You can also control who can call you and who goes directly to voicemail and who gets to ring through to your phone. Jaxtr works with your cell phone or land line phone, so no additional equipment is required. Once you create an account, log into the system and add your phone so that you can begin receiving calls. You’ll receive a phone call from the Jaxtr service and you must put in the code displayed in your browser. Wait a minute or two and the web site will update with confirmation that you phone has been activated.
On the home screen, you’ll see your phone link that you can use in emails, web sites, etc. Using Jaxtr, you can call other Jaxtr users for free or receive calls from anyone that use up Jaxtr credits. Every month you get 100 Jaxtr credits for free. You can get more Jaxtr credits by recruiting others to the service or by simply buying them.
Using Jaxtr, you can receive calls from over 51 countries at rates that are comparable to calling someone locally. Also, they have a very nice widget that you can use on your blog or other social networking site. It also integrates well with GMail, Hotmail, AOL, etc for inviting friends to the service.
The downside is that if you run out of Jaxtr points, you won’t receive any more calls on your phone, they all simply go to voicemail. Hopefully, they change this in the future and allow calls to come through and simply charge for the extra services. Also, they currently do not have a way to buy Jaxtr credits directly from the web site, you have to invite others to get more credits! However, they are working on setting up some kind of system to allow direct purchase.
Overall, an interesting service that might be useful for some people who want to use the service on a small scale.
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