Data and Phone Plans

Listening in...I need to solve this one too. Definitely need the US phone number for accessing accounts with 2-factor authentication. 

Posted by: @gmgraves

Has anyone had experience with VOIP in Portugal?  Is it reliable?

Skype works fine. Internet reliability is the same as other western countries, usually problem free but can sometimes suffer the odd hic-cup.
Another alternative is to buy a cheap mobile and US PAYG sim for when you need a US number (I did this for a few years with a UK number when I first moved here, I just needed to send one text or make one call every 6 months to keep the sim active). 

We have had a Google voice number since the service started over a decade ago.  We just switched all our accounts to that number. Some accounts had issues since it is not really a cell number.  In those cases we used Authly with the Google voice number for 2 factor.

We terminated our ATT cell plan once we signed up for Vodafone.  We have two cells with Vodafone plus Fiber Internet and TV.  We are really happy with all of our Vodafone services.   

Thanks for the info!

Did you guys keep a bank account in your country of origin?  We will need to keep an account open in the US for a few items.  Did you have any difficulties with the two factor from US banks or credit cards?

My understanding of using Google Voice is that you can port your new GV number over to your existing cell number, thus keeping your existing number.  It seems the issue comes with the fact that most banks use SMS texts for two factor and Google Voice requires you text over their app.  Does Authy accept two factor from US banks?