I have been using Jajah’s service to make cheap calls from my landline (15c per minute from Ireland to Spanish mobiles) but I have failed to get it working on my mobile.
I have a Nokia N70 and I downloaded the software for Jajah onto my mobile. The Jajah software is supposed to detect when a call is being made from your mobile to an international number and take over the call transparently to you, saving you a fortune in mobile call costs.
However, on my N70, anytime I tried to make an international call, they never connected. This caused me considerable hassle recently when I was in the UK and couldn’t make any calls to people I was supposed to be meeting in London as they were on “international” numbers.
I had to figure out how to disable Jajah to get any work done.
The service sounds promising, but if it causes a technophile this amount of hassle, how will non tech people get it working?
Finally I have had enough of the unreliability of the Blueface service!
My new phone number is +353-21-490 8485.
This is the Eircom number on my DSL service. I may go to another provider in time but for now, at least I know the Eircom service works.
Just as a matter of documenting the failings of my Blueface VOIP service, I am unable to make outgoing calls on my Blueface service again this morning.
I’m shocked.
Oh hang on, no I’m not!
This morning I was unable to receive incoming calls on my Blueface service. I discovered this when Brian Greene tried to call me. Fortunately we were having an IM chat on Skype at the time so we were able to talk on Skype instead but had it not been for that, I would have been blissfully unaware that there was any problem.
Yet again my Blueface VOIP telephony provider won’t let me make outgoing calls.
This really is a crap ’service’.
GrandCentral is an offering from the original creators of DialPad, which gives you one phone number for all your telecommunications.
According to GrandCentral’s site, with a GrandCentral account you get:
- One Number…for LifeTM - Pick a number that will not change when you move or change jobs.
- ListenInTM on Voicemail - ListenIn on your messages from any phone before answering.
- Screen Your Calls - Know who is calling every time, even for blocked numbers.
- RingShareTM - Upload your MP3s to play for your callers instead of the standard ring.
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Block Callers - Block telemarketers or annoying callers and never get bothered again.
- Switch phones mid-call - Switch from cell to office or home your callers won’t know.
- Customize by Caller - Pick phones to ring, greetings to play and music to hear based on who is calling.
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Voicemail Everywhere - Get your voicemail online, through the phone or in your email.
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Voicemail Storage - All of your voicemail messages will be saved online, for LIFE.
This all sounds great and it seems to be getting very good reviews but with the recent telephony problems I have had I have a couple of questions:
- If anyone reading this post uses GrandCentral - is it good/reliable? and
- When will it be available in Ireland?
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