"Mr Flipflops" <stuartewen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:43491097$0$15053$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net
> I bought one of these so I could have a US inbound
> number. At first it was fine, but now when I dial the
> global village supplied US number from another phone it
> does not make a connection. Forwarding the number works
> fine, and the UK assigned (0870) number works under all
> circumstances. Last time I asked them about it, they
> said I should perform a hard reset, which worked. Trouble
> is, this isn't a solution, it's just a stop gap for what
> is an undefined period of time before the problem
> reoccurs. Of course, the only way you know about it is
> if you try it out, or the person calling you has another
> method of communicating with you.
> Anybody else with a US number got this problem?
>
> Rgds
>
> Stuart

I have no idea about Global Village, but if you want a free US incoming
number that works with any SIP account then www.ipkall.com are worth a
look. I've had one of their numbers for a year with no problems at all.
The drawback is they only have 360 area code (Washington State) numbers,
but that isn't a problem for me as my friends there get inclusive calls to
any US number on their monthly plan.

Ivor