how do i get an Internet (virtual) phone number

ginger_nuts

How do i get an Internet phone number .
OK my brother has an Internet phone number and a UK 028 phone number .
My brother doesnt live in the UK but if I phone him on his 028 ***** number I am billed as a local call (free ) .

how would I go about setting up a number for me .
I want it more for incoming calls than outgoing if that makes any difference

ossie

https://www.sipgate.co.uk give you a free local number.

ginger_nuts

do I need to pay a monthly fee to have sipgate ,even if I dont make calls

Calvin_exq3

ginger_nuts wrote:

do I need to pay a monthly fee to have sipgate ,even if I dont make calls

No monthly fee. Just register on the site and you get a free number with free incoming calls even in you don't use it for outgoing.

ginger_nuts

Calvin_exq3 wrote:

No monthly fee. Just register on the site and you get a free number with free incoming calls even in you don't use it for outgoing.

I have registered and got my free number but I cant find any software to download to use it .Do i still need to pay the £5.90 credit its quoting on the site if I only want it for incoming calls .

aerostar

ginger_nuts wrote:

I have registered and got my free number but I cant find any software to download to use it .Do i still need to pay the £5.90 credit its quoting on the site if I only want it for incoming calls .

You do not need to pay.

software

http://www.sipgate.co.uk/download

log in to your account and you can download x-lite with all the details set up for you.

virgo17

aerostar wrote:

You do not need to pay.

software

http://www.sipgate.co.uk/download

If you decide that this form of communication is for you and you might want to make more use of it in future you may want to consider a full voip solution. Basically you would need a small box called an ATA which plugs directly into your ADSL modem/router and a telephone (landline or DECT) plugs into the box.

This has the major advantage that you do not need your computer switched on to make or receive calls and it is active 24/7 just like a 'real' telephone.

You just need to consider if this expense is worth the amount of use you would make of it.

Hope this helps.

V.

BexTech

virgo17 wrote:

If you decide that this form of communication is for you and you might want to make more use of it in future you may want to consider a full voip solution. Basically you would need a small box called an ATA which plugs directly into your ADSL modem/router and a telephone (landline or DECT) plugs into the box.

This has the major advantage that you do not need your computer switched on to make or receive calls and it is active 24/7 just like a 'real' telephone.

You just need to consider if this expense is worth the amount of use you would make of it.

Hope this helps.

V.

Ideal if like me, you have cable broadband as you can dump the landline.

fgaughan

ginger_nuts wrote:

How do i get an Internet phone number .
OK my brother has an Internet phone number and a UK 028 phone number .
My brother doesnt live in the UK but if I phone him on his 028 ***** number I am billed as a local call (free ) .

how would I go about setting up a number for me .
I want it more for incoming calls than outgoing if that makes any difference

Why not ask your brother ?

ginger_nuts

fgaughan wrote:

Why not ask your brother ?

I did ask him but his set up is different to mine .His was set up using NTL ,i cant get NThell

credit-card-tart

virgo17 wrote:

Basically you would need a small box called an ATA which plugs directly into your ADSL modem/router and a telephone (landline or DECT) plugs into the box.

Where do you get these boxes from?