How to set up followme to a US number

[kenporter]

I would like to set up my followme number to a US number. Is this possiable or not? I would be willing to pay for the longdistance package if this would work.
Thanks for any help.

[FONGO_steve]

At present time we can not do this in our system because terminating calls to a US number are much more expensive than to a Canadian one. Since our LD plans are similar to a calling card, they can not be used to follow-me long distance. Sorry for any inconveniences.

[kenporter]

What I would like to do is use my freephone line account and forward it to my magicjack when I travel and only have access to wireless. I know I could use the soft phone but find it inconvient to use all the time. I could make out going calls through my magicjack and people can call my free phone line number to call me. Anyway to set this up? Thanks for your help.

[FONGO_kris]

As Steve said above, Freephoneline is Canadian and right now cannot be used to forward to any number outside Canada, however it can be used on the RECIEViNG end of a US or other national forward

[kenporter]

Well looks like MJ is offering canadian numbers now so I now can forward my FPL to my MJ when im not at home and im travling. love FPL. its the best.
Thanks for everyones input.

[grmoro]

Hi. I travel in The U.S.A. and use my MagicJack for making and receiving calls while in a hotel/condo/house. But while out and about, the only way to do what you want is one method only and it is cheap. Get a prepaid SIM card from T-Mobile and prepay for the year for only $100 USD (expires in 365 days-nice!), and use any unlocked or T-Mobile locked cell phone (hint-travel with a dual SIM card cell phone to make it easier). Call T-Mobile and disable the voicemail completely. Then deposit a LD vouchure in your FPL account and setup your call forwarding. Only when the connection is made on your end while you travel will you get charged from your LD account at a rate of only $0.019/minute. T-Mobile prepaid rates are only $0.10 USD/minute with no roaming fees anywhere in The U.S.A. You'll have caller ID and can then decide to answer your roaming call or let it go to vmail and then you can use magicjack later when possible. Now for the first year your T-Mobile service costs you $8.75 USD/month, but if you recharge the account before it expires in 1 year, and ONLY deposit a $10 USD vouchure into the account, the second full year of service now costs you only $0.875 USD/month! Nice! Send an SMS for $0.10 or receive an SMS for $0.05 USD anywhere in N.America. If you have to call back to Canada using your T-Mobile phone it only costs you $0.40 USD/minute compared to making or receiving and call in The U.S.A. with any Canadian cell phone at a rate of $1.70-1.90 USD/minutes. Ouch! If the phone you plan to use has wifi, then a software sip program on it programmed with your FPL account and now you can also make/receive Canadian calls from anywhere in the world using a free wifi connection like from Starbucks. Got it? PM me if you need more tricks to save money.