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

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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