This may end up being a bit convoluted, so I will do my best to keep it as short as possible and to the point.

I have a US number with Google Fi, have had it for about 8 years.

This is the only reason why I still maintain that one Google account. The benefit is that I only use it when I am in the United States, and when I’m not, I just pause the service and don’t get charged.

However, I feel the string need to completely eliminate Google from my life permanently.

Does anyone know of a service similar to this one? It can be an MVNO or VOIP for my phone, and I would like to port my number as well. I found “phoner”, but I can’t pause the service, so I would be stuck paying a bill I don’t use as much or loosing my number.

If the service is private (not to be confused with anonymous, of course) even better.

  • mox@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 months ago

    The main issue here seems to be that no other provider, voip or otherwise, allows to pause the invoicing.

    The comment you just replied to was a response to someone else, presumably in a situation different to yours.

    Regarding number parking / invoice pausing, please see my other comment. I have updated it with more info.