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Ask HN: Which virtual phone number service do you recommend?

5 pointsby recvonlinealmost 3 years ago
For security reasons I want to add a second phone number (for Telegram, signing up for services etc.)<p>Which service do you recommend? I know Twilio, but they are doing way more now than just phone numbers and I am afraid they cancel my account for no reason or not enough traffic.

4 comments

jqpabc123almost 3 years ago
&quot;Virtual&quot; phone numbers won&#x27;t work for signups with many security conscious service providers like banks.<p>Personally, I use a spare&#x2F;old phone with this instead: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ultramobile.com&#x2F;paygo&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ultramobile.com&#x2F;paygo&#x2F;</a>
s__salmost 3 years ago
I’ve been using Grasshopper for years and it’s quite good. Though it’s probably a bit pricey if your use case is a simple throw away number. Might be worth digging around their pricing options though.
FrenchDevRemotealmost 3 years ago
The Onoff app is cool<p>twilio won&#x27;t cancel your account but some of their numbers are blacklisted&#x2F;already used on a bunch of major websites
chriskedalmost 3 years ago
Twilio works well. Just buy a number and forward txt msg to your phone. Never had an issue with low volume.