"Alan Ramsay" <alan@ramsay.info> wrote in message
news:E14_h.10501$Ro3.3748@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...[color=blue]
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> Jono is right, you can get a US number from Gradwell.com for an additional
> £1 per month; so if you took a number with their SIP forwarding, it would
> be £3 + £1 + VAT per month for the US number; this could then forward to
> your SIPGATE account. According to
> [url]http://esupport.gradwell.net/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=194&nav=0[/url]
> Gradwell.com have a cross-calling agreement with SIPGATE, so there
> shouldn't be any problems forwarding to it.
>
> Alan[/color]

I've also just discovered [url]www.freedigits.com[/url] / [url]http://www.sipnumber.com/[/url]
(both seem to be from the same place); I've just signed up for a free
account with freedigits.com, which is credited with $1.80; You get allocated
a number in Iowa, FOC for incoming calls; you can also make 1-800/1-877
calls without charge.

NB Note the T&C's that state any unused credit will transfer to
freedigits.com after 180days from the date credited, so don't put too much
credit on the account, unless you're going to use it all up.

There are instructions on their website for connecting up your asterisk
server, or for forwarding to another SIP account through their web-gui.

Alan