Hi <br>Thanks for long and informative email. But that 01801 number seems to be premium chargeable but you are saying its same as local number. I don' t understand why do they give this 01801 if it is similar to local number? I am also exploring the options to get some landlines for flat rate.
<br><br>-Thameem<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jay Milk</b> <<a href="mailto:ast-users@skimmilk.net">ast-users@skimmilk.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thameem Ansari wrote:<br>> I would like to get some details about voip providers in local<br>> germany. I am moving to germany and looking for some unlimited<br>> land+mobile minutes from provider. I also need a german DID with
<br>> unlimited inbound and flat monthly rate. If anyone know anything,<br>> please reply.<br><br>I've been quite successful with <a href="http://www.sipgate.de">www.sipgate.de</a>. You can access their<br>English language site from
<a href="http://www.sipgate.co.uk">www.sipgate.co.uk</a>. If you're not in Germany,<br>you can still get a 01801 number, which should cost the same as a local<br>call anywhere in Germany. Sipgate's DIDs are completely FREE. Mine
<br>have been up for around two years, but occasionally they'll be out a for<br>a few hours.<br><br>For calls to Germany, I use several of the US providers. Landlines are<br>1.2 cents/minute. For cellphones, some providers are cheaper than
<br>others. E+ (+49177) runs just under 20c/minute on one of the providers<br>I'm using (it's running automated on a home-built LCR right now, so I<br>don't have that info handy). Prices vary between VOIP providers as well
<br>as called network. Per-minute rates are so high because the cost of<br>termination is carried by the caller and incoming calls to German<br>cell-phones are free to the callee. I doubt there is a single plan in<br>existence that allows for unlimited calling to German cellphones.
<br><br>That said, for my needs, the prepaid per-minute plans are perfect -- I'm<br>doing between 200-300 minutes to Germany each month for less than $5.<br><br>See what you *really* need, but don't expect to be able to cut
<br>cell-calls below 15c/minute. But since you're moving there, you may<br>want to look at the landline plans available -- some are quite<br>attractive, as I hear from family over there.<br>_______________________________________________
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