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

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Dec 10, 2010
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Just google and found this thread.

Here is my situation.

I'm in HK and got friends in Vancouver and Toronto. I would like to get a DID for Canada so my friends could chat with me with no cost. FPL provided free DID but has to register with a Canada phone number. As I'm not living there I don't have the phone number. Is there any alternative provider like FPL that offer free Canada DID?

Thanks!
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Aug 17, 2008
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rmuskie wrote: I'm in HK and got friends in Vancouver and Toronto. I would like to get a DID for Canada so my friends could chat with me with no cost. FPL provided free DID but has to register with a Canada phone number. As I'm not living there I don't have the phone number. Is there any alternative provider like FPL that offer free Canada DID?
i am not a Voip expert but why not just ask your Friends for a number of theirs to use for registering

i had the same issue with google voice (you need to have a # for them to give you a #. so i used a friends # granted he is a good friend but it was easy and it worked)

maybe the others here have a better solution
good luck!!!
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I have done some cleanup and updates to bring things to current-date as far as Voip services go.

The guides still need some refreshing... so use with a grain of salt.
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Is it easy to setup with the telus one number unlimited on prepaid?
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Thank you Emoci
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Nov 5, 2007
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emoci wrote: Well this is what I can think of:

Option 2:
-Everything mentioned above
-Bring in a SPA3000 or SPA3102
-You can now use the SPA3102 to forward Landline directly to SIP (so you can make due with just a Virtual DID rather than a full DID at Voip.ms and won't need the Call Forwarding from Bell)
-You can now add ability for the IP Phones to call out via Bell (but it'll be kind of a hack). You'd setup the Voip-to-PSTN gateway on the SPA and assign it a 6th extension (Voip.ms subaccount). Any of the IP phones would have to dial the 6th extension, wait for a dial tone, then dial out via Bell
-The worst case scenario: Remains same as above...

Here a little guide to integrating the SPA3000/3102 as a PSTN trunk for the SPA9000 http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps1 ... 5d6d.shtml

I don't know how much that helps....


Thanks for this posting. I am trying to do option 2 from your post and the link you added, but it doesn't appear to work for me. I have 6 IP (Linksys/Cisco SPA941) phones and a Bell line. I just purchased the SPA3102 and added a 7th line (ext 100) to my account and assigned it to the SPA3102. When I look at my VoIP.ms account I see that the 7th line user is registered. When I hook up a reg. phone to the SPA3102 (in the Phone port) and call the ext number it rings the phone. I can pick up the reg. phone when it rings and it will connect the reg. phone and Voip phones.

How that I know that it rings the line, I take the phone cable and unplug it from the reg. phone and plug it in to the phone jack on the wall. From the VoIP phone I dial ext 100, it rings but it doesn't pass me to the Bell dial tone.

Where do the I plug the telephone cord in to on the SPA3102? The Phone or the Line port? I currently have it in the Phone port. When I plug it in to the Line port, it does the same thing. On the SPA3102 no matter if I have a cable plugged in to the Line port the light on the SPA3102 doesn't light up.
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Apr 27, 2011
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Many thanks emoci! Learned a lot from your post.

Right now I am trying to work out a solution with my voip.ms account and freephoneline account. I think what I can do with voxalot free account now is to receive calls from voip.ms DID and call out with 2 account(use freephoneline account for Canada and voip.ms for international).

I am wondering if there's a solution which let me receive calls from freephoneline as well for free.
emoci wrote: From a dial plan managment perspective...VoXalot is more user friendly...

The Free Acct. at PBXes has certain limitations:
-5 Extensions (admittedly VoXalot doesn't offer any at all)
-Maximum 5 trunks (trunks are providers) (In VoXalot you can have unlimited providers setup even in the free acct.)
-2000 min usage/month (no time limits on VoXalot)
-VoXalot offers the opportunity to adjust your preferred codecs whereas PBXes doesn't

My personal preference:
-Use VoXalot as the place to setup all your providers and outgoing dial plans
-Now add VoXalot as one of the trunks in PBXes (hence having access to all the providers you setup in VoXalot from PBXes)
-Since you only have a free VoXalot acct., you can use the remaining 3-4 free trunks in PBXes to register any providers that don't support SIP Forwarding and have them ring anywhere you wish (think some of the Free DID offerings from the first post)
-You can do CallThru with PBXes (provided you won't be talking more than 1000 min/month --each callthru call counts for double time --)
-One other thing you can do with PBXes is that you can have a DID be used for multiple purposes (eg. when your cellphones call it, it acts as callthru gateway whereas when anyone else calls it rings your ATA).

For the record I find myself using the CallThru via PBXes to access my VoXalot quite often ...the audio quality with CallThru is sometimes better being that the VoXalot and PBXes server can connect to each other using large backbone links without being affected by my home Internet Connection...

Other players to bring into play later:
-LiberaIlVoip for CallBack (there is a guide on how to setup)
-MySipSwitch (you can't make new accts in MSS for now, since it is being re-released as SipSorcery.com)



Be careful :) ... get to much into this stuff and you'll feel like an RFDer after having shopped using the Hot Deals section (Too many good deals can still hit your wallet pretty hard :cheesygri )
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A few days ago, I purchased an used Linksys SPA2102. I created an account at voipbuster.com as my outgoing VoIP server. I got a US 253 phone number from ipkall.com as my incoming VoIP server.

There is no problem making outgoing calls. I have problem with the ingoing calls. After rebooting SPA2102, I can call the 253 number. The phone attached to the SPA2102 rings. After the first call, when I call the 253 number, I can hearing the connected ring tone on the calling phone. But the phone connected to the SPA2102 does not ring.

Any idea what is the problem. TIA
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Anyone know how I can use iCall on Fring? The SIP add-on is asking for a proxy server address. Anyone know what that is?
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Jul 1, 2011
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I need a DiD for Argentina to forward to my SIP. But the only ones I can find are premium fees. Any recommendations?
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Nov 22, 2010
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My friend has Acanac VOIP phoneline but today he can not make any outgoing calls because of 50 number limit :( It is his first time and he did not know about that limit. He has Linksys adaptor with two lines.

Is there any free service for him to use in case of emergencies like this to call locally at least?
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new936 wrote: My friend has Acanac VOIP phoneline but today he can not make any outgoing calls because of 50 number limit :( It is his first time and he did not know about that limit. He has Linksys adaptor with two lines.

Is there any free service for him to use in case of emergencies like this to call locally at least?

Freephoneline is a great service and is free provided you use their own (think "proprietary") VoIP software. You can purchase SIP access for $50 and use the Linksys box and call local and long-distance to major cities.

An alternative to free emergency calls (ie. 911) is a cell phone... any cell phone should let you dial 911 even if it's not activated.
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I wouldn't bother spending the $50 for their script. It's nothing special and there are issues right now with FPL due to Fongo their servers are being overloaded.

Just get VOIP.MS if he already has a pap2t-na device just create an account and put the $25 credit on there and use it. Quite frankly it is stupid that acanac has 50 phone number limit.
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new936 wrote: My friend has Acanac VOIP phoneline but today he can not make any outgoing calls because of 50 number limit :( It is his first time and he did not know about that limit. He has Linksys adaptor with two lines.
It is right in the user agreement that you have to agree to when you sign up. It is not 50 different calls. Say you call your mom. That is one phone number and you can call her as any times as you want. It is 50 different phone numbers not calls. Anyone that calls more than 50 different numbers per month should be on the Business phone service.
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What if you already used 50 numbers and need to call 911 would it go through? It might be a silly question but did anyone try it out?
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gnuman wrote: What if you already used 50 numbers and need to call 911 would it go through? It might be a silly question but did anyone try it out?

Yes 911 will definitely still go through.
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gnuman wrote: Just get VOIP.MS if he already has a pap2t-na device just create an account and put the $25 credit on there and use it. Quite frankly it is stupid that acanac has 50 phone number limit.

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rmuskie wrote: Just google and found this thread.

Here is my situation.

I'm in HK and got friends in Vancouver and Toronto. I would like to get a DID for Canada so my friends could chat with me with no cost. FPL provided free DID but has to register with a Canada phone number. As I'm not living there I don't have the phone number. Is there any alternative provider like FPL that offer free Canada DID?

Thanks!
It won't work with any Free Canadian DID services because the servers are local, and you're in HK, the response time will be too high, rendering the free service useless.


To add to this thread, the 403 area code trick doesn't work with GV anymore.
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Sep 9, 2013
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Switch2Voip (Switch2Voip - VoIP for Call Centers)
-Free USA and Canada virtual phone number DID
-Complete registration
-Outgoing calls to USA at 0.008 per minute

emoci wrote: 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


Looking for the Guides-Click Here



Free Incoming DID numbers:

*Free DID Numbers currently avaliable: US, Canada, UK, Germany, Italy


FreeDigits and related Sites (US, Iowa numbers):
*NOT ACCEPTING NEW REGISTRATION AS OF 11/22/2008*
*NO LONGER FUNCTIONING FOR CURRENT USERS*
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/
www.sipnumber.com
http://www.faxdigits.com/ (offers Incoming Fax Numbers)
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, but SERVICE IS CURRENTLY DOWN

IPKall (www.IPKall.com) (US, Washington State numbers: 206, 253, 360, 425)
How to use: SIP URI Forwarding

GoogleVoice (http://www.google.com/voice)
*Currently open to users with US IP (or proxy)
-The rebranded GrandCentral service
-Unlimited Calling to the US and Canada
-You will need a US number (or a Canadian 403 area code number) to signup.
-US Numbers, Canadian 403 Area Code, and Gizmo numbers can be added as destinations that ring when a call is received.
-Calls between two numbers can be initiated from the GoogleVoice Account Area.
-Calls can also be made and received via Google Talk messenger.
-Has Voice to Text transcription for Voicemail
-Can send and receive SMS messages
-Has option to call your GV number and then call out using the GV service for free.
How to Use: Forwards directly to your US/Gizmo number

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

Coms (http://personal.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/re ... fordshire/)
How to Use: ATA or VoXalot/PBXes/SipSorcery

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/SipSorcery

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)
Note: 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/SipSorcery to have them all pointed to one place. I have been using SipSorcery for these with good results pointing them to my current VSP.
How to Use: ATA or VoXalot/PBXes/SipSorcery (see note)

NumberGroup (http://www.numbergroup.com/)
-Free UK DIDs, Local 01/02 and premium 0844, 0845, 0870, 070 area codes
How to use: SIP URI Forwarding

UKDDI (http://www.ukddi.com/)
-Up to 10 Free UK DIDs per user
How to use: SIP URI Forwarding

BlueSip (www.bluesip.net)
-Free Munich, Germany number (format +49 89 72xxxx xxxxx)
-Complete registration, be aware that the username to use for registration is of the format bluesip/user
How to Use: ATA or VoXalot/PBXes/SipSorcery

Hol (www.hol.gr)
***FREE NUMBERS FROM HOL ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE***
-Free real number in Athens, Greece (+30-213 range) or Thessaloniki (+30-231)
-To Register go to: http://public.curbas.hol.gr/register/ev ... ister1.cgi
-As you're going through registration, at the top of the page, you'll see an option to have the registration form in English
-They are picky about the password you choose (it must have a symbol: #$% and a letter at least)
-You'll then receive an email with a link to continue the regitration further.
-To login Go to https://myaccount.curbas.hol.gr/auth/login.cgi
-Once logged in click on the RED MyAccount bar on the side of the page
-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/SipSorcery or SIP URI forwarding

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/) (Canadian Numbers)
-Free ON, QC, AB and BC 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.
-To use the DID number from an ATA a one time $50+tax fee applies
-For more discussion see: http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/show ... p?t=529177


Other
Although you'll get a number here, most of them have no SIP connectivity

eSMS (http://www.purenumber.co.uk/)
-Free UK Non-Geographic Numbers: 0844 0871 070.

OpenTelecom (http://www.open-telecom.co.uk/products- ... vices.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

UKNumber (http://www.uknumber.co.uk/)
-Free UK Non-Geographic Numbers: 0844 0870 070

UKNumber4U (http://www.uknumber4u.com/)

UKNumbers (http://www.uknumbers.com/)
-Free UK Non-Geographic Numbers: 0844 0870 0871 070



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. SipSorcery.com
Go to www.sipsorcery.com, and create an account. On the provider Config Page when logged in, under the 'contact' field 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 which follows for uses

SipBroker Access via third parties (http://forum.voxalot.com/sip-broker-sup ... teway.html)

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

TPad Break-In Numbers (http://www.tpad.com/siteb/Tpad-Country- ... umbers.php)
-Call Verified TPad users which have had credit activity (so not quite free anymore)



Note: All above can be combined as per WorkArounds posted



Free Temporary/Anonymous Numbers

LetsCall (http://letscall.me/)
iNumbr (http://inumbr.com/ )



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