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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    8 months ago

    Maybe I’m being dumb here, but what is this and why would I use it over Signal or Matrix?

    What about it justifies payment?

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      8 months ago

      It gives you a normal mobile number (US & Canada) you can use for calls and sms from within your XMPP apps.

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        8 months ago

        Ah, appreciate the clarification.

        If your payment is linked to the number, is it any more private than a PAYG number?

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        8 months ago

        Is it possible to use this number with matrix? That’d be a perfect option for me, I don’t really want to sign up to another chat service.

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            8 months ago

            Does this mean you’d be able to send people text messages and call via matrix?

            Honestly if I could do that I’d be happy to remove almost all other Comms methods from my devices.