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[andy]

Originally Posted by yackietech

Andy, that is of course a very UK centric point of view. The Jersey and IOM etc. numbers with free incoming are probably great, (although they also carry a higher rate than other UK mobiles). I have also seen elsewhere that there have been reachability issues to those numbers from various voip carriers as well.

Jersey and Isle of Man mobile numbers fall under the "United Kingdom Cellular Other" category. A quick check on a popular voip carrier reveals that UK mobile usually costs from $0.17 - $0.22, while "UK Cellular Other" costs $0.35. So here you have the same scenario.

As I already said, some providers have not defined certain numbers as valid. This certainly applies to +4476 and even still now to +4475 which is already more common on the main UK networks.

And quick checks on popular voip carriers reveal that they can't necessarily differentiate between all UK prefixes, especially recent ones, and may just as easily charge 32 cents to call T-mobile or O2 as Truphone Vectone or Xfone.

In other words, that is their own opportunistic choice of tariff, not necessarily based on direct feedback about what they are actually charged wholesale. This seems particularly true of US providers, as you probably noticed, and others have commented here in the past.

But although my post appears UK-centred, it was mainly for ease of looking up tariffs. Someone in Germany will have just as much chance of cheap ways to call German and UK mobiles and most other countries, and likewise throughout more and more of the world all the time