> thanks...do you know where I can find Israeli VOIP services?
Since what you want is an incoming number that "looks" like it is in Israel,
you options are limted. Most Israelis have regular landline or cell phone
numbers and a VOIP line for calls overseas.
The two companies I know of that actually provide incoming service
here are MSN Netphone and DeltaThree.
It is not going to be cheap whatever you do, I don't think that either
is less than $25 a month plus 17% VAT.
Depending upon what you do, you may want to have people give you their
phone number and call them back with your VoIP line. You could offer them
a Euro off the price (assuming you are selling something) for the original
call.
Another option would be to use something like free world dialup, and
have a person with an Asterisk system make you an extension. For example,
let's assume your extension was 123 and your fwd number was 999999. They
can easily tie them together.
So you would have your SIP phone (or softphone) connected and waiting
for calls. When a caller received a menu that said "press 1 for Lars",
and pressed 1, they would be transfered to your FWD phone. If you had an
Asterisk system already at a fixed IP address, then you would not need
FWD.
This would not be very cost effective just for you, the cost of an
incoming line, internet connection and electricty to run the system
would be over 100e a month, but the incremental cost of adding you to an
existing system would be trivial.
A friend of mine did that when he moved here from the U.S. The company
he works for added his old home number to their Asterisk system. When you
call it, the system routes the call to his VoIP phone at his home in
Netanya.
You could post a note on the Asterisk users list. There may even be
an Israeli one, but I don't know what it is.
Geoff.

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>thanks...do you know where I can find Israeli VOIP services?
Google: VOIP Israel. Most of them appear to be in the Tel Aviv area.
(Ramat Gan, Petah Tikva, etc.) They may provide local numbers in
other areas of Israel.
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