In the following table I will cover DID (=telephone number) providers I get to know of. But they have to fullfill some restrictions:
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| country | cc | monthly fee | setup | porting | numbers from | no. start | provider | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| diverse | from around 2,50 | differs | - | diverse | virtualphoneline.com | different but not all countries, you have to register to see prices | ||
| diverse | from around 2,50 | differs | - | diverse | didww.com | most destinations from around 6EUR, you can search without account | ||
| Bulgaria | +359 | 2.07 - 3.73 | 0 | - | 12 cities | 2|32|38|42|44|52|54| 554|56|58|73|82 | bgopen.net | infos in German |
| France | +33 | 2 | 0 | - | one from each region [1-5] | 17543|25335|36961| 48668|54774 | phonesystems.net | you have to send in a copy of ID and some facility bill (but not necessarily from France?) |
| Germany | +49 | 0 | 0 | 0 (still) | 1900 exchange areas | [2-9] (not exclusive) | sipgate.de | proof of residency necessary (how do they do it at the moment?) |
| Greece | +30 | 0 | 0 | ? | Athens area | 21(3) | hol.gr | |
| Italy | +39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 232 districts | 0[1-9] | skypho.net | revoked after 30 days unused(?) |
| Latvia | +371 | 0,70 | 2,86 | - | Riga | 7 | tivi.com | |
| Netherlands | +31 | 0,83 | 0 | 32,50 | all regions | [1-5]|7 | budgetphone.nl | paid for 12month = 10EUR |
| Poland | +48 | 0 | 0 | - | 33 regions | ? | actio.pl | |
| Romania | +40 | 0 | 0 | - | Bucharest | 21 (not exclusive!) | skypho.net | revoked after 30 days unused(?) |
| Spain | +34 | 0 | 139,20 | - | Madrid | 91 | peoplecall.com | incl. 10EUR calling credit, you get a 902 and 700 number on top |
| Spain | +34 | 2,32 | 13,92 | 37,12 | all provinces, except Cantabria and Tenerife, and neither Ceuta nor Melilla | 9[1-9] | telsome.es | |
| Sweden | +46 | 2,50 | 0 | - | Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö | 8|31|40 | skypho.net | |
| Switzerland | +41 | 0 | 0 | 37,07 or free with package | all regions | [2-9] (not exclusive) | netvoip.ch | |
| UK | +44 | 0 | 0 | - | complete country | [1-2] | sipgate.co.uk | they do a geo IP check before offering UK geographic numbers |
| UK | +44 | 0 | 0 | - | a lot of regions | [1-2] | orbtalk.co.uk | |
| USA | +1 | 0 | 0 | - | Iowa (IA) | 515|319|? (random) | sipnumber.com or friends | offically also other US numbers for 5$/month, but I haven't seen them... |
| USA | +1 | 0/3,73 | 0 | - | New York State (NY) | 347|516|631|914(free) 646|718($$$) | stanaphone.com | |
| USA | +1 | 0 | 0 | - | Washington State (WA) | 206|253|360|425 | ipkall.com | revoked after 30 days unused, forwards to sip address |
| USA | +1 | 2,50 | 0 | - | Washington (DC), Los Angeles area (CA), New York (NY) | 202|323|347 | skypho.net |