Skype is good for a general phone number, but to receive sms you have to use a service like Google Voice, if you are ok with having a US number.
There are not that many good options to receive sms with a virtual number, most of the services out there are broken and not reliable at all. Because they sometimes rely on someone literally having a rack of phones that are connected to a server, not very secure or private either.
Some mobile carriers will let you forward sms to email, or use web sms.
Skype
Skype is good for a general phone number, but to receive sms you have to use a service like Google Voice, if you are ok with having a US number.
There are not that many good options to receive sms with a virtual number, most of the services out there are broken and not reliable at all. Because they sometimes rely on someone literally having a rack of phones that are connected to a server, not very secure or private either.
Some mobile carriers will let you forward sms to email, or use web sms.
Thanks for your feedback! I try to avoid Google services but in this case this is for SMS mostly to confirm/unlock accounts.