Phone numbers

[NozSpark]

I have a geographic sipgate phone number which I'm thinking of using as my main business number.

While I'm out and about I can get it to send me my messages as a .wav file (to my mobile) and when I'm home I can just pick up calls via WiFi.

Another benefit will be that it's a "lifetime" number; I can keep it even if I move house.

This sounds all well and good but I'm sure that there are some downsides, mainly while it will have a local area code the number won't be recognisable as a local number (you know, all numbers start with the same 2 digits)

What do you guys think??

 

[NozSpark]

Do you take sip calls on your mobile? Or just get the wav emailed to you...

Either I haven't set it up right or T-Mobile don't allow sip calls over 3G

ATM I have it set up to e-mail messages, I have also set up a personalised message

I am not planning on using it for any outgoing calls, I have plenty of minutes on my mobile contract

 

[Evans Electric]

I know we had this discussion before but the mobile is my business number , I think we are past that idea that you must be a cowboy by now TBH. Home/office number is on my letter heads , never seemed to be a problem .

 

[NozSpark]

Yep...

I use CSipSimple and have it set up to use port 5060,

Whien I'm home it shows up in the notification bar, but when I'm out and about it's not there