Okay so I run a few businesses and travel, and my US LLC gets paid in USD.

US PayPal account, and US bank account. Sweet.

BUT I’m not from the US. So I always get blocked by banks and paypal, asking to SMS verify my US phone number

How do you guys solve this problem?

I’ve tried virtual numbers / Skype but often the stupid site will not accept it saying “sorry that number is not acceptable”.

I got a real US SIM, but somehow the US carriers cancel it after I’ve been nomading outside of the US, even though I’m still paying for it. It lasted for a while but now I’m stuck again.

  • smackson@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Cool article, keep 'em coming.

    Tello sounds almost too good to be true (and it might be for me, due to having a 5-year-old android phone and this note: “For iPhone users there is a cherry on the cake: if you are abroad and you have another local sim or esim on your phone, Tello’s Wi-Fi Calling will work on the data connection of the other sim.”)

    Also… I’ve never heard of an E911 address. I presume that 1) it’s expecting a US address but that 2) it’s not going to be verified in any way, just needs data stuffed in there?

    • -AlpacaJack-@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Cool article, keep 'em coming.

      Thanks 👍

      I didn’t see that about the iPhone until now. Having “wifi” calling everywhere you have data on a local SIM would be advantageous, but I haven’t yet had a time where I needed to receive an SMS and wasn’t already sat at my laptop with a Wifi connection.

      And for the E911 address, 1) Yes, and 2) As far as I know, no, it won’t be verified. I think the only restriction is that it can’t be a PO Box address.