The Localphone Blog

One frequent request that we hear from our European users is to improve our access number coverage across the continent, and to offer more Direct Dial numbers in the cities we already serve.

To start this process we’ve contracted with a new supplier and I’m pleased to announce that we have expanded our coverage to 50 Direct Dial access numbers in the following cities:

• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Dublin, Ireland
• Madrid, Spain
• Oslo, Norway
• Paris, France

If you are currently using access numbers in these cities please note that we have updated the numbers you’ll need to dial. You can get an up-to-date list on Your Dashboard. The old access numbers will continue to work for now but we plan to disable them within the next few weeks.

If you live in one of these countries but are not currently using access numbers in the above cities and would like to take advantage of the improved coverage, you can update your Direct Dial numbers at any time by clicking the “change” link next to “Your Location” on Your Dashboard.

I hope you’ll benefit from this first stage of improved coverage. Over the coming months we’ll be expanding our access numbers in more cities, as well as launching our service in new European countries.

As always, please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other suggestions or other comments.

We have recently expanded our access number coverage to offer Localphone’s cheap international calling service to customers in Malta, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic. If you have friends or family in these countries—or anywhere else for that matter—don’t forget to recommend Localphone to them to earn free calling credit.

We have also added or extended access number coverage in locations in the following US states: Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

This brings our total coverage to an impressive 66,702 access numbers in 44 countries around the world! If we don’t have access numbers in your location yet let us know and we’ll see what we can do. In the meantime, don’t forget you can still get our great rates with a broadband Internet connection and Localphone VoIP.

We have expanded our range of access numbers in the USA.

New Locations

• Bellevue, WA
• Flint, MI
• Madison, WI
• Philadelphia, PA

Extended Locations

• Elizabethtown, KY
• Jackson, TN
• Lexington, KY

You can update your location at any time by logging into your Localphone Dashboard and selecting “change location” in the sidebar.

Many of our customers dial our local access numbers from their mobiles, and have these calls included in their phone contracts’ free minutes. Unfortunately in the UK these deals rarely include calls to the toll free numbers like those starting with 0800, 0500, and 0808.

Because Localphone doesn’t charge for calls to UK toll free numbers just add them as a contact and use the local access number to call for free. If it’s a number you don’t dial very often the call is still free using the Localphone Calling Card.

As you may already be aware, you can control some aspects of your Localphone account using our SMS service.

If you are already using the service please note that from today our new access number is +441555715557. Using the old number will return a message reminding you about the update.

In response to customer requests we have increased the number of contacts you can add to the Localphone dashboard to 50.

If your location is set to the UK you will be assigned a Direct Dial access number for each of these. Elsewhere the number will vary from location to location depending on availability.

If you add more contacts than we have access numbers available you will be shown a two-digit speed dial number you can use with the Localphone Calling Card. If you need to call more than 50 people you can still call any number you like for the same great rates by using our Calling Card service.

Most customers won’t be affected by this change, but for our power-users this should make the service even more convenient. If you have any ideas or comments about how Localphone could help you then please don’t hesitate to let us know.

As the end of our first year in business approaches we have expanded our presence to even more countries and cities.

Over 66,000 Access Numbers in 41 Countries

With today’s addition of 15 new locations you can now use our local access numbers in the 41 countries listed below:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States.

Your Country Not Listed?

You can use Localphone’s VoIP service to make calls from anywhere in the world with a broadband Internet connection, and still get our same low rates: Localphone VoIP

US Coverage Expanded

As well as expanding the number of contacts you can add in many existing US cities, we’ve also added 80 new locations across 21 states…

• Alabama
  Tuscaloosa (205), Montgomery (334), Huntsville (256), Auburn (334)
• Arizona
  Flagstaff (928), Payson (928), Prescott (928), Yuma (928)
• Connecticut
  Norwich (860), New London (860), Westport (203), Stamford (203), Norwalk (203), New Haven (203), Darien (203), Danbury (203), Meriden (203)
• Delaware
  Wilmington (302)
• Florida
  Cocoa (321), Cape Coral (239), Fort Lauderdale (954), Port Charlotte (941), Sarasota (941), Lakeland (863), Vero Beach (772), Port St Lucie (772), St Petersburg (727), West Palm Beach (561), Daytona Beach (386), Ocala (352), Gainesville (352), Naples (239)
• Georgia
  Columbus (706), Adairsville (678)
• Illinois
  Aurora (630)
• Indiana
  Gary (219)
• Kansas
  Topeka (785), Wichita (316)
• Kentucky
  Elizabethtown (270), Lexington (859), Louisville (502)
• Massachusetts
  Lynn (781), Worcester (508), Lowell (978), Boston (617)
• Maryland
  Washington (240)
• Mississippi
  Gulfport (228)
• North Carolina
  Greensboro (336), Fayetteville (910), Asheville (828)
• New Hampshire
  Manchester (603)
• New Jersey
  Elizabeth (908), Toms River (732), Princeton (609)
• New York
  New York City (646), New York City (718), Westchester (914), New York City (347), Spring Valley (845), Nassau (516), Brentwood (631)
• Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia (484), New Castle (724)
• Tennessee
  Chattanooga (423), Jackson (731), Clarksville (931), Knoxville (865)
• Texas
  Bryan (979), Waco (254), Abilene (325), Corpus Christi (361), Beaumont (409), Tyler (903), Saratoga (936), Denton (940), Mcallen (956)
• Virginia
  Fredericksburg (540), Haymarket (571), Chester (804), Washington (703)

Update “Your Location” at Any Time

If you’re travelling, work in a different area code, or just want to share your account with friends and family in a different city or country it’s easy to get a new list of local access numbers at any time. Just log in to your Localphone account and update “Your Location” in the dashboard sidebar. Your contact list display will be updated but dialling either the old or new access numbers will still call the same contact.

We’re pleased to announce that we have added local access numbers in Dublin, Ireland. This means that customers in Ireland can now use our direct-dial and calling card services straight from their landline or mobile.

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What Does This Mean for Our Irish Customers?

Calling cards often use premium or national rate access numbers from which they get a kick-back, meaning they can keep their advertised per-minute rate deceptively low. Localphone access numbers are just normal local landlines, calls to which are often included as part of your landline or mobile contract’s free minutes! This is just one reason why Localphone is better than calling cards.

What About Everyone Else?

As of today, we have access numbers in Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the USA.

If we don’t have local numbers in your country yet you can still make great savings by calling from your computer with the Localphone VoIP service. We’re always looking to expand into more countries, so if you’d like to see Localphone access numbers where you are let us know!

Localphone have just released a large number of new phone numbers in the United Kingdom. You can now get a DID (phone number) in the following places:

Ballindalloch, Barnard Castle, Bourne, Bridgnorth, Camelford, Carlisle, Cemmaes Road, Chester,Clopton, Coupar Angus, Dalmally, Dungannon, Garstang, Huntingdon, Isle of Arran, Isles of Scilly, Kinrossie, Kirkwhelpington, Lauder, Liskeard, Lockerbie, Luton, Lynton, Manchester, Matlock, Medway, Middlesbrough, Millom, Minehead, Monmouth, Narberth, Neath, New Luce, Newark, Newbury, Newcastle, Newmarket, Newquay, Newquay, North Berwick, Northallerton, Northampton, Northwich, Norwich, Okehampton, Peebles, Penzance, Perth, Peterborough, Peterhead, Petersfield, Pwllheli, Retford, Ripon, Rockbourne, Rotherham, Royston, Ruthin, Saffron Walden, Saxmundham, Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Sedgefield, Selby, Settle, Sevenoaks, Shap, Shetland, Shrewsbury, Skegness, Skipton, South Molton, Spalding, St Albans, St Austell, St Boswells, Stafford, Staines, Stamford, Stirling, Stoke-on-Trent, Stranraer, Strathy, Sudbury, Tamworth, Tarporley, Taunton, Tavistock, Temple Cloud, Thame, Thanet, Thetford, Thirsk, Thurso, Tomatin, Tomdoun, Tongue, Torquay, Torrington, Uckfield, Watchet, and, last but not least, Welwyn Garden City.

These new numbers are just a small subset of our full UK number range. Please visit our UK phone number availability page to see them all.

Happy Dialling!
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