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/ )