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I have been using Google voice for 10+ years, and it's always been something that concerns me. I've been worried about Google either banning me or dropping the service. Does anyone know of a good alternative, I'm happy to pay for something but the main thing is it needs to be able to work from the browser like Google voice.

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I've been pondering something based on twilio or similar, but haven't found anything. Don't really need the web calling, but web sms would be useful at times.

jmp.chat doesn't really fill me with confidence, but it might be an option in an emergency.

I've been using (and recommended up-thread) Voip.ms, whose services include web-based SMS as an option

I've been playing around with https://jmp.chat/ (SMS and Voice over XMPP) and might make the switch for my main number soon.

One option is to buy an Ooma ($80) and port your number to it ($40). The my.ooma.com site isn't responsive, but otherwise works fine on mobile.

I had never heard of them, but FWIW their "simplysafe competitor" says it comes with phone service, so that one-stop-shopping may interest this audience https://www.ooma.com/home-security/diy-security-system/#:~:t...

ed: however, unlike Google Voice it does not appear this service supports SMS/MMS so it's for sure not a one-to-one replacement :(

It _seems_ that Asterisk supports SMS, but from the wording I can't tell if they mean only in Europe or what https://docs.asterisk.org/Configuration/Applications/Short-M...

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