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.
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?
No a lot less, twilio is $1/mo, see also VoIP.ms and vitelity.net
Will these work for registering on social media sites?
Yeah, and Twilio has a reputation as a horrible company that sucks for both privacy and security
What other services that are alternatives to this?
You can get 3 months of Tracfone service for $20 from a store. That includes minutes, text, and data. Other services probably cost way less but that's a major one.