Subj : Re: like a spare tire + more for your phone
To   : Bob Worm
From : Adept
Date : Mon Dec 15 2025 08:04 pm

 BW> for not a lot of money. I used a pay-as-you-go outfit to provide a local
 BW> number for my business when it was active, I had to put a minimum of 5
 BW> GBP credit on at a time and it expired after around 3 months. If you're
 BW> not taking or making a lot of calls most of your credit would just
 BW> expire unused.
 BW> 
 BW> Do you not have similar setups in the US? Maybe the lobbyists blocked
 BW> market competition for "safety" or something?

I have a US phone number, with a prepaid card in it, which worked for the first few months after coming to Germany, but now it only works if I'm in the US.

I'm not sure if there's anything that particularly helps me.

I do know T-Mobile has a nice service where you can get transcripts or check your messages or something through their website, but it doesn't work with a prepaid plan.

So, yeah, I wouldn't be _terribly_ surprised if there were some sort of option, but my use case winds up getting shut down often enough that I'm doubtful, even if I could start a plan, somehow.

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