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Been on Google Voice as my primary number for about 7 years. Mostly smooth sailing. I spend a few months a year out of the US and it makes it seamless. I also s
by dougmwne 3y ago
Been on Google Voice as my primary number for about 7 years. Mostly smooth sailing. I spend a few months a year out of the US and it makes it seamless. I also switched between cell carriers as I find deals or need different service and have never bothered with the number porting.
Guess it’s time to think about a new place to get a US number that works internationally for 2-factor sms. Any suggestions?
- thfuran 3y agoI ported my Google voice number to voip.ms a few years ago. It has worked well except for the very occasional system that refuses to attempt to send my number SMS on account of believing it to be a landline. I think that may have just been one time. A few months ago, I dropped my cell plan and switched to a data-only plan from Ubigi. It's dirt cheap even for a US+EU data plan, as long as you don't need a ton of data. In the us, it uses T-Mobile's network I think, which is fine in my area but not the best in some areas of the country.
- t1E9mE7JTRjf 3y agosilent link. Cheap & easy Esim, so you can still use your existing sim - or as you travel, local sims.
- 1oooqooq 3y agodoens't cover some big countries.
- cj 3y agoVerizon offers a web interface to send/receive SMS. I’m guessing other providers may have the same. (This is also useful for getting a 2fa code while on airplane WiFi) Edit: Sadly Verizon is discontinuing it at the end of the year: https://www.verizon.com/support/verizon-messages-faqs/ https://www.verizon.com/support/verizon-messages-faqs/
- 1oooqooq 3y agoi've been on gvoice since it was announced. And honestly, it is the only thing still holding me to my google account (and in the end I end up using everything else, from gmail to owning several pixels with stock OS). But now it seem it will end as everything else from google is low cost to switch.