Where in the World - replace lost number - for SMS verifications only

[andy]

Originally Posted by international

Yes; it was Upptalk! The main question: is it a good provider?

This may sound odd, but I don't really know.

I've had an account for some time, accruing credit by running some adverts or other offers, or previously for receiving incoming calls to the number (this method no longer earns credit) but I have hardly made any outgoing calls.

I ought to try using it more, as there are plenty of minutes there now, and they also seem to offer 10 free minutes per week.

Textplus, I just installed its update to Nextplus, but haven't used it yet.

I also installed TextMe, for which I'd make roughly the same comments as UppTalk, it's there but hardly used. It kept changing the incoming number though, and receiving texts sent presumably by friends of previous holders of those numbers. I hope it would keep the same number if actually used much, but test this before you trust it. Also as I mentioned before its number range wasn't reachable from some UK networks, so I didn't test it much.

You can probably find several similar applications in the store for your phone type, and try them out one or two at a time.

[andy]

Originally Posted by andy

Textplus, I just installed its update to Nextplus, but haven't used it yet.

I forgot to say earlier that this one issues a phone number that is allocated to Three, so would presumably not be affected by the network compatibility issues that may affect some of the other number series.

It allocated a number at the start, and recently removed it after lack of use. A couple of days ago the application suggested press here to get a phone number. The new number is also apparently a Three UK allocation.

Both numbers have received probable (unanswered) junk marketing phone calls, so they do work

As for FreedomPop mentioned in the post above, it's still "coming to the UK this summer".