Re: Codes sent by text message

On 3/8/24 11:55 PM, Jörg Lorenz wrote:

Am 09.03.24 um 08:29 schrieb The Real Bev:

Some annoying websites insist on authentication by requiring me to enter
the number they send by text message.  For some reason my google voice
number is never identified as a real phone number and I have to use my
old phone with the $10/year SIM to receive their code.
 WTF?  Why is the google voice number not a REAL phone number?

 Google seems not to be a part of the regular telephony system in the USA
and probably elsewhere. Same as WhatsApp, Signal or other Messengers. I
guess you have no SIM card for this service.

No, I have a Keepgo data SIM which uses my google voice number to piggyback onto 'movistar' and/or T-Mobile.  When I use it to make phone calls part of the data gets used as 'mobile' and generally more gets used as 'roaming'.  It makes my head hurt thinking about it, but I've got 3GB of data and a year to use it, and I've only used 200 MB in 6 months. I don't need to use any of it when I'm near a free wifi hotspot.
$30 for 3GB for a year and I have to buy a few dollars worth at the end of the year.  If anybody is interested you can join through a link I send you and we both get 3GB of free data.  Just sayin'.

 https://support.google.com/voice/thread/10031187/how-to-change-the-google-voice-number-to-be-real-cell-phone-number-with-sim-card?hl=en

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Cheers, Bev
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