Skype closing down - US LLC - Need US number for banks - Ideas on providers?

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They refund a payment if transacrion is considered as high risk. If you used a credit card from a different country that was your IP from, or if you used a credit card from a high risk country, that could happen.

US vpn + US credit card

 

[JohnnyDoe]

Just use PayPal or ask a friend to pay for you. They might not like ccs from exotic countries.

 

[JohnnyDoe]

US vpn + US credit card

VPN no good

 

[sknomad]

US vpn + US credit card

The most US credit card processors detect VPN. If VPN si detected, transacrion is declined if card is not from a first world country.

 

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Update:

- Tried with no vpn + us credit card (order accepted and refunded after 10 minutes)
- Tried with no vpn + own personal paypal (order accepted, never refunded and account closed with no email or explanation).

 

[Compliance Circle]

Update:

- Tried with no vpn + us credit card (order accepted and refunded after 10 minutes)
- Tried with no vpn + own personal paypal (order accepted, never refunded and account closed with no email or explanation).

Eh, why bother trying with no VPN if even with US VPN it has not worked out?

Solution that may work is:

- Dolphin Anty browser (free for up to 5 user profiles if I recall correctly)
+ resident proxy closest to the billing address of CC - i.e. https://www.piaproxy.com/

 

[sknomad]

Update:

- Tried with no vpn + us credit card (order accepted and refunded after 10 minutes)
- Tried with no vpn + own personal paypal (order accepted, never refunded and account closed with no email or explanation).

What was your IP during ordering process?What is your billing address / delivery address?

 

[Suzy Emerald]

check out Ting

 

[daniels27]

check out Ting

But they cost quite a lot. Is there a cheaper one?

 

[Suzy Emerald]

Ting was the cheapst a few years that i could find. Recently they raised their fees. But easy if you dont live in the us and need a number just for 2fa.

 

[FZSAAS]

Callture.com toll free US number can divert to your cell. Not sure on text for 2fa, bind to authenticator?

 

[daniels27]

Callture.com toll free US number can divert to your cell. Not sure on text for 2fa, bind to authenticator?

Toll-free normally does not work with banks.

 

[Kirito]

https://esim.me/

Purchased this.

Will confirm if it works as expected

 

[wonderfulboy]

Update:

- Tried with no vpn + us credit card (order accepted and refunded after 10 minutes)
- Tried with no vpn + own personal paypal (order accepted, never refunded and account closed with no email or explanation).

bad s**t man, lucky you that it wasn't much money.

 

[WorldCitizen99]

I successfully migrated my Skype number to Tello

Thanks for this Johnny - this worked very well!
I took your suggestion to get a phone with eSIM and it's opened a world of possibilities where you don't have to carry around 10 old SIM cards

I'll just write a few lines bc I am in the category of people with a US number who do not have a US billing address associated with my Skype account.
When you go to the porting page on Tello, you must use a US address.
For non-US skype people, go to Settings>Your account>Billing Information
Go on Google Maps and find a random US address.
Change your billing info to this address and then use it when filling out the porting info - change it back to your actual billing address when everything is working so you can get any refunds that skype owes you.
Like has already been mentioned, use 1xxxxxxxxxx for account number (don't use the + sign), and 0000 for the PIN
Like Johnny mentioned, you need an active plan and to turn on int'l roaming.
It ported my number in 10 MINUTES!
You have to fill out the E911 info (I used the same address) and set up the voicemail.

In terms of eSIM providers, what are people using?
Airalo.com seems to offer every country. Anyone have any complaints with them?

 

[Kirito]

I got an eSim from esim.me, but couldn't activate it. So I lost my money

 

[Joct]

Airalo.com seems to offer every country. Anyone have any complaints with them?

I've used Airalo across countries such as Antigua and Barbuda, Vietnam, Bosnia and Herzogovina, and their Europe plan across a bunch of others. Worked every time. Only a small issue in Antigua with activating on arrival and it might have been user error... Otherwise it automatically activates in arrival.

They aren't the cheapest around, however, I started with them and only use the ~ 1-3GB plans so a dollar here and there isn't a problem for me.

 

[daniels27]

I got an eSim from esim.me, but couldn't activate it. So I lost my money

Which one you could not activate? Tello?

Anybody tried with https://esim.5ber.com/?

 

[Kirito]

Which one you could not activate? Tello?

Yes, Tello says that my phone it's incompatible with Tello

 

[daniels27]

Yes, Tello says that my phone it's incompatible with Tello

Have you checked this and used an iPhone IMEI to get the QR code as suggested?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tello/comments/xp346v/tello_esims_work_with_esimme_sim_cards