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You are one of a few JMP users in the wild, and I wonder how well you feel it'd pair with something like Silent Link.

My experience has been super positive so far. I like the whole idea of buying data and phone number from two different entities.

Silent Link is pretty sweet. None of this fixed monthly fee nonsense. You pay some small amount per gigabyte and when you’re running low on data, you just send them a Lightning payment. I bet I’m paying less than $5/month, versus Verizon which was charging me around $50.

You’ll end up with a third world IP address — in my case I got one from Warsaw Poland. Doesn’t matter though, because I run a VPN on top of it so that IP is never seen by anyone but the VPN provider. Speed and latency isn’t world class but it’s acceptable.

I do most of my conversations (including voice) over Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp so in theory, I could stop there. But for the cases where I need a phone number, like to get SMS notifications for doctors appointments, etc. I ended up getting a number from JMP. They’re pretty solid. I think I’m paying $5/mo (in Bitcoin) for the phone number and it just runs over an XMPP. It’s solid.

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Ryu Santiago 9mo ago

So you're telling me that if I don't go with a non-recycled carrier number plan, to do this instead... fucking SOLD.

Anon 9mo ago

Yeah, it’s a great combo for someone who’s technically inclined and privacy-minded. It’s not for everyone though.

Some cons are:

For people who spend a lot of time chatting remotely over legacy phone service, like say a field worker who has to be on call, there’s just enough latency to make the conservation difficult at times. For me, I rarely make legacy-style voice calls, and when I do, I’m almost always on WiFi so everything is fine. But for those that don’t fit that profile, it might be a problem.

Also note that since JMP is a VoIP service, some institutions (typically banks) won’t send a TFA code to you. This isn’t a JMP-specific issue. It applies to all VoIP services. Again, not a huge issue for me but it could be for some. Some people choose to have a $5 flip phone or other SMS services for such situations. Others choose to have the TFA code sent via email. For others it’s a non issue. Just depends who you do business with.