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Subject: Re: How to get a 2FA message sent to non-SMS number?
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:08:41 +0100
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> writes:

> Chris Green wrote:
>
>> We moved our old landline to VOIP a year or so ago. The landline had a
>> Gigaset DECT system that accepted SMS messages.
>> Our new VOIP system doesn't accept SMS messages and there doesn't
>> seem to
>> be any system like landlines used to have that converts SMS to voice.
>> We have a need to get a 2FA code that is being sent to the
>> ex-landline
>> number, can anyone suggest a way around this conundrum?
> I've not heard of any VoIP provider supporting SMS, my provider
> (voipfone) does not.  I think I saw on a BT forum that the SMSC that
> handle(s|d) SMS over POTS delivery, including spoken delivery, for
> landlines will go away in January 2027 with the general end of
> landlines.

I was looking at my Voipfone account today and I saw a tab called SMS
Messages. It looks convoluted though,  "To receive a message, your
sender needs to compose their text in this format: <Account number>
space <your message of less than 150 characters>"

And there is also a Send SMS button.