link did number -->pbxes.org-->voipcheap-->UM mobile

[andy]

I wonder if it's more to do with IPKall settings, as this works fine with UK DIDs I use. And if the softphone is online it will ring both this and the forwarded destination, the latter starting a few seconds later. Have you tried Freedigits?

[Grampa]

Originally Posted by andy

I wonder if it's more to do with IPKall settings, as this works fine with UK DIDs I use. And if the softphone is online it will ring both this and the forwarded destination, the latter starting a few seconds later. Have you tried Freedigits?

IPKall offers a free DID, and nothing else -- i.e., there is nothing on its website for sale, no customer service, etc. I think it then just forwards the call. There is very little to configure. Perhaps VoipCheap doesn't like double-forwarding from IPKall. I know there was a period where the Finarea companies were blocking pbxes, apparently because a pbxes subscriber tried to set up a callback business using pbxes and a Finarea company.

Anyway, I don't mind using pbxes to do this. It seems to work just fine, and it offers some flexibility. For example, you could set up a Ring Group so that the DID would ring all of your SIM cards simultaneously. Then you wouldn't have to bother with remote forwarding.

I do have a Freedigits account, but I also use it with pbxes. It's the DID I use for remote call forwarding.

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Thanks a lot to djalqali for starting this thread and especially to bbob (but also to everyone else) for providing all the info.

I have finally started understanding how all this works (something I had been wanting to do for ages). I have set up an account with pbxes with which I set up my messagenet VOIP fixed line number so that calls are diverted to my UM+.

That's really great: I finally can divert calls from my Italian mobile number to the UM+ number through the Italian VOIP number (right now at a cost of 17 cent/min because I am using messagenet also outbound, since I did not want to activate a further account with another VOIP provider... but on the other hand it's not that bad since it's billed 1/1!).

Thanks again to all.