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I’m sorry how is this related to roaming?

I roam all the time in Europe and have roamed a lot outside of it, I have never had any trouble receiving any SMS?

Technically you are right, the SIM card isn't roaming, but I am physically roaming outside of my home network (internationally).

Some phone plans in my home network do not support international roaming, or if they support then it is ridiculously expensive that it doesn't make any sense to take the phone roaming.

A lot of US carriers charge per SMS when roaming (as if it were 2006).

Sure but with 2FA you only recieve SMS so so what?

Just trying to answer a question:

>> Some of the comments pointed out that this is hostile behaviour for people roaming as well

> I’m sorry how is this related to roaming?

Some plans in the US charge the recipient of an SMS.

That is unheard of in Europe, so makes no sense to you - hence the confusion.

It's also often the case that prepaid plans or smaller carriers in the USA don't offer international roaming.

Wait what?

So if I buy 10.000 SMS for cheap on Messagebird I can "denial of service" your phone bill?

What, lol?

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