Telefonica To Shut Down VoIP Provider Jajah On January 31, 2014

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Telefonica To Shut Down VoIP Provider Jajah On January 31, 2014

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday December 1, 2013 @04:02PM from the so-long-farewell dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Voice over IP (VoIP) provider Jajah has announced it will be shutting down on January 31, 2014. This means Jajah.com and Jajah Direct services will no longer be offered, and users will not be able to make any more calls. Existing Jajah users will be able to use their account normally until the kill date, but new registrations meanwhile are no longer being accepted. You can also apply for a refund of any balance remaining on your account prior to the service closing by submitting a request to customer support (processing time is 30 days)."

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Obscure by Anonymous Coward · 2013-12-01 16:23 · Score: 1, Informative

This item is about such an obscure issue that the primary thread of discussion refers to the Slashdot redesign.
1. Re: Obscure by Anonymous Coward · 2013-12-01 16:30 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I think we're supposed to talk about the NSA.
Huh? by axlash · 2013-12-01 16:34 · Score: 1

I thought slashvertisements were supposed to be about companies that were growing, not companies that were closing down?

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1. Re:Huh? by gmhowell · 2013-12-01 16:55 · Score: 1
  
  I thought slashvertisements were supposed to be about companies that were growing, not companies that were closing down?
  It's a psych out. I think the commenters are supposed to post alternatives that the customers can switch to. So it's a slashvertisement, but slightly more subtle.
  
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2. Re:Huh? by ColdWetDog · 2013-12-01 17:17 · Score: 2
  
  No, I think it's more of a cop-out. Now, Slashdot doesn't even have to sort through the submissions to eek out a story. They just wander through some random RSS feed with perhaps some search terms (in this case the technical and ever interesting concept of VOIP), dump the blurb out and then let the rest of us figure out what's going on.
  
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Old Thinking Kills New Ideas? by ScottCooperDotNet · 2013-12-01 16:49 · Score: 1

Was this an old line, formerly state owned telephone company killing a service that competed with its main business, or just an unsuccessful acquisition being put down?
As an American, I had never heard of this particular service.
1. Re: Old Thinking Kills New Ideas? by EdmundSS · 2013-12-01 16:54 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  Presumably the latter -- they paid $200M for it in 2009. (Ouch.)
2. Re: Old Thinking Kills New Ideas? by AK+Marc · 2013-12-01 17:16 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  They bought it for $200M to prevent competition. Running it for a while then shutting it down could have been the master plan.
  
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3. Re:Old Thinking Kills New Ideas? by bugg_tb · 2013-12-01 19:04 · Score: 1
  
  Or maybe they bought the company for the tech? O2 (a Telefonica subsiuary) just launched the TUGO app on android and ios that allows users to place calls and send texts from their phones over any WiFI connection, using their own phone number rather than an extra 'skype in' type of number. I live in the sticks and a service like that is very useful when you can't get a connection in your house....
Re:Slashdot redesign? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-12-01 16:56 · Score: 1

Maybe it's a beta of the next year's April's 1 joke?
Damn by Sun · 2013-12-01 17:43 · Score: 1

Just yesterday I put in $10. Now I have one year to use it.
Shachar
1. Re:Damn by gmhowell · 2013-12-01 19:02 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Just yesterday I put in $10. Now I have one year to use it.
  Shachar
  Math isn't your strong suit isn't it... the shutdown date of January 31, 2014 is less than two months from now.
  I don't care who you are, 2014-2013 is 1. As in one year.
  Kids these days and their 'new math'.
  
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2. Re:Damn by Sun · 2013-12-01 19:17 · Score: 1
  
  Nah, just caught me on a bad morning. I thought "two month", and then had the brain fart :-)
  Yeah, I doubt I'll manage to use it in the time I have left. Better ask for that refund now.
  I'm just pointing out that 12 hours ago the site was happy to collect money from me, with no mention of a deadline for using that money.
  Shachar
3. Re:Damn by jodido · 2013-12-02 04:59 · Score: 1
  
  Sadly, not amazing to me at all. Some years ago I bought a book of prepaid airline tickets the day before the company not only stopped accepting new customers but stopped completely (declared bankruptcy).
Deaths too good for them by Big+Hairy+Ian · 2013-12-01 21:57 · Score: 1

They named it after one the most hated characters in cinema history!

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1. Re:Deaths too good for them by Megane · 2013-12-02 03:44 · Score: 1
  
  Man, that Jajah the Hutt was really annoying. But I still insist that Ham Solo dialed first!
  
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Re:[___] - THE SYBIAN - [___] by jupiterssj4 · 2013-12-02 04:23 · Score: 1

I don't see anything different...? Google Chrome
replaced with rebtel.com by MagDaddy · 2013-12-02 08:54 · Score: 1

This doesn't surprise me. I tried jajah and had trouble. I replaced them with rebtel.com and I'm glad I did.