"paul123" <paul@redy.net> wrote in message
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> Yaz wrote:[color=green]
>> How is it possible for SIP VOIP providers to be able to provide you with
>> a
>> different countries landline number terminated to a SIP account. eg an
>> German number in the UK.[/color]
>
> A provider, like Sipgate, Voiptalk etc, acquires them from a national
> number distributor and then sells, rents, or even gives them free to
> their clients - wherever they are. Thus I have several UK, French and
> Italian numbers, even though I'm based in Spain.
>
> Some voip providers, like voip.co.uk (at least when I looked at them a
> few months back), will only give you numbers if you are a UK resident.
> In Germany, you have to be a German resident to get a geo number -
> Sipgate will only give you a non-geo German number if you apply for one
> online from the UK. Rules vary from country to country.
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None of them appear to offer number in the country that i need. how may i
go about assisting in arranging this. Do I need to set up any agreement in
the home country. Obviously they need to allocate numbers to someone and
they will not do it for free.

Yaz