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You didn't actually answer. Do they EXPLICITLY market that they have a different type of VOIP that does RELIABLY work for bank codes. By your answer, it's obvious that they probably don't,

Very possibly. But there is a certain volume and a certain specificity of the comments that gives credibility.

Very interesting for sure. But have you used this for USA bank codes? Do they explicitly market saying they have a DIFFERENT type of VOIP that does work for USA bank codes? Standard VOIP may work sometimes for some banks, etc. but is notoriously unreliable. If not a different kind of VOIP where they can make this claim about US bank codes, it may be cheaper but not the same value.

Sadly no. I don't have the link about it anymore. I recall issues with how Google Play store requires a payment method. The link had long steps on how to handle but it seemed too much for me to deal with and like I said the company is clear that country blocks should be respected. Given that they do have a web app that's for everywhere, if the web app works, then not really an issue anyway. The trusted reference I have in South America though is not in a blocked country.

I'm not in the U.S.

I looked into this. It's more complicated than that and the company recommends NOT to do it that way as well.

Here is their main marketing page (separate from the promotion link): www.phone2.io 💬1 - Phone2 | Business Phone Number - 4 users for $15/mo Can someone that has an Apple device try to download their Apple app? As said, the Android app is blocked for Thailand. But I'm curious if Apple is blocked as well. Without either the web app is the only option.

Here's where I disagree. On their FB ads they have a long list of very credible posts from potential and actual customers where there are credible sounding replies from the company. If there is negative information to a question, they openly and honestly answer those as well. I have received both AI bot and a personal email reply to queries. As I said before, I have a success reference from a US expat in South America that I have been very familiar with for several years and trust very much saying he bought it and both the phone service and the 2FA codes are working for him. I have followed his advice on other expat matters to my great satisfaction. I checked a scam finder website which rated it not a scam company. Of course they could go out of business. But if they do stay in business, even if the 2FA codes turn out to not be working, at least you would be getting a U.S. or Canadian phone number to use for voice calls. They also have a standard pricing plan in place which is about 18 a month. So a person could sign up for that, try it out, and if not satisfied cancel, but then if the limited offer expires and they do like, they would be out of luck. They also claim a money back guarantee for 30 days. So lets go over the risks if you pay the 99. They could go out of business very soon. Possible but unlikely. They could go out of business in a year or two. Higher possibility. They could go out of business in 10 years. Even higher but then you had the service cheap for 10 years. The 2FA codes don't ever work. Try to get a refund. Maybe you do get it, maybe you don't. The 2FA codes stop working at a later date. I would rate that risk quite high unfortunately. But again, for people that find value in just the phone number only, not so horrible even of the 2FAs stop working.

I'm frankly surprised that there hasn't been much of a response to this topic. Getting 2FA codes requiring a US phone number usually on an actual phone (as opposed to VOIP numbers which are very often rejected) has been one of the most notoriously difficult issues for expats. IF (a BIG if) Phone2 offers a real long term solution to that via an app for a lifetime fee of 99 (limited time promotion) it seems to me this would be a very big deal for countless expats. To be clear, I am NOT shilling for this company. I have very serious doubts about it. But at the very least it seems worthy of consideration and I do want to encourage people to look at their website information and comment about it.

Vladimir Vladimirovich thanks you.

Edged out Tucker Carlson!

So Thailand will pivot even more than before to CHINA (and permanently).

How to lose ALL your friends and disgust people.

I don't want people to miss that the 99 dollar offer is a LIMITED TIME one which might end at any time. Or it's just a scam marketing tool like an endless going out of business sale. I have no way of knowing. But if it is a good solution, 99 for "life" is so much better than about 200 every year.

Do you have any idea what's happening in the Russian economy?

Not just King Trump, but MAD King Trump.

Surrendering can be done very quickly.

Just as the Trump regime has renamed the Gulf of Mexico, they have also radically altered the original meaning of certain words and phrases. Since we're stuck with them for awhile, may as well use this handy guide to navigate the new meanings. www.ordinary-times.com/2025/02/17/from-washington-post-the-trump-lexicon/ From Washington Post: The Trump Lexicon - Ordinary Times The Trump Administration has some verbiage that might have folks wondering if those words they keep using mean what they thought they mean. (Covered: ‘Transparency’ ‘Free Speech’ ‘Fraud and abuse’)

This is an interesting one. The Phone2 company's core business is second phone numbers for businesses. However, they are now heavily promoting to the digital nomad market for both a U.S. or Canadian phone number abroad AND the rather bold claim that you can reliably get 2FA codes with it! (You can even choose your area code to match your U.S. or Canadian address.) Why bold? Because it's VOIP but they say it's a different kind of VOIP and as many know VOIP numbers are NOT a reliable solution for getting 2FA codes. I do have a reference that I trust from an expat in South America that bought the service and he says it DOES work for his codes. So why no try it out? Not so fast. There are some catches. They have a Google Play app and an Iphone Ipad app, but also a web app. The Google app is blocked for download in Thailand and don't even think that just using a VPN would make it viable to use here. I'm assuming that it's probably also blocked for Iphone but I don't know that for sure. Communicating to the company, they say that we CAN use their web app in Thailand though. That's for all their services including making and getting voice calls. However if you want to send SMS you need to pay a substantial fee for business registration annually. But not registering, you can still get your codes. Here's the big fun point of this! They have a limited time "lifetime" offer of 99 dollars which expires very soon, probably end of February or maybe they'll extend it. Or you can pay by the month, about 18. The SMS registration is included with that. So you see the lifetime 99 would be a good deal IF it actually works for codes AND the company stays in business. Looking ahead, it's fair to assume that banks might advance to block their numbers same as VOIP over time anyway. So all in all, a questionable value over time. But certainly interesting. Here is the link for the 99 deal: https://phone2.io/ltd BTW, I did some online research on the company and it appears to NOT be a scam. In other words you will get their phone services if you pay. But of course "lifetime" deals are always a gamble and they are only saying 2FA codes should work NOW but they can't possibly guarantee that over time. There is money back guarantee good for 30 days but I'm not clear if they applies to the 99 deal.

Don't even try to sane wash what Trump did this time.

"President" Trump -- the "gift" (grift) of chaos and flooding the zone with disruption that keeps on giving.

Shortest "presidential" honeymoon ever! I put that in quotes because he and his cult don't view him as a regular president. They view him as God King. It'll take a lot more horribleness to lose much of his core cult (about 30 percent) and uh oh they have guns.

Not hard at all. Bringing Trump back to power after what he did January 6 was the most colossal error in American history.

Bizarre post. Netanyahu is not an Israeli tourist or expat in Thailand.

The leopard is coming for your face too.