Free DID Numbers, Free Voip Calls, & more Voip Info

Free DID Numbers, Free Voip Calls, & more Voip Info

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What you'll find here:

1. Free DID numbers/Free Access numbers
2. Free Calling Options
3. The Workaround Guides: Receive and Make Calls from regular phones/CallBack/Sip-to-Skype and Skype CallThrough
4. Discussion on The BetaMax group
5. List of Hosted PBX/Aggregator services


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Free Incoming DID numbers:


FreeDigits and related Sites (Iowa numbers, once you make an account in one, you can log in all of them):
>>NEW REGISTRATIONS CURRENTLY CLOSED<<
http://www.freedigits.com/ (All the URLs below now forward to FreeDigits)
http://www.talkdigits.com/
http://www.calldigits.com/
http://www.clickdigits.com/
http://officedigits.com/
-Can be forwarded to any SIP URI

http://www.faxdigits.com/ (offers Incoming Fax Numbers)
www.sipnumber.com (Signup currently not working)
http://www.ringtonumber.com This service is a shared number, with an extension for each user. They claim that now though you can forward for free to your own phone number.

Note: Numbers have been available on and off


IPKall (www.IPKall.com) (Washington State numbers: 206, 253, 360, 425)
-Lately they have added a message, such that whenever someone with no CID calls, they have to enter their number, this is slightly annoying and has kept some people from being able to get through.
-The CID issue has not been a problem lately....they either removed or relaxed it since unkown calls from Skype have been getting through fine
How to use: SIP URI Forwarding

GrandCentral.com by Google (www.grandcentral.com)
>>NEW REGISTRATIONS CURRENTLY CLOSED<<
-You get a US number (just about any state)
-You need a US/Cad number to complete the verification
-If you live outside North America you may need a proxy to complete the registration, or have a friend in NA set it up for you (mixed info on this)
-You can set it to forward to up to 6 different numbers (US or CAD numbers only)
-You can have it ring your Gizmo Number (1-747)
-You can have personalized Voice messages for your contacts, by groups, individually, etc.
-You can change the normal ring someone hears to an MP3 song (this has been limited to a selection now since Google bought them).
-They have CallMe buttons, so someone can ring you up from the web: They enter their number, it calls them, calls you, and you are talking.
-It is still in beta and everything right now is free.
How to Use: Forwards directly to your US/Cad/Gizmo number

OrbTalk (http://www.orbtalk.co.uk/free-number/)
Real geographic UK numbers just about everywhere in UK including London 020 7 numbers.
How to Use: ATA or VoXalot/PBXes/MySipSwitch

Coms (www.coms.com)
Free Real UK Geographic numbers
Free 0845 Numbers
Find yourself a real UK address before registering, they seem to check the postal code (this helped me http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs.../Bedfordshire/)
How to Use: ATA or VoXalot/PBXes/MySipSwitch

MessageNet (http://www.messagenet.it/)
Real Italian numbers in Rome, Milan and Turin, and free 020 London, UK numbers
How to Use: ATA or VoXalot/PBXes/MySipSwitch

EuteliaVoip-Formerly Skypho (http://www.euteliavoip.com/)
-Free real numbers in most of Italy
-Free real numbers in most of UK
-Free real numbers in Bucharest, Romania +40-21 range (however the Romanian numbers are buggy from my experience)
-Good news is that you can get up to 15 different numbers, but each of them needs to be registered on its own so you need either 15 different lines on an ATA or a place like VoXalot/PBXes/MySipSwitch to have them all pointed to one place. I have been using MySipSwitch for these with good results pointing them to my current VSP.
How to Use: ATA or VoXalot/PBXes/MySipSwitch (see note)

Hol (www.hol.gr)***Free Numbers from Hol may no longer be available....updating***
-Free real number in Athens, Greece (+30-213 range) or Thessaloniki (+30-231)
-Go to https://myaccount.curbas.hol.gr/auth....cgi#topofpage
-Register for a new account
-Near the bottom of the page you'll see eVoice basic (get User/Pass you need to SIP Register)
-The server is evoice.hol.gr
I had success using them with PBXes (not tried VoXalot/MySipSwitch)
How to Use: ATA or VoXalot/PBXes/MySipSwitch (see note)

VoipUser (http://www.voipuser.org/mynumbers.html)
Free UK Non-Geographic numbers 0844 0871 0870 0703
(The caller pays a premium rate for these, for a good explanation of what these are all about check here http://www.esms.com/services_numbers_2_08.php)
How to Use: ATA or VoXalot/PBXes/MySipSwitch or SIP URI forwarding

eSMS (http://www.esms.com/services_numbers_5.php)
Free UK Non-Geographic Numbers: 0844 0871 070.

OpenTelecom (http://www.open-telecom.co.uk/produc...-services.html)
Free UK Non-Geographic Numbers: 0844 0845 0871 070.
Takes them a while to reply, and depending on the number you choose, you can forward it to various destinations (you may want to get a UK geographic number first from OrbTalk, and have this numbers forwarded there, since OpenTelecom does not seem to support SIP URI forwarding).

IPStar (http://www.ipstar.us/)
Free UK Non-Geographic Numbers: 0871 0870

Acanac (http://www.acanac.ca/Free-Voip.htm)
Free Canadian DID numbers, offer has been available On and Off, worth checking if it is up...

FreePhoneline (http://www.freephoneline.ca/)
-Free Toronto/Montreal Numbers (If not available, check the next day)
-Can be set to ring either on your computer with their softphone, or forwarded to selected Canadian phone Numbers
-Using their SoftPhone you can place free calls to select Canadian cities
-For more discussion see: http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/s...d.php?t=529177


Getting DID numbers to ring Your Current SIP/VoIP provider

1. Some DID Providers (including the ones above) offer forwarding to your current SIP URI, YourVoipUsername@YourProviderProxy

OR

2. MySipSwitch.com
Go to www.mysipswitch.com, and create an account. Ignore the dialing plans, but go to the bottom of the Config Page when logged in. Fill out the provider info, and under 'contact' put where you want it to ring YourVoipUsername@YourProviderProxy

3. VoXalot.com(www.voxalot.com) (Cost: Starting at $15/year)
-You need to perform a SIP Registration
-If you want the number to ring somewhere else (not VoXalot) use their forwarding features.

4. PBXes.com
-Although slightly complicated, it can achieve forwarding as well



Free Voip Access Numbers

SipBroker.com (http://www.sipbroker.com/sipbroker/action/pstnNumbers)
See Making Voip Calls below for uses

Point One (http://sipphone.com/access/)
-Call Gizmo/SipPhone and FWD users only

TPad Break-In Numbers (http://www.tpad.com/siteb/Tpad-Count...In-Numbers.php)
-Call Verified TPad users

Note: All above can be combined as per WorkArounds posted



Free Temporary/Anonymous Numbers

LetsCall (http://letscall.me/)

HookUpDigits (http://hookupdigits.com/ )

iNumbr (http://inumbr.com/ )

A misunderestimated president Bush?

Bush Remembered For Not-So-Smooth Talk

A Look Back At Some Of The President's Misunderestimated Remarks

Jan. 3, 2009

A misunderestimated president? George W. Bush will be remembered, in part, for his occasional difficulty speaking and the often-hilarious mangled phrases that he used. (AP)

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(AP) President George W. Bush will leave behind a legacy of Bushisms, the label stamped on the commander in chief's original speaking style. Some of the president's more notable malaprops and mangled statements:

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." - September 2000, explaining his energy policies at an event in Michigan.

"Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?" - January 2000, during a campaign event in South Carolina.

"They misunderestimated the compassion of our country. I think they misunderestimated the will and determination of the commander in chief, too." - Sept. 26, 2001, in Langley, Va. Bush was referring to the terrorists who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks.

"There's no doubt in my mind, not one doubt in my mind, that we will fail." - Oct. 4, 2001, in Washington. Bush was remarking on a back-to-work plan after the terrorist attacks.

"It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber." - April 10, 2002, at the White House, as Bush urged Senate passage of a broad ban on cloning.

"I want to thank the dozens of welfare-to-work stories, the actual examples of people who made the firm and solemn commitment to work hard to embetter themselves." - April 18, 2002, at the White House.

"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." - Sept. 17, 2002, in Nashville, Tenn.

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." - Aug. 5, 2004, at the signing ceremony for a defense spending bill.

"Too many good docs are getting out of business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." - Sept. 6, 2004, at a rally in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

"Our most abundant energy source is coal. We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge." - April 20, 2005, in Washington.

"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job." - Sept. 20, 2005, in Gulfport, Miss.

"I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and cutting those ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs." - Sept. 5, 2005, when Bush met with residents of Poplarville, Miss., in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?

President George W. Bush, during a January, 2000campaign event in South Carolina

"It was not always a given that the United States and America would have a close relationship. After all, 60 years we were at war 60 years ago we were at war." - June 29, 2006, at the White House, where Bush met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

"Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk to families who die." - Dec. 7, 2006, in a joint appearance with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

"These are big achievements for this country, and the people of Bulgaria ought to be proud of the achievements that they have achieved." - June 11, 2007, in Sofia, Bulgaria.

"Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for your introduction. Thank you for being such a fine host for the OPEC summit." - September 2007, in Sydney, Australia, where Bush was attending an APEC summit.

"Thank you, Your Holiness. Awesome speech." - April 16, 2008, at a ceremony welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to the White House.

"The fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make the machine. And when somebody makes a machine, it means there's jobs at the machine-making place." - May 27, 2008, in Mesa, Ariz.

"And they have no disregard for human life." - July 15, 2008, at the White House. Bush was referring to enemy fighters in Afghanistan.

"I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office." - June 26, 2008, during a Rose Garden news briefing.

"Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have helped transform 13 small colonies into a great and growing nation of more than 300 people." - July 4, 2008 in Virginia.

"The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there's a lot of prayer - prayer for those whose lives have been turned upside down. And I'm one of them. It's good to come down here." - Sept. 3, 2008, at an emergency operations center in Baton Rouge, La., after Hurricane Gustav hit the Gulf Coast.

"This thaw - took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw." Oct. 20, 2008, in Alexandria, La., as he discussed the economy and frozen credit markets.

CIA Helped Shoot Down 15 Civilian Planes

Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, is seen in a Dec. 12, 2007 file photo. Hoekstra Thursday revealed the extent of a 1995-2001 anti-drug program in that involved shooting down civilian planes thought to be carrying drugs in Peru. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)













Authorities inspect the wreckage of a Cessna plane after it was raised from the Amazon River in Huanta, Peru, in this April 26, 2001 file photo. A Peruvian air force jet which mistook it for a drug flight gunned it down, killing American missionary Veronica Bowers and her 7-month-old daughter. A classified CIA report on that shoot-down and the agency's "Airbridge Denial Program" as a whole suggests U.S. officials may have misled Congress and withheld information from the Justice Department. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)











CIA Helped Shoot Down 15 Civilian Planes
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2008(CBS/AP) With the help of CIA spotters, the Peruvian air force shot down 15 small civilian aircraft suspected of carrying drugs, in many cases without warning and within two to three minutes of being sighted, a U.S. lawmaker said Thursday.

It was the first public disclosure of the number of planes shot down between 1995 and 2001 as part of the Airbridge Denial Program, a CIA counternarcotics effort that killed an innocent American missionary, Veronica Bowers, and her infant daughter in 2001. A State Department investigation at the time said that Peruvian fighter jets forced another 23 planes to land.

Michigan Rep. Pete Hoekstra, senior Republican on the Intelligence Committee of the House of Representatives, told The Associated Press most of the 15 planes shot down with the help of the CIA crashed in the jungle. The wreckage has not been or could not be examined to ascertain whether narcotics were aboard the aircraft.

"The Bowers could have gone in the same category if they had crashed in the jungle," Hoekstra said, speaking of the missionary family from Hoekstra's state, Michigan.

The Bowers' plane made an emergency river landing after it was hit.

Excerpts from a CIA inspector general's report released in November raised questions about whether the missionaries' plane was the only craft mistakenly suspected of drug smuggling. The CIA report said that in most of the shootdowns, pilots fired on aircraft "without being properly identified, without being given the required warnings to land, and without being given time to respond to such warnings as were given to land."

The IG report said the CIA withheld from the National Security Council, Justice Department and Congress the results of multiple investigations that documented continuous and significant violations of aircraft interception procedures created to prevent the shoot-down of planes unconnected with the drug trade. The classified report was completed in August and sent to Congress in October.

The CIA report directly contradicted the State Department's findings in 2001. The State Department at the time said the other planes were shot down only after "exhausting international procedures for interception."

CIA Director Michael Hayden is appointing a six-person board, including two current CIA officers, to determine whether disciplinary action is warranted, according to spokesman Mark Mansfield. CIA accountability boards can look at both current and former employees.

Hayden also has directed CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence to identify lessons learned that remain relevant to CIA's current operations, as was recommended by the classified IG report.

"Director Hayden is absolutely committed to a process looking at systemic issues and accountability that is as thorough and fair as possible," Mansfield said.

Hoekstra said the report identified personnel by name who misled Congress and obstructed a Justice Department investigation into whether criminal charges should have been filed in the case. The Justice Department ultimately decided in 2005 against filing charges.

The Airbridge Denial Program was shut down after the death of Bowers and her daughter.