It might be your cheapest (if not always the most reliable) option - there's a charge to port a number to Google Voice but the service is free. Maybe you could keep one of your US prepaid numbers for this purpose - just throw the SIM into a cheap phone?įailing that, I know several folks who go the Google voice route, although I've never tried it. Not sure what the best option would be, but I know several colleagues who have T-Mobile specifically because of their free international roaming. One alternative might be to get the cheapest possible US plan that'll allow you to receive texts internationally (don't need data obviously) + a cheap burner phone. I know this is the option you're specifically trying to avoid though. Fortunately I don't normally incur roaming charges for incoming texts, so it's worked okay for 2FA purposes. Register for your free account today and receive 0.50 worth of credits for FREE Protect your online privacy by not using your peronsal or work telephone number on the internet, use an SMSCodes.io SIM Card number. The best option to date for me has been to keep my US number w Verizon and use Wi-Fi as much as possible (and worst case pony up the $10 / day for travelpass). A real sim card mobile phone number will be displayed to receive your verification code, OTP, PIN or message.

I live in the US but travel internationally quite a bit, and unfortunately still haven't found a good solution to this.

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