That sucks. This is my main way of video-calling my family overseas. It’s also gonna suck for people who use it for 2fa for US accounts (though I think most don’t work with Skype and known voip numbers anymore so maybe not a huge deal).
It also sucks for those of us who need to call US numbers from overseas. I need to call a tax prep company and would rather not pay a fortune. Google also cracked down on those proven to be fully overseas with a voice number.
There are so many cheap voip services that give US numbers. Jmp.chat is the one I know but there’s a lot.
Call your family on Whereby or Jitsi Meet. 10 years ago calling using a website could be a shock experience for non technical people, but by now I think everyone has used Zoom or MS Teams or something like that, so it should feel familiar.
That sucks. This is my main way of video-calling my family overseas. It’s also gonna suck for people who use it for 2fa for US accounts (though I think most don’t work with Skype and known voip numbers anymore so maybe not a huge deal).
It also sucks for those of us who need to call US numbers from overseas. I need to call a tax prep company and would rather not pay a fortune. Google also cracked down on those proven to be fully overseas with a voice number.
There are so many cheap voip services that give US numbers. Jmp.chat is the one I know but there’s a lot.
Call your family on Whereby or Jitsi Meet. 10 years ago calling using a website could be a shock experience for non technical people, but by now I think everyone has used Zoom or MS Teams or something like that, so it should feel familiar.