thanks for all this information. michael On Sep 28, 2008, at 11:37 PM, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Sep 2008, Babcock, Michael Alex wrote: > >> hi; >> i do not know how it works in the uk, but is there an equalivent to >> our 866-877-888-800 numbers for london for say? I have some friends >> in >> london and want them to be able to call me in the states. >> Please help with where i can get the numbers, what they start with, >> how much they are, and what not. > > As far as call charges are concerned, there is no such thing as > local or > long-distance in the UK now, and hadn't been for many years. We now > have > "geographic" and "non geographic" numbers. (Non geographics are > sometimes > called NGNs) > > The Geographics start 01 or 02 and are what they imply - mapped to a > particular geographic area. (or are supposed to as some are ported > into > VoIP and moved) These numbers are relatively low cost to call and > often > can be called for free out of "inclusive minutes" or other deals > with your > phone company. > > NGNs include freephone numbers (aka toll-free in the US) - starting > 0800, > 0808 or 0500. > > NGNs can also be revenue generating - they are usually free to > assign and > maintain, but cost the caller more than calling a Geographic number > and > the terminating operator generates revenue from the call. These > numbers > typically start 084 or 087. The 087's generating more revenue than > 084, > and cost more to the caller. (There are other ranges of premium > numbers - > 09 and 070, but we'll not go there) > > So - If you want your friends to call you for free, then why not just > allocate then a SIP account on your own system, then get them to run a > softphone, or buy a hard-phone and then they can connect up? > > Failing that, they can get a SIP account with a multitude of UK (and > European) based operators and make calls - sometimes for free, > sometimes > for a small per minute charge. > > And failing all that - because they don't have/want technology, you > can > get an account with one of these operators and terminate it in your > own > SIP/IAX hardware, then they can call you for the price of a standard > UK > geographic number - which may be free for them, depending on the > package > they have with their phone company. > > A final thing to note, there is a new range of non-geographic > numbers in > the UK which start 03. These cost the same to call as 01 and 02 > numbers > (or should), so you could allocate one of these and have it > terminated on > your own SIP/IAX account. > > People to do it via (other than me - I can't take US currency, but > drop an > email if interested anyway) in no particular order: www.gradwell.com, > www.voiptalk.co.uk, www.voipon.co.uk, www.voip.co.uk, www.aql.co.uk > and a > few others. > > Hope this helps! > > Gordon > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users thanks for reading Systems administrator and owner of http://gwhosting.net msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] twitter: http://twitter.com/creepyblindy _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
