Skype not available soon. Need Skype Number replacement.

[BKK57]

Microsoft is killing Skype in May of this year. So, no more Skype number. I use a USA Skype number to call in the USA for about 2.7 cents/min. It also allows family and business in the USA to dial the USA Skype which I can then answer on my smart phone here in Thailand. I can also RECEIVE SMS which I really need when businesses or financial institutions want to send an SMS to a phone to verify identity. 

 

I have seen that you can port the number to a new provider. Microsoft says it can be ported to Microsoft Teams Phone, with a charge of $11/month plus $3 cents/minute usage. It's not clear but there may also be an additional monthly charge for Teams.

 

Any one port their Skype number to a provider that can match the features of a Skype number, including ability to receive SMS? I have seen that since Skype numbers were considered land lines SMS worked well. Apparently some virtual phone numbers that are cloud base are not acceptable to some banks and financial institutions. 

 

Any recommendations for providers???

[ChaiyaTH]

Not that hard to get a ESIM card for such purposes as well. Otherwise you can keep using the same services within Teams.

[PomPolo]

I think you will of this one has been discussed extensively this is probably the largest and best thread with most info in it

 

[BKK57]

10 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Not that hard to get a ESIM card for such purposes as well. Otherwise you can keep using the same services within Teams.

Thanks for your reply. If I got an esim through Verizon or ATT do I have to be in the USA to use that? If I'm in Thailand wouldn't I have to use roaming or long distance to call back to the USA? To call USA, it's not expensive to use my True Move sim to call USA, it's about 3 cents/min. Where I'm stuck is when a bank or business wants to send SMS to a USA phone number to verify my identity, they won't accept a number outside the USA. Also, I want to able to give someone in USA a USA phone number that they can call me, like my Skype number.