On 2025-08-29 15:40, Nick Accad wrote:
On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM William Park via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org <mailto:talk@lists.gtalug.org>> wrote:
On 2025-08-29 08:51, Nick Accad via Talk wrote: > I haven't had a "land line" in 10 years, it was just a spam > destination in the last couple of years of use, and the only thing I > really needed it for was the alarm service, and that was solved using a > GSM modem.
I'm thinking to get rid of my landline number, which is now a VoIP ($10/month) from Teksavvy. I'm reluctant to give it up, because I had it for so long.
- When they started to do 2factor authentication, they used to give me choice of text, email, or phone call. Now, more and more are dropping phone call option. So, it's the choice of text, email, or app verification ("most secure", they say).
- Most land calls are spams.
You can port the number to voip.ms <http://voip.ms>, this is what I did with my old "landline" number anyway.
I get charged $0.85/month for the number, and 0.009/minute, I think I spend something like $10-20/year, of course it depends on usage.
Their website doesn't say anything about hardware, other than "bring your own". My current ATA box is locked to Teksavvy server. - How do you use your current "landline" after porting to VoIP.ms? - Are you using "VoIP.ms Softphone" app from Google store?