Or, I could tell you that I wanted to find a cheap way to make local and international phone calls from Israel, and that Jajah is one of the few IP telephony companies to support its full suite of services, and low prices, for users in Israel - unlike other services, which either won't work with local land or cell numbers, or have a rate premium (i.e. higher prices) for Israeli users. I could even tell you that Jajah is perhaps the most convenient and easiest to use computer system to make phone calls with, because you don't need a microphone or other apparatus to make calls - all the talking is done right on your regular telephone.

 

I could name all these as reasons for my adopting Jajah, but I would be lying - although on their own, each and every one of the above listed reasons would be enough to urge anyone to make their phone calls through Jajah's easy to use Web interface.

 

 

 

Jajah, however, requires no extra equipment, and enables you to make IP network calls on your regular phone company phone. At the Jajah site, you simply type in your phone number (up to three per single free account, including mobile phones) and the phone number you want to contact, and press "call." You rown phone begins to ring almost immediately, and when you answer, a voice on the other end tells you that "Jajah is now connecting your call." You indeed hear the phone ringing on the other side, and when answered, you conduct your conversation like you would with a regular phone call. Except that you're not paying phone company rates, you're paying Jajah rates - which in many cases is free! Jajah users can call others in the network, worldwide, for nothing! Other conversations to landlines in the U.S., Canada, most of Europe, China, and other locations cost U.S. 2.5 cents - as do calls to cell phone numbers in the U.S. And if you call a number not in the Jajah network, the site helpfully suggests that you send your correspondent an e-mail urging them to sign up for Jajah, too - so that your next conversation can be free! .

 

 

 

 

Well, when it became clear just how cheap this thing was, I set up Jajahs all over house - the upstairs computer, the kitchen computer, the kids' computer, the Macs, the laptop - etc. And I registered three numbers (two cells and a landline). And to top it off, I made two calls at once from two different Web interfaces - one on the landline and one on a cell. Guess what - they both worked perfectly!!