Well, by signing up for e164.org you have associated your PhoneNumber with a SIP URI for the VoIP World.....
Who can call you free:
-People who call SipBroker Access Number local to them, then enter *013YourNumber or just YourNumber (your number in Intl format)
-People that are calling you from VoXalot and who have enabled ENum lookup in their Dial Plans.... (it's enabled by default, but sometimes adjustments are needed to make sure number passed for lookupin in Intl Format)
-Any other people on VoIP providers who perform an ENum lookup on e164.org when placing calls (Skype is definitely not one of these)
-PBXes also offers the ability to create an ENum trunk (even in free accounts) and place calls through there.... (ENum lookup on VoXalot and ENum Trunk on PBXes serve similar purposes)
In a few words, anyone that knows to lookup ENum when placing a call, can call you for free, but it's not automatic, it only works if a lookup is performed and many VoIP providers (aside form places like VoXalot, PBXes and some others) don't do lookups beforehand......
ENum's momentum is still building, it's not there yet
Last edited by emoci; 08-29-2007 at 06:23 AM.
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