On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:19:45 GMT, Jono <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid>
wrote:
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>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]
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>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?
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Sipgate are the ones who'll have to be careful. Presumably they are
regulated by German authorities as they are allocating telephone
numbers. Users won't be at risk.