I’ve gotten prepaid sims for things but obviously that’s not really a feasible method for your main life phone.

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    4 months ago

    In Japan, a lot of things don’t take calls from VoiP (+81-050-xxxx-xxxx) numbers. Certain businesses and such won’t accept them as contact info, either, as I discovered trying to rent my first apartment by myself.

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      4 months ago

      oof yeah :| Twilio has pretty much made half a business model out of promising that you can refuse VoIP numbers using their APIs soo it’s a real thing