VOIP virtuial number in one country that connects to my cell?

[integramodder]

I'm looking for some kind of hardware/software solution that would allow me to have a local number in Moscow Russia that would ultimately forward to my cell phone in the US.

Has anyone had any experience with this? Care to share what you've learned?

 

[kornphlake]

Back when people used to pay for long distance calls it wasn't uncommon for people to sign up for a basic cell phone plan that offered free call forwarding, they'd set the phone to forward all incoming calls to some number across the nation and get free long distance calls. I don't know if it worked forwarding to an international number.

 

[Plugers]

Asterix box in Moscow and asterix box in USA. need internet connection on both ends. I don't know if you can get a free DID number with a Moscow area code, I know they have free ones here.

If they do you might be able to just get away with just a box here, that would only cover inbound though not outbound calls. For inbound / outbound you would need a box on both ends.

Both sides need an internet connection and you could set up a magic jack SIP number on the box in USA. Not sure if there is a Russian equivalent.

The servers would then connect together on the back end and link both PBXs into one network

 

[Railgun]

Vonage. I have had that service for years. When I moved to the UK, I transferred my account under a UK account, got a local number, and transferred my US number to a virtual. It forwards to my phone. Now, as far as outgoing calls, I can't source those with my cell at the moment as I don't have that service.

 

[Plugers]

It looks like with an Android phone, gingerbread and later, you can set up a SIP number right on the phone.

Russian magic jack (?) extract the sip info using one of many tools online and set up the SIP info in your phone directly? It would be reliant on data coverage though.