Ideas needed

[m3sye]

My Girlfriend is getting into her head the idea of working in another country, ie Dubai (the industry she is in is looking for people like her there)

Now I am quite relaxed about the idea but I just wanted thoughts from you guys on how I could carry on running my business whilst over there.
www.selective-marketing.co.uk is my website and I do most of my business via email, forums and calls.
I do have an 0844 number so that could be the main source of all my calls so I was wondering if I moved to Dubai could I pick up that call whilst there?
ie could I divert the 0844 number?

Or would it be best signing up to something like skype and advertising that number (if you can do that)

Any ideas welcome

Thanks in advance

Simon

[DonnyMac]

you can divert your 0844 number to a local (020 7) skype-in number or if it hasn't been advertised heavily just get a new skype number and advertise that instead.

[m3sye]

I dont have many worries about getting a new number, so if I went down the route of a skype number would it cost me to recieve calls in UAE? and would it cost them anymore?

Thanks

[AAT1981]

It would not cost your caller anything more if they dial the 08xx number, what you will have to watch is that some NGN (08XX) operators will onyl allow certain IP numbers to be used on the networks. Check this out with whoever owns the 08xx number you have.

[m3sye]

AAT1981 said:

It would not cost your caller anything more if they dial the 08xx number, what you will have to watch is that some NGN (08XX) operators will onyl allow certain IP numbers to be used on the networks. Check this out with whoever owns the 08xx number you have.

[The Moose]

There is a monthly/3 monthly/annual fee for skype-in, but there isn't a cost per call. You will probs want to get the Voicemail thing as well, which IIRC is a little bit more too...

[russ_a]

I'm an in-frequent user of skype and I wouldn't want to use it as my main business phone.

[m3sye]

russ_a said:

I'm an in-frequent user of skype and I wouldn't want to use it as my main business phone.

Hi Russ, most of my business is done via email enquiries. But I understand your concerns.