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JetNumbers

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By Nadeem Unuth, About.com

The Bottom Line

JetNumbers.com provides Virtual Phone Numbers, International Call Forwarding service in over 60 countries and more than 3000 area codes. Call Forwarding gives the possibility to be local in any city you wish to. You can have your personal number in any city, either landline or mobile phone. The service consists on assigning a personal local number to which all their contacts will call; once they dial, the call will automatically be forwarded to the number JetNumbers’ user wishes. This will make callers benefit from local rates, as if they were calling to another local number.

Pros

  • VoiceMail plan
  • International Call Forwarding service in over 60 countries and more than 3000 area codes.

Cons

  • The price
  • The voice quality is not always guaranteed since it is tied to third company quality standards.

Description

  • Regular Virtual Numbers plans are:
  • Basic Plan. It is ideal for low traffic. U$S 19.99/month
  • Family Plan. It is ideal for families to maintain regular contact abroad. U$S 29.99/month
  • Commercial Plan. Ideal for companies that want to receive calls from customers and maintain long conversations. U$S 49.99/mo
  • Voicemail, call forwarding, the possibility to receive two instant calls, live chat support and online user panel.

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Plans

JetNumbers has now 4 different services: Regular virtual phone numbers forwarded to any landline or mobile phone; virtual phone numbers forwarded to the client’s SIP address, virtual phone numbers forwarded to voicemail boxes and the newest one: virtual numbers forwarded to Skype.

All three virtual plans include a phone number in the chosen country and area, plus enough minutes to receive several daily calls. Minutes included in each plan will depend on the origin and destination country. In case the number runs out of minutes, users are able to add credit online to their accounts.

Virtual VoiceMail and SIP plans:

It consists of an unlimited plan with prices that start from U$S 5.99/month. All messages received will be delivered in the user’s email box.

JetNumbers.com has just launched Jetnumbers for Skype, the first third-party virtual phone number service for Skype. This service allows users to have a virtual phone number in any of over 50 countries in the world, and receive the calls on their Skype in their computer. The service is similar to what SkypeIn offers, but the coverage is much larger. Whereas SkypeIn is supported in just 18 countries, whereas JetNumbers for Skype is available in over 40 countries.

JetNumbers for Skype also features toll-free numbers in the US and other selected countries.

With the online interface, you can manage your account; change the destination number, add credit, contact support service, buy a new number, see call details, credit left, turn on and off the voicemail.

Charges:

JetNumbers’ users will be charged a monthly fee depending on the plan chosen. Callers to the Jetnumbers number will be charged by their telephony company local rates when calling from the same city where the number is established.
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