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Originally Posted by an hero
Sign up for a Google Voice account, get a US number. Probably need a US IP address and an active US telephone number just for the sign-up part.
Can use google.com/voice and send/receive texts there, can set it to go to your e-mail, so when someone texts you and it goes to your email, you can hit reply on the email and it texts them back.
They also have a voice transcription service and full telephone service which can be used either via XMPP protocol (that Talkatone or Groove IP use -- note: they are removing XMPP support next month rendering those apps useless to move some variable Voice services to Hangouts), Hangouts, or logging into your Gmail account and making calls on the left sidebar. It also can receive calls from within the browser if the webmail is open.
I was one of the lucky ones that have both a US and Canadian GV number on the same account. Has helped a crap-ton regarding family and friends back in the states.
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Be aware that you can't do MMS though.
Verizon treats Canadian numbers as domestic for txting. I assumed the rest of them did too, I guess not?