A virtual phone number for all intents and purposes, is a regular telephone number. It can be dialed by anyone, anywhere. A FlyNumber and a local landline/mobile phone number won't differ much as far as functionality. They both can be dialed the same way locals call cellphones or landlines in their respective countries.
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Our cloud phone system has always empowered you to make global calls while displaying your FlyNumber as the outgoing caller ID. This powerful feature ensures you maintain a local presence, regardless of your physical location or the device you're using.
Now, we're excited to announce a significant update: you can make these same calls at substantially reduced rates, often up to 10X cheaper than before.
This article was written by a human with AI help to spruce it up.
So after being involved with phone numbers from cities all across the globe for well over a decade I got to thinking - isn't it interesting how us Americans have a specific culture thing for area codes?
One under-riding theory is that once populations in US cities started to boom, devices needed phone numbers (phones, modems, fax machines etc), which in turn caused new area codes to be introduced. Those with the "original" area code held on to it, perhaps as a sense of local pride. I know that having a 212 NYC number is still very sought after, even though incoming/outgoing from a 212 is no different than a NYC 347 or 646 , one is $2.95 a month and the other $29.95 a month - humans are interesting.
One of the standout features of our cloud phone system is the ability to edit the caller-ID for the phone receiving the FlyNumber calls (only when using VoIP). This comes in handy when you need to distinguish between calls coming in from different phone numbers.
Imagine having a UK, Canada, and US FlyNumber ringing directly to your smartphone or a desktop VoIP phone (such as Grandstream or Yealink). By default, you'll see the caller-ID of the person calling the FlyNumber, but you won't know which FlyNumber they called.
"Forwarding the calls" somewhere vs. setting the calls to ring somewhere are 2 different things. It may be important for you to know the difference.
At our core, we'll always offer you the ability to use the FlyNumber(s) in one of the following three ways.
Forwarding to Skype as of 2022 is still not possible unless you use Skype business.
Skype forwarding is no more, unless you use " Skype connect" which they charge for. This would give you a SIP URI and we can send calls there
**Now anytime anyone calls your FlyNumber you can answer the calls for free with unlimited incoming minutes on your iPhone or Android, when you make an outgoing call you’ll pay ourlow per minute rate and have your FlyNumber show up as the Caller-ID. **
This has been the most anticipated feature coming out of our PBX/ Virtual Phone System; it will enable you to register a SIP device/client with our own internal SIP addresses. No need to use a 3rd party VOIP provider, just choose a phone number and send the calls to our “PBX”. You’ll have the ability to register multiple devices and use our legendary PBX Grid to configure your configuration. It’s never been easier to make and receive phone calls with your FlyNumber.
Using an Actual Phone
We like VoipWise because its simple, easy and free. You download the application, login or signup if you don’t have an account and you’re done. The calls get forwarded to your VoipWise account and ring right to your PC or MAC.
2022 update- this post needs a major update.
We get a lot of people who ask if they can make outgoing calls with their FlyNumber, technically you’d need to connect to some sort of SIP/VOIP provider to handle outgoing calls from your SIP client or VOIP phone. If you have Skype then you’d just use Skype to make the outgoing calls.