Hi List, I recently signed up with Voxbone to get some International DIDs. I was just about to purchase a DID this morning... but when I went to get it.... voxbone wanted the end user's address information. So I started to put it in... unfortunately... the end-user is in the U.S....but the only options are for a few select cities in GERMANY! I don't understand. Is there some legislation that says German DIDs can't be exported?
In article <c11d02530701120831n2f412eedyfe1d797c7fb0f8e2@mail.gmail.com>, Matt <mhoppes@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi List, > I recently signed up with Voxbone to get some International DIDs. I > was just about to purchase a DID this morning... but when I went to > get it.... voxbone wanted the end user's address information. So I > started to put it in... unfortunately... the end-user is in the > U.S....but the only options are for a few select cities in GERMANY! > I don't understand. Is there some legislation that says German DIDs > can't be exported?Presumably this is for a DID in Germany. There is indeed some German legislation that seems to require all their PSTN numbers to be registered to an address in Germany. Fortunately, the client of mine who wanted one had an office in the required town, so we used that. Not sure what you have to do if the end-user doesn't have a presence in Germany. This is probably better off in asterisk-biz Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: tony@softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony@mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org
In article <c11d02530701120831n2f412eedyfe1d797c7fb0f8e2@mail.gmail.com>, Matt <mhoppes@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi List, > I recently signed up with Voxbone to get some International DIDs. I > was just about to purchase a DID this morning... but when I went to > get it.... voxbone wanted the end user's address information. So I > started to put it in... unfortunately... the end-user is in the > U.S....but the only options are for a few select cities in GERMANY! > I don't understand. Is there some legislation that says German DIDs > can't be exported?Further info: http://www.freeworlddialup.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Features;action=display;num=1093028922 Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: tony@softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony@mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org
Matt wrote:> Hi List, > I recently signed up with Voxbone to get some International DIDs. I > was just about to purchase a DID this morning... but when I went to > get it.... voxbone wanted the end user's address information. So I > started to put it in... unfortunately... the end-user is in the > U.S....but the only options are for a few select cities in GERMANY! > I don't understand. Is there some legislation that says German DIDs > can't be exported?AFAIK, they need to be able to find you on their debt reference agency (which means you need a bank accound at a german address). The same rules apply when signing up to a German VoIP provider (such as sipgate.de).
Am Freitag, den 12.01.2007, 11:31 -0500 schrieb Matt:> Hi List, > I recently signed up with Voxbone to get some International DIDs. I > was just about to purchase a DID this morning... but when I went to > get it.... voxbone wanted the end user's address information. So I > started to put it in... unfortunately... the end-user is in the > U.S....but the only options are for a few select cities in GERMANY! > I don't understand. Is there some legislation that says German DIDs > can't be exported?German legislation requires you to have a real address in Germany if you want a landline number. Even stricter, it has to be in the same area as the number you want (e.g. you need a COLOGNE address for any phone number in the 221 area). Depending on the provider you choose, those checks seem to be different. Sipgate seems to place a Schufa call (there is a central, though private company keeping a register of your debt and credit history) - if they do not know about you, for their purposes, you do not exist. Others just seem to need a valid street address with postal code and a reference phone number in the same city where they can call you and you enter some kind of confirmation PIN. AFAIK those legislation does not apply for so called service numbers (but I may be mistaken) - several providers seem to hand out 180x service numbers (which are not much more expensive than landlines for the callers). If I may give you a hint - there seems to be a provider handing out numbers in the MUNICH area (code 89) - those are "89" + 11 digits, thus 2 digits longer than most regular phone numbers there, but they seem to only require an email address, no street address asked for. Try www.bluesip.de. No idea how legal that is for _them_ to give you that number, but in your place I would not fear to accept that offer. If a MUNICH number is acceptable for your purposes. Incoming calls are generally free with German SIP providers, so you do not need to have a positive credit in your account to accept calls. BR&HTH Anselm