Jupiter wrote :
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>> It's also worth pointing out that if the subject of this thread applies
>> for a completely fresh Sipgate.de account, using their German
>> relative's address, he will get a proper German "geographic" number.
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> Good point, but wouldn't Sipgate know that his IP address was in a
> block allocated to a UK ISP and sus out the ploy?[/color]

Nope.
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> They'll have to be careful about this because it's a legal requirement
> in Germany that the user be resident there.[/color]

Who'll have to be careful? Your friend or his relatives? His relatives
would be users - they want to be able to call a German number when
speaking to a relative in the UK. What's wrong with that?