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Uses T-Mobile towers. Their Sprint-based service will be discontinued at the end of March 2022 and users will be moved to T-Mobile.
https://www.textnow.com/wireless/sim-card
Use this URL instead to bypass the IMEI Check required in the above link
https://www.textnow.com/wireless/...uct_id=392
Past discussion of service
https://slickdeals.net/f/15055648-textnow-free-byop-ad-supported-unlimited-talk-text-plan-w-gsm-sim-kit-5?src=SiteSearchV2Algo1
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Even within the US, if you take out TextNow's SIM card and just use WiFi, your current TextNow services would still work as they do today. Your current TextNow also still works if you sign in to the same TextNow account on other compatible devices connected using WiFi or cellular data.
Outside the US, you will need to either use WiFi or provide cellular data, swapping your international SIM card in for TextNow's if your device only has a single SIM card slot, to continue using TextNow as you've had been.
From TextNow 101: SIM cards [textnow.com]
From Use TextNow without WiFi: Our nationwide network [textnow.com]
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And where are you getting free data to make calls or text from on your phone?
Not sure how reliable it is now, but freedompop use to be a nightmare for many people.
This Sim gives you data that can only be used in the textnow app to make calls or text, which is what separates this from the other options you mentioned, because you don't need to be dependent on wifi.
Edit: didn't realize you were talking about talkatone, not textnow.
Obviously not free, but great for a phone the kid can use for calls and texts.