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Personal Consumer Issues • Cheap phone plan vs (free) Google Voice

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This is probably the cheapest solution, $30 for a year (well, 360 days).

https://www.ebay.com/itm/133196831828
Not to take away from OP's question-I hear there's an issue with RP around renewal time that some hoops need to be jumped through??
Does anyone have a link to a thread on how to actually use a prepaid card like this to "fund" a phone, SIM card, phone number, etc. etc.

I would like to have a separate number for spam purposes, but would have no idea how to actually get a prepaid card like this "assigned" to a physical phone, get a phone number, etc.

Explain to me like I'm an idiot (because I am)
In general, some phones support dual sim cards. In that case, you'd buy a sim card from a place like Red Pocket and stick it in, then buy minutes and the minutes/data are "attached" to that sim card.

Other phones such as the iPhone 15 are esim in that case you need to look for companies that offer esims. You "load" the esim on your phone by entering a bunch of numbers. Again you buy minutes/data and they will be "attached" to that esim.
How do you toggle between SIMs?
For iPhones, Apple has a good explanation on setting up multiple eSIMs and switching between them for things like calls and messages. The same applies for dual SIM as well it's just iPhones have been gravitating towards eSIM a bit more and the newest models are eSIM only in the US.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/109317

Statistics: Posted by PersonalFinanceJam — Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:49 am — Replies 31 — Views 1672



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