah user ?

And if so, how long is the airtime window ?

:confused:
 
You must buy airtime and have credit available to be a registered user. This amount of credit is used when you make paid calls or send SMS's. It will remain until you have used all to make calls.

If you call non-jajah members in the UK using your landline, R120 will buy you 200 minutes talk time. But remember to get the people you call to be users so its for free.

Calls to landlines in the States, Canada, Taiwan, Israel and other countries are free, even for non-jajah users.

When you registered for jajah, you can specify your landline, office line and mobile. I have registered my fathers phone as my office line, so calls from my brothers to him is now also free.

Regards

FireTelkom
 
FireTelkom said:
You must buy airtime and have credit available to be a registered user. This amount of credit is used when you make paid calls or send SMS's. It will remain until you have used all to make calls.

If you call non-jajah members in the UK using your landline, R120 will buy you 200 minutes talk time. But remember to get the people you call to be users so its for free.

Calls to landlines in the States, Canada, Taiwan, Israel and other countries are free, even for non-jajah users.

When you registered for jajah, you can specify your landline, office line and mobile. I have registered my fathers phone as my office line, so calls from my brothers to him is now also free.

Regards

FireTelkom
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Are you sure about the free calls to South Africa? According to Jajah's web site, free calls applies to registered Jajah users in Zone 1 (landline and mobile) and Zone 2 (landline only).

South Africa falls in Zone 3. The cost is 6 euro cent per minute from South Africa to Zone 1 and Zone 2 countries.

Quote from Jajah's web site:

What is JAJAH Free Global Calling?

JAJAH Free Global Calling allows you to make free local and international phone calls. It applies to land line and mobile calls to and within: the United States; Canada; China; Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, and to landline calls to and within: Australia; UK; Germany; France, Italy and most other European nations.

It applies when both call participants are registered and active JAJAH users. In countries where free phone calls are not available, or if someone is calling a non-JAJAH member, calls are subject to JAJAH’s regular low rates.
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If that is the case, Voipbuster is cheaper. A landline-to landline call to Zone1 or Zone 2 will cost you 3 euro cent per minute plus a 5 euro cent connection fee.


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I am 100% sure. I am using Jajah for the last 3 months and it is free. Calls between registered users are free!

We can arrange for you to see it in action if you wanted to drive the 80km to my house

FireTelkom
 
I think I will registered with Jajah to try it out. My airtime with VOIPBuster is finished in anycase.

As soon as I have done that I will PM you with my landline phone number.

Then we can try it out.

If that is the case, I can reduce my Telkom bill with quite a lot.

(I just have to convince all the friends and family to register with Jajah ;) )

PS: Are calls between two landlines in South Africa also free, if both parties are registered with Jajah?




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Jajah Mobile

We've been testing the new Jajah Symbian client - seamless and brilliant! You basically install the Jajah Symbian Client onto your Mobile Phone and can then initiate Jajah calls by dialing as you would a normal mobile phone call. you can set a prefix, e.g. "00", "09", "+" and if your call begins with this prefix it will use Jajah to dial the destination.

Quoted from Jajah's website:
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On some phones JAJAH Mobile is absolutely seamless. You simply enter the number you wish to call, press call and… well that’s it really. Imagine, same behavior but the call is free, or up to 95% cheaper.

Currently our "seamless" version is available for some Symbian™ phones. However, we know that everyone has a different kind of mobile phone on different kinds of networks in different countries all over the world. We are trying to make JAJAH Mobile available to as many people as possible.

For those of you who don't have a Symbian™ phone we have made JAJAH Mobile available to those hundreds of millions of phones that can operate Java. Check below to see if JAJAH Mobile is available for you. If it is, download it, install it and start to save money. If you don't find what you're looking for, tell us.
*****

Jajah Mobile
 
It isn't free, but when you compare the pricing to http://www.mtn.co.za/?pid=6172 or other mobile providers there is a substantial saving especially when calling zone1 and zone2 Jajah destinations from your jajah mobile client.
 
Coza said:
According to this site, Using Jajah in SA is not free between landlines or anyother phone/country at all!!
What gives ??
http://www.jajah.com/info/rates/
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Of course it's not free - do you think Telkom, MTN, Vodacom, Cell C, etc are going to route calls through their network for free?

They send the interconnect bills to Jajah and then Jajah bill you.
The difference is that the interconnect fees for international customers is a lot cheaper than for local customers. We're being ripped off!
 
Data Usage - Using Jarjah via mobile.

What is your Data usage to connect to Jarjah if data sells at around R2 per mb, how much are you actually saving then? Because you will have to pay your gprs network whatever you use in data, this is priced at R2 a mb , plus you will have to pay jarjah for whatever else you use. Any thoughts? - J
 
jsheed_sa said:
What is your Data usage to connect to Jarjah if data sells at around R2 per mb, how much are you actually saving then?
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From what I understand they only use the GPRS to send the info needed by their system to set up the calls.
i.e.
- You dial number
- Jajah software on phone sends your number and the number you dialed to their system
- Their system then dials you and the other party and links the calls.

The actual call is a "call" and isn't VOIP (on GPRS).
I can't imagine them needing to use more than 10KB of GPRS data to set up the call.
 
Because the call is initiated from, I assume a single PBX/Server, no broadband is required once they have received the source and destination number. They dial your number and then dial the destination number and then do what is called a SIP Interconnect which connects the 2 calls. You will hear the ringing until the person answers the call. Because no broadband is required (2 connected PSTN calls), you will find the call quality to be close on perfect. You won't have any of the issues associated with VoIP calls, that you would experience, when using shaped broadband, GPRS or dial-up connections.

There are a few similar listings on the South African free voip directory www.voip365.org, worth taking a look - Voip Providers ---> Phone-to-Phone
 
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