local access number for inum in Hong Kong

daibaan

Any one know what change has happened to the INUM access number in HK (+852 5808 0177, by v-global communication)?

I was able to use this number to call my INUM phone on callcentric last November, my wife is in HK now, and she informed me that when she call this access number, it asked for a PIN -- before she had a chance to dial my INUM number.

Also, she has trouble calling 1502-131, which is the local access number of Onesuite (US based LD & VoIP SP), she cannot call from either ChinaTelecom SIM or land line (not sure which provider)

/Daibaan

daibaan

Got it working, well, it took 6 years, the HK access number was working, and to my surprise, it is still working. Interesting thing is, that the INUM official access number page did not list the HK access number (http://www.inum.net/what-is-inum-2/local-access-numbers/), I originally found it in one of their blog post (http://www.inum.net/new-hong-kong-access/)

The original problem was I had a 'call treatment' rule configured on my callcentric inum line which redirect all incoming call require pay as you go PIN, which I have completely forgotten.

I had my obi200 working perfectly until obihai upgraded my FW to 3.2.2 (Build: 5859EX) back in April, my AA stop working, my wife is visiting HK again, so I determine to fix the AA problem so I can route my call phone call to HK though obi200 at home, after fixing the X_InboundCallRoute problem I started to look at configuration my callcentric main account to SP2 and callcentric INUM as SP4, only to find out calling from my obi via callcentric requires a PIN, after playing with the config a little, and removing the call treatment rule, callcentric-inum on obihai works perfectly. then I try the HK access number again, it works!

so for anyone who want to use HK INUM access number, I am happy to report, it is working -- sorry my report took 6 years.  a lot has changed in 6 years, VoIP has become much more widespread and dirt cheap! however, I still think INUM has its place -- the idea of having one phone number for you for your whole life independent of service provider and country is a great.

One interesting observation for INUM is that while most of VoIP service provider allow INUM call for free, Google Voice charge US$0.03 per minute (in comparison, US to HK call is US$0.02 per minute), while there are free INUM local access numbers for over 50 countries.

Having said that, it seems INUM development and news are few and far apart.