Not sure if anyone else here does the same. But I use a throwaway number for textnow that I don't really use, so it gets recycled often
I use the sim mainly for free 1GB of email or GPS
Does anyone else have annoyance with trying to get data to work whenever it recycles the number?
I keep my Textnow number active.
By way of comparison to other 'free' number providers IMO Textnow is highly useful.
It works for verifications when my GV or VOIP.MS numbers are refused.
It is used as a destination for incoming GV calls & allows me to use an (unactivated) phone to accept calls when needed.
Their SIM for 'free cellular' is in another phone which tells me that SIM has an activation error & will only make (cellular only) calls via their app.
Tried contacting their support about it, but nobody answered so I gave up on that idea.
All told, I feel quite blessed to have their 4.99/year number keeping deal grandfathered & plan to keep that as long as possible.
I do the same. I got my TextNow # in 2018 to have a Canadian phone #. I use GV as my US phone #.
I do wish the TextNow app had the same capability as the GV app to have multiple #s active and working all at the same time, because if it did, I'd probably also have a US TextNow #.