You didn’t offend me, mate. It’s just hard not to be irritated by the seemingly vast number of people in your country who don’t appear to realise that they’re just one little country in a very big world. It’s hard to tell if it’s arrogance or ignorance or a combination of the two.
But whatever it is, when your government is throwing its imperial weight around all over the world and killing tens of thousands of innocent people, it really puts some responsibility on you to know a little bit about that world.
English is either the official language or is spoken by a significant proportion of the population in the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fij, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
In general, English is the international language of the internet. It’s almost certainly spoken by more people in more different countries, to some extent or another, than any other language.
This forum is in english, but there are people reading it and contributing to it from all over the world - some of whom speak English as a first language, others who speak it as a second, or third, or fourth, etc.
Sorry about the rant! It’s nothing personal really. All i really meant to say was that if you’re asking a question on an international forum about how to get a local phone number, it’s a good idea to say where “local” is!
Having said all that, i wish i could help you - but i’m on the other side of the planet.
However, this list of Internet Telephony Service Providers may be of some use to you:
voip-info.org/tiki-index.php … +Providers