How to Get US Phone Number (Virtual Number) for Free

 

If you’re not physically in US, getting a US phone number is not an easy matter. A US phone number marks your virtual presence in the United States, and sometimes it’s necessary for purchasing through online stores or to register for web services. Good news is that getting a free US phone number is getting easier nowadays. Here’s a few services that give out free US phone number, which allows user to receive free incoming calls, receive free incoming SMS text messages, and make outgoing calls or send outgoing SMS text messages at low fee or even free especially within US.

Google Voice

Google Voice provides a US DID phone number for its users, and is probably the most reliable service available on the Internet, been backed by Google. Google Voice allows users to choose area code and the phone number which you prefer. All calls received on Google Voice is diverted or forwarded to any other US phone number of your choice or Google Chat in Gmail for free. Users can call out to any countries at low charge, or free of charge for US and Canada from the web-based application or by dialing the Google Voice number.

Unfortunately, you will need another US phone for verification in order to register for Google Voice, as the service currently limited to residents in United States only. If you have somebody in US who can helps you to sign up, Google Voice is the ultimate choice for a free US phone number.
Visit Google Voice.

IPKall
IPKall is actually SIP VoIP service that allows user to receive free calls over the Internet from any phone, anywhere, any time. IPKall provides free Washington state phone number, which can then linked to VoIP service through SIP protocol. Thus, to use IPKall, you need a VoIP service provider which supports SIP, a SIP enabled device or softphone. Through the SIP client, users can receive unlimited free incoming calls. IPKall does not support outbound calls.
IPKall does not have geographic restriction, making it one of the favorite avenue to get free US phone number. Which means you can register for a free US phone number regardless of where you are. IPKall will terminate any account which does not have valid email address, or has been inactive for 30 days.
Visit IPKall.

Whistle
Whistle is a VoIP service which also provides a free US phone number, which choice from dozens of area code. Whistle Phone users can make ad-supported call for free to contiguous 48 US states for up to 20 minutes, or internationally at low rates. However, receiving incoming calls is not free, which is chargeable at 1 cent per minute.
Whistle Phone has client for iOS, Windows and Mac OS X, where the iOS app also double up as a SIP softphone client. Registration has to be done from within one of these apps after installation.
Download Whistle Phone.

VoxOx
VoxOx is free service that attempts to unify normal phone communications, SMS texting, instant messaging, chatting, faxing and social networking into one single software and service. Voxox provides a free personal US phone number which allocated in random once you register an account, and with small fee, you can choose your own custom phone number (but that defeats the purpose of FREE). The free US phone number can be used to forward calls to ring any and all of your phones, send and receive faxes and text messages. And it supports calls routing based on callers, and has voicemail. All inbound calls, texs and faxes is free of charge, while low cost usage fees applied for calls, texts and faxes to landlines and mobile phones.
Voxox has even more features that Google Voice. As it’s relatively new, the question is whether the service can last. Nonetheless, Voxox has client program for Windows and Mac OS X for free calls between Voxox clients. VoxOx client for iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod touch) meanwhile serves as callback app, which trigger a callback to your phone to establish phone calls.
Sign p for VoxOx. You will need a mobile phone (non-US is OK if the mobile carriers are supported) to receive activation code for registration.

TextFree with Voice
If you have you iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, you can get a free US mobile phone number via TextFree. With TextFree number, users get free unlimited texting and picture messaging (MMS) from iOS devices or MMS. Calls between TextFree clients are always free, so does free incoming calls. In addition, users can earn free minutes for calling.
Install TextFree with Voice from iTunes App Store.

TextNow
TextNow provides free unlimited texting (SMS) with picture messaging (MMS) support on iOS devices. TextNow users can choose between a username or real phone number at no extra cost. Simply choose an area code and your new number will be assigned, and if you’re unsatisfied with the number, just release the number and get a new one again. Texting to any mobile in US is free. With a TextNow phone number, users can enable voice calling, call forwarding and voicemail on iPod, iPad or iPhone.
Install TextNow from iTunes App Store and read the TextNow review.

textPlus
textPlus provides dedicated textPlus phone number for texting (SMS) with support for group multi-way text. Text sent to more carriers in USA and Canada or between textPlus numbers is free. Standard message rates apply if you enable Regular Text Notifications in Account Settings.
textPlus is available for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch through iOS App Store and Android through Android Market, significantly makes available its offerings to larger audience. Do read review for textPlus.

HeyWire
If you interested to get a US phone number for texting (SMSing) only, HeyWire is the way to go. HeyWire is a app that provides unlimited free texting to any mobile phone in USA, Canada, Mexico and China, and most mobile phones in Caribbean, South and Central America. Of course, SMS between two HeyWire phone number worldwide is always free. HeyWire integrates with Facebook and IM network, and supports shortcode to tweet with Twitter.
You must have a iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android to start using HeyWire. Check out the review of Heywire. Facebook app is available but it’s not free if you don’t have a HeyWire account yet which is registered from smartphone.

Sipgate
Sipgate is a US-only SIP service which provides free phone service, free US phone number for life, voicemail and fax-out service to replace existing land line or adds a second line at no cost. The free option – Sipgate One – provides one free U.S. number for one users. You will need a SIP-client to make or receive call with Sipgate. All incoming calls are free, so do calls from Sipgate to Sipgate are for free, while low rates apply to other domestic and international calls.
To sign up for Sipgate, you probably need a proxy or VPN.

Another free calling from BOBSLED a T-mobile service download a plug in from the below link and get started 

https://calling.bobsled.com/start/

About Bobsled

Call friends and phone numbers for free from anywhere in the world using practically any device!

Bobsled Calling works in most browsers, as well as on iPhone, iPod, iPad and Android smartphones and tablets.

Message groups or individual friends for free from practically any device anywhere in the world. Your conversations sync across devices, so you never miss a beat!

Bobsled Messaging works on most browsers, as well as on Android smartphones and tablets, and is coming soon for iPhone, iPod and iPad. 

SIPGATE a free calling service provider

If your profession demands a USA phone-number or if you have relatives in USA having a local forwarding number comes pretty handy, usually you need to shell out money for having such facility as most VOIP service providers charge you for having an U.S.A. incoming phone number, but today I will be sharing not one but three services which will provide you a fully-functional USA call-in landline number for free without requiring any payment information.

Out of the three services tested, I found SIPGate to be the most feature-rich so I will be providing step-by-step instructions for it only, links to other two service are at the end of the post, follow the instructions next to receive your own free US incoming number from SIPGate :

1. Access SIPGate registration page via AceVPN or any other USA proxy/VPN.
2. Visit FakeNameGenerator and create an USA identity, use this information to signup at SIPGate.

3. Confirm your email and you will be prompted with a screen as below, click Proceed.... button.

4. A confirmation will be provided and number will get reserved, this will be your local USA phone number.

5. Now download the SIPgate softphone and install it.
6. To receive forwarded calls on you PC via SIPgate softpone, add and setup a new VOIP phone from your SIPGate settings page and login into SIPGate softphone from your desktop.

7. The status of newly added VOIP phone should be Online as shown below.

8. Let the SIPGate softphone run in background and any calls made to your local US phone number will now get forwarded to your desktop softphone now.

The other two services offering free USA call-in number are :

1. IPcomms.net
2. IPKall

Hey guys welcome back heard about the free calling software's and want to try it once

Here you go below are the list

https://www.Magicjack.com  

Download the free software from here and register an account on this site.This website offers free unlimited calls to US/Canada.

https://www.whistlephone.com/

Every new account gets 20 trial minutes of calling to and from mobiles and landlines in the US. Also, make free, unlimited length calls to any other Whistle user, wherever they are on the globe.

 

Today here i have a great tool for VPN service.For those who are still dnt know what VPN is here a little description about VPN

A virtual private network (VPN) is a technology for using the Internet or another intermediate network to connect computers to isolated remote computer networks that would otherwise be inaccessible. A VPN provides security so that traffic sent through the VPN connection stays isolated from other computers on the intermediate network. VPNs can connect individual users to a remote network or connect multiple networks together.
For example, a user may use a VPN to connect to their work computer terminal from home and access their email, files, images, etc.
Through VPNs, users are able to access resources on remote networks, such as files, printers, databases, or internal websites. VPN remote users get the impression of being directly connected to the central network via a point-to-point link

VPNs typically require remote access to be authenticated and make use of encryption techniques to prevent disclosure of private information.
VPNs provide security through tunneling protocols and security procedures such as encryption. Their security model provides:

• Confidentiality such that even if traffic is sniffed, an attacker would only see encrypted data which they cannot understand
• Allowing sender authentication to prevent unauthorized users from accessing the VPN
• Message integrity to detect any tampering of transmitted messages

Secure VPN protocols include the following:

• IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and was initially developed for IPv6, which requires it. This standards-based security protocol is also widely used with IPv4. Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol frequently runs over IPSec. Its design meets most security goals: authentication, integrity, and confidentiality. IPSec functions through encrypting and encapsulating an IP packet inside an IPSec packet. De-encapsulation happens at the end of the tunnel, where the original IP packet is decrypted and forwarded to its intended destination.
• Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) can tunnel an entire network's traffic, as it does in the OpenVPN project, or secure an individual connection. A number of vendors provide remote access VPN capabilities through SSL. An SSL VPN can connect from locations where IPsec runs into trouble with Network Address Translation and firewall rules.
• Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS), is used in Cisco AnyConnect VPN, to solve the issues SSL/TLS has with tunneling over UDP.
• Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption (MPPE) works with the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol and in several compatible implementations on other platforms.
• Microsoft's Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP), introduced in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Vista Service Pack 1. SSTP tunnels Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) or Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol traffic through an SSL 3.0 channel.
• MPVPN (Multi Path Virtual Private Network). Ragula Systems Development Company owns the registered trademark "MPVPN".
• Secure Shell (SSH) VPN - OpenSSH offers VPN tunneling (distinct from port forwarding) to secure remote connections to a network or inter-network links. OpenSSH server provides a limited number of concurrent tunnels and the VPN feature itself does not support personal authentication.

So here are some free VPN that you can try 

http://superfreevpn.com/          ------------------------------------------------------ Recommended
http://www.hotspotshield.com /------------------------------------------------------ Recommended
http://openvpn.net/
http://www.packetix.net/en
https://www.ultravpn.fr/
http://cyberghostvpn.com/en/product/download.html
http://torvpn.com/information.html
http://www.securitykiss.com/
http://www.your-freedom.net/
http://www.usaip.eu/en/free_vpn.php
http://www.vpnsp.com/free-vpn-trials.html
http://lifehacker.com/5487500/five-best-vpn-tools

Will update soon with new links so enjoy