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2. My totally uniformed speculation is this has more to do with Google's own numbers being flagged as spam by telecom carriers, rather than Google Voice not being able to detect spam itself.
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I am vaguely aware of twilio's api offerings, but they don't have a consumer product do they? What in particular are you doing, and how much does that cost?
Ya I’m curious too. How would you switch to Twilio without doing the coding yourself?
Alternatively you can use TokTiv a free (limited number of users) PBX from an Indian company that relies on Twilio numbers: https://www.toktiv.com/
I’ve been using it for a year. It’s been buggy at times but improving.
I'm actually surprised Google hasn't killed Voice, given their current track record of killing niche products
They gain more than they lose by listening into our conversations to serve ads
I'm actually surprised Google hasn't killed Voice, given their current track record of killing niche products
Years ago, I used Google Voice to receive text messages. Then Twilio came along and I switched to them. Much better.
Have you had any issues w/ not being able to use your Twillio number for 2FA?
I can’t find the page now, but I’m pretty sure at one point they had a page saying you shouldn’t use it to receive 2FA codes. It’s very common for 2FA systems to blacklist numbers that are known to be used by providers like Twilio.
As far as I am aware, the only reliable way to receive 2FA over SMS is to have a real phone plan.
(Obviously SMS is a poor choice for 2FA in the first place, but sometimes there’s no other option.)
Wow, I was wondering why my 2FA wasn't arriving, and I had to use phone call to get my code. Thanks for sharing, Google didn't even bother telling me.
edit: I got a 2FA code earlier today from Amazon so it's definitely working through the app on my phone and desktop (in case there was any confusion about that)
1. This only applies to forwarding. You still get all messages in the Google Voice apps. 2. My totally uniformed speculation is this has more to do with Google's own numbers being flagged as spam by telecom carriers, rather than Google Voice not being able to detect spam itself.
What a timing on my decision. Should I move my 2FA number to something else?
Many expatriates with US bank accounts use Voice for 2FA. Not anymore.
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I've been pretty happy with voip.ms. They have a bidirectional SMS/MMS to email system that works well enough for my purposes.
I'll second voip.ms. I use it as my primary "land line" in my home. I wish they had VM transcription too. My biggest gripe is that some online account verification systems refuse to use VOIP numbers as 'valid' phone numbers.
Yet another Voip.ms customer here - I can only guess that's voicemail transcription, a feature I've been using (and evangelizing) for months now. Every message is transcribed and emailed to me, with a confidence level of accuracy, and even the original audio so I can verify or listen myself.
Considering how many features they've rolled out, I can only imagine how easy it could be to miss though.