[freitasm]

Originally Posted by That_Kid

I signed up for it but I don't think I'll use it much as I use vonage's softphone on my ppc. Still it's good to have.

I thought of using Vonage, but they only accept applications from US residents - and I think VoIP is an Internet, no boundaries thing :roll:

[freitasm]

Originally Posted by That_Kid

I signed up for it but I don't think I'll use it much as I use vonage's softphone on my ppc. Still it's good to have.

I thought of using Vonage, but they only accept applications from US residents - and I think VoIP is an Internet, no boundaries thing :roll:

[OSUKid7]

Originally Posted by freitasm

Why? Do you have any problem with these area codes? I guess more will be offered later. You select the area code and they give you a number on that area. You don't have to live there

Well, I don't know anyone in those area codes so it wouldn't really be worth getting. People would have to call long distance to call me, which defeats the point.

[freitasm]

Originally Posted by OSUKid7

Well, I don't know anyone in those area codes so it wouldn't really be worth getting. People would have to call long distance to call me, which defeats the point.

Fair enough! For people outside the US though this is great - it's a presence point there.

I actually use a (non-VoIP) UK service called YAC (You're Always Connected). Once you sign up you're assigned a UK number and then you can configure up to four numbers to forward calls - even international destinations. This way people can call my UK number and the call arrives on my mobile phone here in New Zealand. It's cheaper to call UK than New Zealand, depending where you are. Very handy. And you can select which number sequence to hunt you. If there's no answer in any number, a voice mail kicks in, and the message is forwarded as a wave file to your e-mail. Cool service! (http://www.yac.com)

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by freitasm

I thought of using Vonage, but they only accept applications from US residents - and I think VoIP is an Internet, no boundaries thing :roll:

I think telecommunications regulations and the like make it difficult to go International.

--janak

[DiGiTYZED]

Originally Posted by OSUKid7

Well, I don't know anyone in those area codes so it wouldn't really be worth getting. People would have to call long distance to call me, which defeats the point.

give it time.

plus area codes don't matter much anymore (they're like floppies). most ppl who'd receive calls from have cell phones w/ long distance included

now who the hell u know with no celly and only a home phone with no long distance (besides grandma and ya great uncle bert) ???

[esher2292]

Originally Posted by DiGiTYZED

give it time.

plus area codes don't matter much anymore (they're like floppies). most ppl who'd receive calls from have cell phones w/ long distance included

now who the hell u know with no celly and only a home phone with no long distance (besides grandma and ya great uncle bert) ???

Hmmm...Actually my grandparents have cell phones. I don't. But why do I care, I don't have to pay the land line bills! I haven't tried FWD yet but I'm going to when I get home today.

[tom dunne]

[quote="DiGiTYZED"]

Originally Posted by OSUKid7

plus area codes don't matter much anymore (they're like floppies).

Or as Drew Carey once said (about something else) "...they are like vows at a celebrity wedding, they just don't matter".

I have just tried out Stanaphone and I am very impressed. Though I was holding my Axim X5 upside down and calling a US number. I left at message and played it back - clarity was quite good on the telephone end, though on the PDA end it was a little jumpy.

Pity they don't allow calls to Ireland for free. :cry: