Aug
24
Jaduka Shuts Down VoIP Services
- August 24th, 2009
Jaduka has finally bowed down to the reality in failing to keep up
with too many unrealistic offers by closing down its Jadula Labs VoIP
applications.The close down became effective as at July 2, 2009
following the company’s announcement that it would no longer offer all
the freebies including the popular Dukadial, DukaBar & DukaUS.
Until now, Jaduka service, dubbed Earthcaller, allowed U.S. business
and vacation travelers overseas place calls through browsers on their
Internet-connected PCs to phones back home. Callers could use
headsets, but Jaduka terminates the calls in the U.S. for free. The
company also offered a network-speed test to help users predict call
quality, and it tests their microphone and headset volume.
Another service, dukaLINK, provided click-to-call links that users
could embed in social-network pages, online ads, blogs or email
messages. Clicking the link let a potential friend or customer call
the user for free without revealing their real phone numbers. A third
service, dukaBUZZ, allowed visitors to blogs or Web sites to leave
audio comments. And dukaBAR is a toolbar plug-in that converts any
phone number on a Web site into a click-to-call link.
All these would no longer be available and to such effect, the company
has published a notice to all its clients. You would find the
following on their official website “After July 2, 2009 you will no
longer be able to access your Labs account. At Jaduka, we respect your
privacy. To protect your privacy, your Jaduka Labs account information
has been removed from our servers. We thank you for your
participation.”
We always wondered what their business model was and how they planned
to actually make money from this service. Probably they just never did
and used it as a pool of beta testers for their other products. Not a
bad deal overall for either side. Dukadial was a wonderful service, it
was launched in 2008.
with too many unrealistic offers by closing down its Jadula Labs VoIP
applications.The close down became effective as at July 2, 2009
following the company’s announcement that it would no longer offer all
the freebies including the popular Dukadial, DukaBar & DukaUS.
Until now, Jaduka service, dubbed Earthcaller, allowed U.S. business
and vacation travelers overseas place calls through browsers on their
Internet-connected PCs to phones back home. Callers could use
headsets, but Jaduka terminates the calls in the U.S. for free. The
company also offered a network-speed test to help users predict call
quality, and it tests their microphone and headset volume.
Another service, dukaLINK, provided click-to-call links that users
could embed in social-network pages, online ads, blogs or email
messages. Clicking the link let a potential friend or customer call
the user for free without revealing their real phone numbers. A third
service, dukaBUZZ, allowed visitors to blogs or Web sites to leave
audio comments. And dukaBAR is a toolbar plug-in that converts any
phone number on a Web site into a click-to-call link.
All these would no longer be available and to such effect, the company
has published a notice to all its clients. You would find the
following on their official website “After July 2, 2009 you will no
longer be able to access your Labs account. At Jaduka, we respect your
privacy. To protect your privacy, your Jaduka Labs account information
has been removed from our servers. We thank you for your
participation.”
We always wondered what their business model was and how they planned
to actually make money from this service. Probably they just never did
and used it as a pool of beta testers for their other products. Not a
bad deal overall for either side. Dukadial was a wonderful service, it
was launched in 2008.
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