I was able to activate textnow.com unlimited calls and text and 1 gb free data on a phone and on a apple tablet. I did have to contact textnow support via on line chat to get activation to work and took about 15 mins. I read that clark was not able to get it to work for him but for $4.99 for the sim, it’s basically free.
I have tried them before, because I use a VPN on my devices they shut down access. Tried textnow 2 times with the same results.