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janlin1999

Out of curiosity, why do you ask?

I have used Google Voice for years and generally like it, but an increasing number of businesses are no longer accepting it as a valid phone number to call or text. I haven't started migration away from it yet, though.

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Businesses who validate phone numbers often use an API (like Twilio Lookup or one of the many, many other services) to check for VoIP numbers and automatically reject them most of the time. Unfortunately, lots of VoIP is used in fraud, so the will often just reject them out of hand. If this is happening, none of the other "virtual" number services will work and you'll want to get a cheap eSIM.

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