wanting to use a 0845 number then redirect to my mobile via voip or similar ......

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Q. I was reading this months PC Format magazine and one of the freebies on the cover disc is a program called 3cx phone system 3, i've no idea how to set it up and it looks as if it does loads more than i need but might be a bit overkill , i have a friend that might be able to set it up , but not sure its what i need to do the job ?, but its what sparked the idea .... i guess its a fairly simple concept for the all knowing voip/telcom expets , so i thought i'd ask you guys. i'm needing a 0845 type number , the ability to redirect to my mobile number or landline or to my voip number depending on the day.

A. basically , whats the cheapest method for a 0845 type number (dont like the idea of the odd landline type numbers skype etc can offer) to redirect to my choosen number on the day, some days i'm out all day so its mobile , some days i'm at one location all day and other days i'm at the 2nd location all day or even a mixture of all three , so i need the ability to easily update the number for the 0845 to redirect to , voip, landline , mobile . cost is very important , i already have the phone line , i also have a voip.co.uk account / skpye account . i'm willing to reconsider using 0845 , but do need something similar as i believe that the 0845 number is etched into peoples minds as a local rate number , the offerings from skype for a landline number look forgein and i dont want people thinking there making a call to a frogein phone number ,when where based in the u.k. When you get a non-geo number (e.g. 0845,0800) it will usually be directed to an existing geographical number. Firstly forget about Skype. Skype isn't a serious prospect. There are hundreds of other providers that use the SIP protocol. There is no reason whatever for you to have an 0845 number in order to redirect your calls. You don't even need to have voip equipment so long as you have access to the Net. You can get a voip number instead. One easy way to transfer calls is to open an account with Voxalot.com. If you only have one voip number then the cost will be US$15/year (about GBP7.30) for the services. 1. Set up your geo voip number to register on voxalot. 2. Set up a provider to carry your forwarded calls, e.g. voip.co.uk, as well as a provider for your incoming geo. voip number (may be the same account you use to forwarrd your calls) 3. Set up all the numbers you want to transfer to and then you can just enable them at will. If your call transfer is to another voip number it can often be transferred for free, if not, then with voip.co.uk it will be 2p/call at peak time ('free' other times). You can choose from many carriers and thus keep your call costs down. Voxalot provides a good voicemail system and you can pick up your messages in three ways. 1. Via email. 2. Via the Sipbroker PSTN access service of which there are many scattered throughout the world (numbers best programmed into a phone). 3. On a telephone handset that is connected to an ATA, which, in turn, is connected to broadband. (if you really wanted to you could carry a voip ATA or phone around with you and plug it into broadband wherever you are providing you had control of the configuration of the network - that way there would be NILL call transfer costs at all times) If you want to have an 0800 or an 0845 pointed to your registered voip number then you can do that - it is just another layer and nothing to do with the call transfer system. I have assumed, as you posted this on this group that you did want a voip solution rather than a purely POTS system.

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