1y ago

Is JMP.chat expensive? Are there any alternatives?

I've been using this phone number from JMP.chat and I've barely used it for much of anything (Started February 27th, 2024), and somehow its telling me I need $35? I tried out their service plan but it was way too expensive. I only bought it once and took off my credit card after because auto pay kept auto depositing money into my account too frequently. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

Edit: Found out what happened, it's $6.99/GB for the eSIM, I'm billed 5GB at a time. So $35 total.

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Maybe I'm being dumb here, but what is this and why would I use it over Signal or Matrix?
What about it justifies payment?
- It gives you a normal mobile number (US & Canada) you can use for calls and sms from within your XMPP apps.
  
  Ah, appreciate the clarification.
  If your payment is linked to the number, is it any more private than a PAYG number?
  
  Is it possible to use this number with matrix? That'd be a perfect option for me, I don't really want to sign up to another chat service.
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- No a lot less, twilio is $1/mo, see also VoIP.ms and vitelity.net
  
  Will these work for registering on social media sites?
- What other services that are alternatives to this?
I pay $4.99/mo. Also have the data eSim (rarely use as its a backup). Don't use auto-top up as I pay with XMR.
The bot has a transaction ledger. Did you inspect it?
It should be $5 a month for a phone number. Unless by service plan you're talking about their data SIM.
You can check your account info and plan if you open up a chat with cheogram.com in the cheogram app and go to the command tab.
I only get the "your balance is low message" but the account info says I'm paid through June.

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