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• As of about 15 minutes ago, I am now homeless. What’s the best course of action from here?

  Textnow.com is one example for online texting, and I bet you could use it on public wifi. You can use a virtual phone number (VOIP) without fees from the site. Just hope this can help a little. Source: 10 months ago

• I feel like my issues are seriously invalidated and minimized by my non-muslim/non-religious friends

  Have an independent phone service from others. You can get a SIM card for $5 U.S. (price at time of this writing) an unlocked phone -phone not linked to a phone carrier service - at textnow.com or you can get the free phone app from Google's Play Store or the Apple Store at https://www.textnow.com/downloads. If you have an locked phone (phone tied to a phone carrier service), than you may be able to ask a customer... Source: 10 months ago

• Been homeless for 12 days, starting to lose hope

  As for the immediate future I highly recommend that you sign up for temporary employment agencies as soon as possible so that immediate employment can happen until you hear back from more permanent jobs. This forum's comprehensive guide can help give you guidance on signing up fast for SNAP benefits for food support, Medicaid for medical insurance, emergency shelter listings, transportation assistance, listings... Source: 11 months ago

• Free or Low Priced Additional Phone Number

  I recently moved to Texas from SF. I have 3 phone numbers with out of state area codes: my cell phone with https://www.h2owireless.com/ (which uses AT&T), a google voice, and a textnow.com phone number. Source: 12 months ago

• Update: I found these texts on my husbands phone. I don’t know if I’m being paranoid or not. (35f 38m)

  There are apps like textnow.com that will give you a free phone number with free texting. You could use that to text her from a different number. If she responds you'll know that your number was blocked on her phone. Source: about 1 year ago

• I’m 18 and about to go homeless, need advice/help

  Sign up for a free cellphone from the federal Lifeline program and/or textnow.com's free phone and text message service. See the guide. Source: about 1 year ago

• I want to runaway from home

  For private communication you can consider having a U.S.-based free phone number from textnow.com. The requirement is that you use the number at least once every 30 days if you are using the free version of this service. You can use it to make international phone calls. You can get a anonymous and free encrypted email from Proton.me based in Switzerland or tutanota.com in Germany. Source: about 1 year ago

• What do I do? Please help

  Have private and secret independent communications for yourself and any outside help. That means a separate email and phone number. Try to use textnow.com and Google Voice i.e. voice.google.com to have independent voice and text messaging for yourself for free. You can also try anonymous emails like Proton (proton.me) based in Switzerland to have a secure email no matter where you are. Source: about 1 year ago

• soon to be homeless

  If you have a need for privacy and security that you need a separate phone number now, than your current one you can use the textnow.com online website or it's phone app on Google Play or Apple Store. You can also get a free phone number that will work better with the text option of the NDVH using textfree.us. You can use a temporary email from 10minutemail.com to create a Text Free account, establish a phone... Source: about 1 year ago

• Cheap way to use US phone abroad

  But use textnow.com and have a free US # to use over data. Source: over 1 year ago

• My family is threatening to kick me out by the 31st, but actively sabotages every attempt I make to get a job

  If you have a Google, Facebook/Meta, or Apple login you can sign up for your own free phone number and texting service from Textnow.com or textfree.us. When you wish to establish a free phone number or at least an online account with one of those two websites make sure you choose an phone area code that is where your residency is or close to it. At the time of this writing area codes for the State of Ohio are... Source: over 1 year ago

• Schedule Callback

  Another workaround would be to create an account with textnow.com, which will give you a Canadian number you can use to make/receive unlimited calls in USA/Canada and a few other (mosly european) countries over mobile data or Wi-Fi -- and have Koodo try calling that number instead. Source: over 1 year ago

• My friend is homeless in the Philippines. Don't how else to help.

  If her story is true and she has a cheap Chinese made Android-based touchscreen phone you can try referring her to textnow.com to get a free phone number that is U.S.-based. She can use public wi-fi listings from https://www.wifimap.io/ to use it. To call a Philippines-based phone number she would be considered calling an international phone number as the number is U.S.-based. She can freely watch advertisements... Source: over 1 year ago

• Mobile and Desktop app sync

  On desktop I just use web browser and go to https://www.textnow.com/messaging and type there. The web page syncs with my phone. Source: almost 2 years ago

• My SIM card never arrived. I paid the .99 and it said it shipped and it’s been over 20 days and nothing arrived. Who do I contact?

  You can reach TextNow support at textnow.com or their facebook page. Source: almost 2 years ago

• My arab mom found out I wasn’t a virgin and has ruined my life since

  A free backup phone number could be available to you via textnow.com as a phone app. It would allow you to have a secondary phone number registered in the U.S. And calls to all U.S. And Canadian numbers for free using voice-over-Internet protocols. You may use it on Android and Apple phones. If you register the ICCID number found in the settings of your current phone model it may be compatible with registering the... Source: almost 2 years ago

• Urgent Advice preparing for homeless

  Telecommunications - textnow.com app for free phone number and unlimited voice minutes and texting. Go to textnow.com to order a SIM card of $0.99 if his phone can not be registered through the phone app. Source: almost 2 years ago

• My partner admitted to killing animals… what do I do now?

  If you feel that you need to change your phone number you could get a new one through the textnow.com app. You can also find it on the Google Play Store. It provides unlimited voice and texting with a very limited amount of data. The Google Play store TextNow site is at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.enflick.android.TextNow. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Are you excited about Disney+? What are you dropping in favour of the streaming platform?

  I made a US paypal account and just added a FNB virtual credit card on the paypal account. I don't remember having trouble making the US paypal, do they verify the number? You could try textnow.com for a temporary US number to do the verification if they do. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Weird situation. Really need advice!

  Concerns about phone bills may be lessened if you download the phone app from textnow.com. It is a ad-supported company. You can get free voice and texting and a little scanty data, about 170 MB, per day, at high speed or unlimited data at a 2G speed. You can look for local public wi-fi in Los Angeles from the previously mentioned PDF handout and use your phone as it to make a call, even if your regular cell phone... Source: almost 2 years ago

• living out of my car

  Step 3: Sign up for a Gmail and in turn a free phone number at voice.google.com. This will be good for email and receiving calls for phone interviews for jobs or talking to personnel with your local county and/or mental health counselors. Also sign up for textnow.com as a phone app or as a website account. Textnow provides free voice and texting across the U.S. For free. There is a coverage map on textnow.com to... Source: almost 2 years ago