Telecom service vendors for people who are or needs to be tied to U.S. (for tax or 2FA purposes).

Telecommunication Service Products Data Sheets

FILTERS

For vendors: 

  1. KYP (Know Your Place): user/device identification is not required to buy access to the network
  2. NoAPP: Use of a client app is not required to use the purchased product

For products:

  • Filters for all lines
    • eSIM: immediate download, activation, and access
    • T-Mobile: available for any GSM phone as long as the device is compatible with the network and eSIM
    • PSTN: available over central network of U.S. for the highest guarantee in receiving SMS verification since many online services block VoIP services such as Google Voice
    • Compatibility: Services that work without a vendor's app for wider device/OS choices
    • Transparency: clear and explicit statement of terms & conditions
    • Accountability: disclosure of the vendor's profile and contact address
    • Reliability: associated cost is predictable and controllable by the payor
  • Additional filters for SMS dedicated phone services to receive verification texts
    • Price: lowest price as long as SMS is available
    • Connectivity: VoWiFi (WiFi Calling) for receiving SMS with poor 4G/5G signal
  • Additional filters for general phone services to use as a main phone line
    • Price: under 35 USD (lower than average cost of 20GB plans in Q2 of 2024)
    • Data capacity that ranges between 15GB and 25GB, if available, or
      • plans that are closest to the range with capacity exceeding 25GB, or
      • plans that are closest to the range with capacity below 15GB, or
      • only available plan of any vendor with capacity exceeding 15GB
    • Connectivity: VoLTE for multi-line devices or VoWiFi (WiFi Calling) for single-line devices to receive/send calls and texts from/to U.S. numbers regardless of the location
      • Certain vendors block WiFi networks upon cross-border movements
      • Research is not yet complete to generate a list of vendors that are not compatible with cross-border movements

LIST OF OPTIONS

Brief Comparison of Telecom Network Providers/Wholesalers in U.S. 

  • List of U.S. Telecom Network Providers
    • T-Mobile (T): any GSM phones can be used to access the network
    • Verizon (V): only CDMA phones can be used to access the network after, and only after, hardware identification code (IMEI) with profile of the initial registrant is added to their database
    • AT&T (A): GSM phones can be used to access the network but after, and only after, hardware identification code (IMEI) with profile of the initial registrant is added to their database
  • For the purpose of this literature, only vendors of services over T-Mobile network are included to create a list of services that would become immediately accessible and usable upon purchasing without delays caused by any steps beyond purchasing and downloading and activating the network access pass.
  • For the purpose of this literature, only vendors of downloadable eSIM profiles are included to create a list of services that would become immediately accessible and usable upon purchasing without delays caused by any steps beyond purchasing and downloading and activating the network access pass.
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