Overseas number

[sinot]

You may consider offering overseas number, i.e. to link the fpl number to a number in other country so our friends/family oversea can call that number (free for them) and reach us directly. I am paying CAD 40 a year for a number (just for incoming) in Hong Kong. You can also generate income from LD. I have using ata and would like to see that integrated service on my home phone.

[FONGO_steve]

Thanks for the suggestion - I will be sure to pass this through the proper channels for you

[Jake]

You may consider offering overseas number, i.e. to link the fpl number to a number in other country so our friends/family oversea can call that number (free for them) and reach us directly. I am paying CAD 40 a year for a number (just for incoming) in Hong Kong. You can also generate income from LD. I have using ata and would like to see that integrated service on my home phone.

I had a thought about this the other day which could interest you.

What you could do is register a new FPL account and either set up an ATA and mail it to them, or get them to buy an ATA over there and program in the config settings. This way the calls between you would be free.

[sinot]

Not bad an idea.. but not cheap...

[laurent]

Not bad an idea.. but not cheap...

Not cheap? You mentioned earlier you pay 40$ per YEAR to get a number in Hong Kong. The ATA that FreePhoneLine sells is 50$ and will work for much more than one year.

Unless of course you have MANY relatives in Hong Kong and they ALL need an ATA to reach you, then yeah, it gets expensive at 50$ a pop plus shipping

Then again, in Hong Kong, they might already have the ability of buying very cheap ATA devices.

[Jake]

The ATA that FreePhoneLine sells is 50$ and will work for much more than one year

I think it would be 100$ (50$ ATA + 50$ config), but even so it is not that bad. Unless as you say there are lots of people over there that need to call.

[sinot]

Plus with an oversea number, they can just use any phone to call. One more thing, I don't need to provide remote technical assistance