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jmp.chat is great. besides this esim adapter, their main business - selling virtual phone numbers - is built entirely on top of open standards and open source s

by nialv7 2y ago

jmp.chat is great. besides this esim adapter, their main business - selling virtual phone numbers - is built entirely on top of open standards and open source softwares, which is definitely a rarity these days.

abdullahkhalids 2y ago
> JMP is $4.99 USD / month or $6.59 CAD / month, billed out of the balance on your account, for unlimited incoming and outgoing text and picture messages, and calling credit equivalent to 120 minutes of voice to the USA or Canada per calendar month [1] Is this for real? What is the catch? [1] https://jmp.chat/faq https://jmp.chat/faq or see https://jmp.chat/pricing/CAD#CA https://jmp.chat/pricing/CAD#CA
- NewJazz 2y ago
  You need a separate data plan (which they do offer). It's just a fancy XMPP-based VoIP service.
- codethief 2y ago
  Adding to this, their home page says: > Because we use the Jabber network […] Wait, what does Jabber have to do with sending texts and making calls on mobile networks?
  - NewJazz 2y ago
    They run a gateway. They have a Jabber server, you send messages to it or make calls through it, they forward the texts and calls to their upstream provider.
  - singpolyma3 2y ago
    That's the protocol used to communicate between your device and the gateway to the phone network. Taking the place of eg SIP as a more mobile friendly solution.
  - zie 2y ago
    Nothing. The phone number service does not use mobile networks, it uses the Internet via XMPP/Jabber. Connections to the Internet is your problem. Or buy the JMP Data Plan, which is a separate product all together.
- nathancahill 2y ago
  Sounds like Google Voice vs Google Fi distinction. JMP would be Google Voice and JMP Data Plan would be Google Fi.