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Is JMP.chat expensive? Are there any alternatives? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by lemmylem@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've been using this phone number from JMP.chat and I've barely used it for much of anything (Started February 27th, 2024), and somehow its telling me I need $35? I tried out their service plan but it was way too expensive. I only bought it once and took off my credit card after because auto pay kept auto depositing money into my account too frequently. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

Edit: Found out what happened, it's $6.99/GB for the eSIM, I'm billed 5GB at a time. So $35 total.

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

To keep a US phone number functioning to some degree, most services seem to want $5 a month minimum. $35 or even $15 seems pretty steep. Are we talking a multi-month commitment here?

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

No a lot less, twilio is $1/mo, see also VoIP.ms and vitelity.net

[–] Lemmyfunbun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Will these work for registering on social media sites?

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah, and Twilio has a reputation as a horrible company that sucks for both privacy and security

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