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Re:The User Experience of Mobile Phone Numbers by wfunction on Sunday December 18, 2016 @04:09PM (#13207649)
How does that work for all the services that refuse to accept VoIP numbers nowadays? Don't they still need your cell phone number, which keeps changing?
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Re:The User Experience of Mobile Phone Numbers by Johnny555 on Sunday December 18, 2016 @04:12PM (#13207669)
I ported my cellular number to GV a few years ago and haven't had it refused by any service that needs a phone number.
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Re:The User Experience of Mobile Phone Numbers by wfunction on Sunday December 18, 2016 @04:18PM (#13207703)
Hm, I've definitely seen a lot. First one that comes to my mind is Telegram [1], but it's not one I use personally. I've run across it before personally too, but I'm forgetting for what services...

[1] http://telegram.wiki/troubleshooting:ri

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Re:The User Experience of Mobile Phone Numbers by Spivak on Sunday December 18, 2016 @04:21PM (#13207723)
GroupMe is another example that doesn't work.
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Re:The User Experience of Mobile Phone Numbers by Johnny555 on Sunday December 18, 2016 @04:25PM (#13207738)
GroupMe worked fine for me using my GV number, they SMS'ed me the validation PIN. I didn't even use my ported cell number, just my original GV number.

I have a very old GV number (at least 7 years old), so maybe not all numbers are flagged as VOIP.

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