"NicHughes" <nichughes@mailandnews.com> wrote in message
news:1156890083.336779.67040@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com[color=blue]
> 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]
>
> The general case is that once you have a VOIP enabled
> number you can utilise it from anywhere, that it part of
> the benefit the IP part of VOIP gives you.
>
> To an extent Germany is an exception, they will not give
> out geographic numbers in the first place unless you are
> a resident. Of course once you have one you could conect
> to it from anywhere in the world you have IP access and
> suitable VOIP equipment. I get the feeling the German
> regulators disapprove of such things, perhaps someone has
> a better understanding of the German regulatory attitude.[/color]

The Germans are strange people ;-)

You could try giving a friend's address if you know anyone
there, it all depends on how stringent the checks are. I did
it that way, but YMMV.

KF