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Yup, this is me. There is no alternative to Google Voice, which is sad... it's such a neat service.
by throwaway123x2 6y ago
Yup, this is me. There is no alternative to Google Voice, which is sad... it's such a neat service.
- tyingq 6y agoAnveo.com isn't free, but it is cheap, and replaces Google Voice for what I needed. The call flow stuff is cool.
- reificator 6y agoOpposite of where I was in 2008/2009 or whenever it was, free is not a requirement and honestly I probably wouldn't migrate to another free service. Thanks for the suggestion!
- swlkr 6y agoThere is textnow, not sure how many missing features there are though
- toomuchtodo 6y agoI moved my Google Voice number to OpenPhone [1] (YC S18). No relation besides being a paid ($10/month) customer. If you have T-Mobile in the US, they have a similar offering called DIGITS [2] you might try (although OpenPhone offers more features for the price). [1] https://www.openphone.co https://www.openphone.co [2] https://www.t-mobile.com/offers/t-mobile-digits https://www.t-mobile.com/offers/t-mobile-digits
- ivank 6y agoI signed up for OpenPhone just now, but then noticed that the only thing you need to log in to someone's account is their email and a 6 digit code emailed to their account. There are no password or 2FA options. I haven't tested how rate-limited the login attempts are, but it seems like too much to ask for customers to trust that they exist and work, especially when the apparent attack success probability is already > 1/1M.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoYour access to your email account is your password (magic link-esq). Agreed that 2FA is desirable (not sure if it's on their roadmap, will have to ping them and ask). If 2FA is a hard requirement, building your own solution on top of Twilio is preferable (as they require 2FA).
- ivank 6y agoThanks. I agree with you, except a 6 digit code is worse than a good random password, or magic link with e.g. 64 bits of entropy.
- reificator 6y agoThanks for the suggestions!