(VOICETALK.ORG) — 3jam, a San Francisco startup, has announced open beta of a new service that competes directly with Google Voice. 3jam began its debut within the SMS niche back in June 2008 with SuperText technology to route messages to a computer or mobile device, but they have apparently shifted gears with the voice routing business model.
Many of the features duplicate that of Google Voice including call-forwarding, visual voicemail, voicemail transcription, and SMS to email. A few things different include:
- Number portability which is currently proposed but not offerred by Google Voice.
- VOIP forwarding to Skype and other IM voice services such as Yahoo Messenger.
- International availability
- Service Charge
As noted above, a major difference separating 3jam from that of Google Voice is the premium service charge. The site promotes for “as little as $4.99 per month” with a 12 month committment, a 3 month bundle for $5.99 or pay per month at $8.99. Texting plans start at $5 a month.
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