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How could I have a toll-free number in the states, another in New Zealand and forward those calls to Skype, a pair of mobile phones and a landline here in NZ?

• m_eiman 16y ago
  You could set up a Twilio number for the US, get a local New Zealand number that forwards to the US number, then forward the US number to a "ring on X phones until one of them picks up" twimlet. The per-minute cost for a call to the New Zealand number would probably be a bit on the high side, but not a major problem, and in the worst case you could just ask for the customer's number and call them back. I assume that the CallerID will get lost along the way. You'll have it up and running in less than a day, you just need to email support and have them enable international calling on your account.
  • dmor 16y ago
    [disclosure - i work at twilio] Thanks for explaining this, I actually wrote a blog post (with working sample code) on exactly this topic, because we had some friends in town for Christmas who wanted to call home on Christmas morning without using those really expensive calling cards they were carrying. Basically they called into a U.S. local number with their cell phone, picked from a menu of potential options, and then Twilio dialed to the international number and connected them. Check out my Christmas Eve hack here: http://blog.twilio.com/2009/12/creating-a-custom-international-calling-card-with-twilio.html http://blog.twilio.com/2009/12/creating-a-custom-internation... By the way, Twilio rates to New Zealand are 5.2 cents per minute (except for to some mobile lines, which are 47.4 cents per minute - depends on the carrier). http://www.twilio.com/international-calling-rates http://www.twilio.com/international-calling-rates