Questions, answered

A VoIP (voice over IP) number is a real phone number that works over the internet instead of a SIM card. People can call and text it like any other number, and you answer from your browser.

No. Smart Dialer works in any modern browser on a computer or phone. Allow microphone access once and you can make and take calls.

Some apps and banks refuse VoIP numbers for sign-up codes. For those, use SMS Verification, which gives you real mobile (non-VoIP) numbers.

The US, Canada and Puerto Rico today, by area code. More countries open once the carrier's paperwork for them is approved, and the number search always shows exactly which countries you can get a number in right now.

No. Smart Dialer can't be used to call emergency services such as 911, so keep another phone for emergencies.

A non-VoIP number is tied to a real SIM card and a mobile carrier, like the number on your own phone. Sites that block virtual numbers usually accept non-VoIP numbers for verification codes.

Many apps check the number type when you sign up and refuse internet numbers to reduce spam. A real mobile number passes that check.

You're refunded automatically when the waiting time ends without a code, or right away if you cancel while waiting.

A one-time number is for one code from the service you picked. To keep receiving texts on the same number, rent it for as long as you need.

Use numbers for your own accounts and follow the terms of the services you sign up with. Using them for fraud or to create fake or bulk accounts isn't allowed.

Addresses are on the vdocmail.com domain today. You can create as many as you like and give each its own purpose.

It expires but is never given to someone else. Mail that arrives while it's expired is kept for six months and can be unlocked when you renew.

Yes. Turn on forwarding for an address, confirm the destination with a code, and every email is copied there for 5¢ a month.

Choose the provider, enter the email address and an app password (or the account password where the provider allows it). The connection is checked before it's saved.

The passwords and tokens of connected accounts are encrypted at rest and only used to show your mail and send what you ask. You can disconnect an account at any time.

Add another 50 for $10.00 a month or single accounts for $1.00 a month each, and you're only charged for the rest of the current month.

They route your traffic through IP addresses that internet providers assign to real homes, so sites see an ordinary home connection in the place you picked.

Yes. Pick a country, then a state or city, and optionally an internet provider. If a place has no IPs at the moment, we show the closest places that do.

No. Many providers charge more per GB for city or ISP targeting, or sell it only on bigger plans. At VerifDoc it's included: $1.00 per GB whether you target a country, a city or an internet provider.

Every byte in both directions counts toward your GB, the same way the network bills it. When your GB run out the proxy stops until you buy more.

No. We record how much traffic your login uses each day, not the sites you visit or what you send.

Spam (mail ports are blocked), attacks, fraud, card testing, credential stuffing and illegal content. Accounts that do this lose access without a refund.