Re: texst to a landline

Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> wrote:

On 1/4/2025 1:32 PM, Chris wrote:
 

About 1/3 of the US still doesn't even have cell
access.

 
Do you mean geographically or by population? I suspect the former.
 

    Geographically, yes. There are large areas with sparse population
and the telcos are not required to reach them.
 

   I'm not sure, but I think Micky is in the US. Is so then
he cannot receive texts over his landline He can only
receive audio.

 
As I (and others) have pointed out the system mentioned is an audio call,
not text. He (and you) could receive txt messages via your landlines *if*
your telcos implemented something similar.
 

 
  Yes, but as far as I know there's no such option. Though
it could be handy for situations where companies insist on
a 2FA code. Many are happy to send it via email, but at
one point I was considering opening an investment account
and I couldn't sign up without a cellphone. They won't send
codes via audio. I suspect that they just want the cellphone
number and to get people using apps, so that they can track
their customers and perhaps sell personal data.
 

That's what I do in the UK.  I have an 07xxx number (i.e. a number
that looks like a mobile number in the UK) which is actually
a VOIP number and I have the VOIP provider route SMS messages to my
E-Mail.  So 2FA authorisation numbers arrive in my E-Mail and, since I
use my computer rather than my phone for most things, that's very
handy. Simply copy/paste to where It needs to go.

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Chris Green
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