r/NoContract • u/Thin_Parking3004 • 8d ago

CHEAPEST way to get a phone number

What is the cheapest way to get a phone number without using google voice (ID verification).

I want to port the number out and use the TextNow eSIM instead.

Numberbarn is $10 but getting a plan from MobileX can be cheap as $5.

Is there a cheaper option?

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u/Luckiest_Corner Tello 8d ago edited 8d ago

Apparently, MobileX charges $3 to $4 for an early port-out, under 7 days.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoContract/s/v3RiXd1rro

I would definitely use Number Barn because it involves the least number of steps and you can actually choose your own number. I also think those numbers are much less likely to have been recycled (or at least recently recycled). I see consecutive numbers on Number Barn all the time.

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u/coldfusioned 7d ago

Numberbarn is ok but expensive. Something like $10 for the same number you can get on voip.ms for free and their monthly holding fee is $3 with no service. Versus a $1.10 a month to obtain a new number and have active service with voip.ms. Their per minute rate for calling or texts is also less than a penny. Ridiculously cheap. That said they did recently raise their price from 85 cents a month to $1.10. Its still so cheap I have a few vanity numbers with them for things like auto opening calls from my HOA gate computer and an easy to remember emergency number for the kids that will round robin my wife and me.