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![]() [Note: crossposted to uk.telecom, uk.telecom.broadband and uk.telecom.voip] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/22/skype_down_again/: "Up to 10,000 Skype customers have to change their SkypeIn number by 20 December, an email to customers advised last night. By way of recompense, it also offered affected punters a year's free service with voicemail and a grovelling apology. According to the email, Skype is having to 'return some of the 0207 SkypeIn numbers' to their suppliers, though it makes no mention of why, or to whom, these numbers need to be returned. It seems numbers starting '020 7870' are affected, which Ofcom shows are allocated to a company called Gamma Telecom. Skype leased these numbers from an intermediary called GCI Telecom, who tell us that they are still in negotiations with Skype regarding the numbers, and have promised us a fuller explanation real soon now. Skype's message board is full of complaints from users about to lose their numbers, who have printed up business cards or even '...had to pulp a mailshot to 3,000 people, already stuffed, stamped, and ready to go, with first class stamps stuck on'." -- Martin Jay |
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![]() "Martin Jay" wrote in message ... [Note: crossposted to uk.telecom, uk.telecom.broadband and uk.telecom.voip] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/22/skype_down_again/: "Up to 10,000 Skype customers have to change their SkypeIn number by 20 December, an email to customers advised last night. By way of recompense, it also offered affected punters a year's free service with voicemail and a grovelling apology. According to the email, Skype is having to 'return some of the 0207 SkypeIn numbers' to their suppliers, though it makes no mention of why, or to whom, these numbers need to be returned. It seems numbers starting '020 7870' are affected, which Ofcom shows are allocated to a company called Gamma Telecom. Skype leased these numbers from an intermediary called GCI Telecom, who tell us that they are still in negotiations with Skype regarding the numbers, and have promised us a fuller explanation real soon now. Skype's message board is full of complaints from users about to lose their numbers, who have printed up business cards or even '... plausible had to pulp a mailshot to 3,000 people, already stuffed, stamped, and ready to go, with first class stamps stuck on'." but this is ramping. -- Martin Jay |
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![]() On 27 Nov, 16:53, Martin Jay wrote: [Note: crossposted to uk.telecom, uk.telecom.broadband and uk.telecom.voip] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/22/skype_down_again/: "Up to 10,000 Skype customers have to change their SkypeIn number by 20 December, an email to customers advised last night. By way of recompense, it also offered affected punters a year's free service with voicemail and a grovelling apology. According to the email, Skype is having to 'return some of the 0207 SkypeIn numbers' to their suppliers, though it makes no mention of why, or to whom, these numbers need to be returned. It seems numbers starting '020 7870' are affected, which Ofcom shows are allocated to a company called Gamma Telecom. Skype leased these numbers from an intermediary called GCI Telecom, who tell us that they are still in negotiations with Skype regarding the numbers, and have promised us a fuller explanation real soon now. Skype's message board is full of complaints from users about to lose their numbers, who have printed up business cards or even '...had to pulp a mailshot to 3,000 people, already stuffed, stamped, and ready to go, with first class stamps stuck on'." -- Martin Jay don't panic its not as bad as it sounds both voipfone and vonage are offering to port the effected numbers from skype to their platforms i have just moved my number from skype to voipfone and it was working by the next morning despite the fact i had a rather worrying call from gci telecoms basically trying to use scare tactics to get me pay them double what i was paying skype. i don't how it all works with vonage but voipfone have provide some information www.voipfone.co.uk/skype or 08005200949. Hope this is of some help. Tom Ford WCM Plastics |
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