| Mark Adamson 2005-12-29, 5:46 pm |
| > Gavin, here is what I think I would do....
>
> 1. Get a UK voip number from sipgate, voipfone, gradwell, voip.co.uk or
> where ever.
> 2. Get a kind friend to sign up for BT callsign (£1.75 a month),
> (obviously pay them)
>
> https://www.bt.com/SelectServices/i...ub4=SS_callsign
>
> 3. Get BT to transfer your number to be their second number.
> 4. The phone will ring 3 times instead of normal 2 for your number, so ask
> your kind friend to inform any callers for you of your new voip number,
> which you presumably connect to in Australia or get forwarded for ~1.1p a
> minute (check the rates).
> 5. Your friends will gradually get your new number, and stop annoying your
> kind friend then...
> 6. On your return to the UK, you can continue to use your voip number, and
> maybe even get it converted to BTs voip or landline service or something
> like that if you're lucky.
>
> This assumes that BT will let you move your number across to somebody
> elses callsign.
>
> Mark
Another alternative, if you prefer to keep your current telephone number and
don't mind spending some more is to buy the twintalk adaptors, which allow
phones to only ring for one of the two call sign numbers.
If you weren't bothered about having calls forwarded to Australia, then just
set all twin talks to only respond to your friends number.
However, if you wanted calls forwarded to you, you could purchase a Sipura
3000 and set it up to forward all PSTN calls to you via VoIP. This
forwarding would be free, and your friends would not need to know your voip
phone number.
This is dependent on your kind friend having a broadband connection that
they don't mind you utilising a little.
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