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Your own London phone number on your mobile
- Posted by Rob (#1) on May 8, 2008 22:31 CEST
Modern technology has brought me a step closer to the Anglosphere. UK friends and readers can now call me at a London number (see contact details on this site) at landline rates. US friends and readers can call me at a San Francisco number. I'll get the call right on my mobile. I can call UK landlines and any US/Canada number for less than a pence a minute (peak-rate) and UK mobiles for less than 10 pence a minute (peak-rate). But.. I live in the Netherlands, so how do I do it?
It's simple, really. My new Nokia N82 phone, for free with contract renewal, has built-in WLAN. This means it can connect to wireless networks. It also has built-in SIP/VOIP support, which means it can make and receive Internet calls.
VoIPtalk is the VOIP service I'm using. If you have a modern WLAN and VOIP compatible phone such as the Nokia N82 (or N95) S60 models or some Sony Ericsson UIQ models, you can enjoy all this:
- You can get an account, VoIP number and special UK VoIP number for free. Just sign up and you can start receiving calls.
- Their pre-pay rates are competitive and much lower than, for example, SkypeOut.
- You'd be making and receiving calls from your mobile - you won't have to sit behind a laptop.
- For just a few pounds or euros a month you can get your own landline number in hundreds of cities in the UK, Europe and North America. This number is forwarded to your VoIP number for free. This means you you be reached on your mobile at local and national landline rates for the regions and countries of your preference!
- Caller ID will show the number of your choice.
Sure, it's not entirely free. But for the price of one international text message it is now possible to have two up to fifteen minutes of international airtime! If this is what Anglosphere globalism brought us, I love it!
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