Best US cellphone provide for 6 in the Philippines outside US.

Posted by Lr8s5sb7@reddit | expats | View on Reddit | 4 comments

I currently have Google Fi and it is limited to 3 months abroad and they will close/suspend my account.

I live in the Philippines 6-7 months of the year and back and forth to the US.

Is there a good US cell phone provider that will let me keep the line/number for more than 3 months without suspending it?

I’m looking at T-Mobile. Curious what all the other expats from the US has as US carrier and what you all do with living in the Philippines but still need a US cell phone.

Thank you.

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Telecom_VoIP_Fan@reddit

I think you should consider another option - porting your US phone number to a well-established VoIP service provider. This way you are able to permanently keep your US phone number, receive calls and SMS online and get around all those carrier restrictions. For example, the Zadarma provider will port your US number free of charge, and they only charge a couple of dollars a month for the US number. If you need to use your cell phone number for bank authentications, confirm that the bank will work with a VoIP phone number.

MkyCBzy@reddit

I’m in Europe and use RedPocket (on AT&T) for our phone lines… Works exactly like we never left. It runs alongside our local EU SIM without any issues. People will mention Tello but RedPocket is much cheaper… $30/year for unlimited talk and text… Have been using it this way for over a year and a half with no problems at all :)

i-love-freesias@reddit

Tello

3a5m@reddit

Hello fellow PH expat!

Tello is what you're looking for.