Comments on: Transfer your 800 number to a Canadian phone company http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/canada/transfer-to-a-canadian-phone-company.html 1-800 Toll free number search program to locate vanity 800 numbers Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:16:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Ivette http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/canada/transfer-to-a-canadian-phone-company.html#comment-802 Ivette Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:18:59 +0000 http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/canada/transfer-to-a-canadian-phone-company.html#comment-802 Love, love, love your site! I have a question that I have not found an answer for, yet many of your past clients seem to be informed on. I already have a 1-800 number with a very inexpensive US carrier that I would like to port to to a cheap Canadian carrier, My current carrier will not transfer calls to Canada, and my business is now on Canadian soil. So, cheap as the US carrier is (under $5.00 a month), it doesn't serve me at all. Ideally, I would like to have my 1-800 forwarded to a Skype Canada account with an answering system all in the name of economy. Do I have to have a Canadian carrier at all in order to port my number and forward the calls to Skype? And if I do...who is the least expensive Canadian company of them all? Any light you can shed on this would be GREATLY appreciated. Be well, Ivette<ul></ul> Love, love, love your site! I have a question that I have not found an answer for, yet many of your past clients seem to be informed on. I already have a 1-800 number with a very inexpensive US carrier that I would like to port to to a cheap Canadian carrier, My current carrier will not transfer calls to Canada, and my business is now on Canadian soil. So, cheap as the US carrier is (under $5.00 a month), it doesn’t serve me at all.

Ideally, I would like to have my 1-800 forwarded to a Skype Canada account with an answering system all in the name of economy. Do I have to have a Canadian carrier at all in order to port my number and forward the calls to Skype? And if I do…who is the least expensive Canadian company of them all?

Any light you can shed on this would be GREATLY appreciated.

Be well,
Ivette

    ]]>         By: Bill Quimby http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/canada/transfer-to-a-canadian-phone-company.html#comment-803 Bill Quimby Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:46:39 +0000 http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/canada/transfer-to-a-canadian-phone-company.html#comment-803 Ivette, Thanks for the nice comments. This is an easy question. Yes, you can certainly point a toll free number to any local number including a Skype number. You can also use a US company to do it, although many regular carriers will require a US address, so you may have to use one of the enhanced voicemail services. They don’t really care where you’re located or require SSN’s. All you need is a credit card for some of them. Using a Skype or vonage type number through your computer is one way to get international forwarding anywhere in the world with a good internet connection. Bill<ul></ul> Ivette,

    Thanks for the nice comments. This is an easy question. Yes, you can certainly point a toll free number to any local number including a Skype number.

    You can also use a US company to do it, although many regular carriers will require a US address, so you may have to use one of the enhanced voicemail services. They don’t really care where you’re located or require SSN’s. All you need is a credit card for some of them.

    Using a Skype or vonage type number through your computer is one way to get international forwarding anywhere in the world with a good internet connection.

    Bill

      ]]>             By: Ivette http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/canada/transfer-to-a-canadian-phone-company.html#comment-806 Ivette Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:49:57 +0000 http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/canada/transfer-to-a-canadian-phone-company.html#comment-806 Thank for the quick reply. So how do businesses get the 1-800 number to show up with the skype flags next to them on html? That's the last piece of my puzzle. LOL Ivette<ul></ul> Thank for the quick reply. So how do businesses get the 1-800 number to show up with the skype flags next to them on html? That’s the last piece of my puzzle. LOL

      Ivette

        ]]>                 By: Bill Quimby http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/canada/transfer-to-a-canadian-phone-company.html#comment-807 Bill Quimby Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:05:40 +0000 http://www.tollfreenumbers.com/canada/transfer-to-a-canadian-phone-company.html#comment-807 I’m not that familiar with Skype but there must be some notification process or some profile or registration. If you find an answer to that let us know. Bill<ul></ul> I’m not that familiar with Skype but there must be some notification process or some profile or registration. If you find an answer to that let us know.

        Bill

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