Port Mobile Number to VoIP service?

[OzyOly]

I will be moving to Oz for at least 18 months, but would like to keep my UK Mobile number active in case I come back.

What would be ideal is if I could port my mobile number to a VoIP service so that people in the UK can call my mobile at UK rates (with some charge to me).
I know google voice allows this for US mobile numbers, do any of you know of such a service for UK mobile numbers?

Cheers, OCUK.

 

[tres]

Skype Personal Number?

About a fiver a month, you get a local rate UK number (i.e. London 020 number), which can be answered via Skype, or forwarded to your Aus mobile (for a charge)

Edit - just missed that big bit out about keeping your number.

 

[iaind]

Port to PAYG and forward to a geographic VOIP number

 

[OzyOly]

Edit - just missed that big bit out about keeping your number.

Thanks, this is the stumbling block. I paid quite a bit for my mobile number and would hate for it go to waste. I might have to just take out a very cheap contract and set up divert on an iPhone left in the UK.

 

[OzyOly]

Port to PAYG and forward to a geographic VOIP number

This might work, I'm going to look into it.

 

[tres]

Out of curiosity, how much did you pay for your number? Do you feel it was worth it? Do people comment on your number?

That sounds like a plan - cheapest contract, leave it plugged in somewhere, done

 

[OzyOly]

Out of curiosity, how much did you pay for your number? Do you feel it was worth it? Do people comment on your number?

That sounds like a plan - cheapest contract, leave it plugged in somewhere, done

I paid £200 for the number. It's not a lot in the grand scheme of things, but it's the most I've ever spend on vanity ID ha. It's easy for people to remember though which is why I bought it. 0777- -0-000.

 

[Caged]

You can't port a number designated as being for mobile use to a non-mobile provider. You'd have to forward it and keep a £5 a month SIM active or something.

 

[OzyOly]

You can't port a number designated as being for mobile use to a non-mobile provider. You'd have to forward it and keep a £5 a month SIM active or something.

Yeah, I think that is looking like the case. I'll leave a phone on mains supply in a relative's house in the UK I think.

 

[Caged]

You don't need to leave a phone powered up if you key in a network level divert when unavailable. How do you think you still receive voicemail when your phone is off?

 

[PapaLazaru]

Move it to PAYG or the cheapest contract and just use Whatsapp for VOIP.

 

[The_Abyss]

Does anyone actually dial numbers any more? Pretty much all my calling is done from a contact or a click on a screen. I don't care what the number is.

 

[Thekwango]

Does anyone actually dial numbers any more? Pretty much all my calling is done from a contact or a click on a screen. I don't care what the number is.

I don't normally dial numbers but I do tend to memorise important mobiles numbers in case my phone dies/lost/stolen and I need to call someone urgently.

 

[OzyOly]

I don't normally dial numbers but I do tend to memorise important mobiles numbers in case my phone dies/lost/stolen and I need to call someone urgently.

It's also easy to give out over the phone to someone or in a noisy bar. I like the way it looks on my CV with the perfect email address.

 

[Tomsk]

Port your number to Three and take the SIM with you to Australia.

 

[TheVoice]

It's also easy to give out over the phone to someone or in a noisy bar. I like the way it looks on my CV with the perfect email address.

How much did you pay for this 'perfect' email address?

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Are you on 3?

If so, http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/Phones/Feel_At_Home#dest