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Jangl: Call Someone Via E-Mail

by Terrence O'Brien on May 24, 2007 at 05:17 PM

Jangl: Call Someone Via E-Mail
Jangl is yet another Voice Over IP (VoIP) service attempting to put a dent in the dominating market share of similar Internet phone services like Skype and Vonage. As of late, the market has become crowded with cable operators like Time Warner rolling out their VoIP services, and with other online competitors to Skype like Jajah, Lingo, Wengo debuting.

But Jangl is offering something unique to its customers that other services don't provide -- namely, privacy. First of all, you reach a person by entering his or her e-mail address. Then you get a unique phone number that only you can use to reach that person (this is verified since you must use your phone to call). If someone else wants to call that person, they'll get their own unique number to use. This makes it easy to block specific users that you may not want calling you.

Once you reach someone's Jangl number, you can leave a voicemail, which then gets sent in audio file format via email to the person you're calling. There's no need to share any personal information, no general phone number to get into the wrong person's hands (maybe Sidekick-losing Paris Hilton should get this service).

Unlike, say, Skype, Jangl doesn't require a download, special hardware or even a computer to actually use. You dial a number using any working phone that is routed through Jangl's servers to the other person's phone.

Jangl is growing quickly with over 500,000 users signed up both directly and through its partnerships with social networks Tagged.com, TypePad and the ubiquitous online dating service Match.com.


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