When signing up for GitLab, phone SMS verification does not work for many people (see link below)

Was able to get around it possibly by signing up for the GitLab forum, then refreshing / reloading the verification page. Verification page: https://gitlab.com/users/identity_verification/success Forum page with many users complaining about this: https://forum.gitlab.com/t/phone-verification-sms-not-received-unable-to-login-and-register/92202