VoIP, again...

As I am leaving UK very soon and I intent to keep a UK phone number as well as phoneline in case I've to call UK. Calling UK's mobile number from HK is extraordinarily expensive, it could cost over 50p per minutes, also giving a UK number to my school or other companies allows them to call me easily. So, I dig up my VoIP adapter again and try to find a good and reliable provider.

Here is 2 VoIP providers that I am thinking to use from many which can't satisfy all my need (e.g. local number, highly stable, free voicemail, free forward as well as allow credit card deposit and so on):

1. sipgate, I had used from for 0800 number since I got my adapter, however, seem they are kind of unreliable. It is not easy for people to call in. But they offer local number 01xx 02xx for free...

2. voipfone, seem they are highly recommended by people in uk.telecom.voip newsgroup, I tested them for a few days, always get tone and no problem when calling in. however, their downside is local number costs you £1.99 per month. Not good...

So, hunting is still on for a VoIP provider!