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I wonder what it costs to operate Twitter Digits. I can't imagine they are using Twilio as an SMS gateway.

• blackaspen 10y ago
  Twitter has a bunch of longstanding SMS delivery agreements, so it's quite cheap.
  • johnsmith21006 10y ago
    Crazy thought but does Digits have value for Google with adding SMS to Allo?
• bdd 10y ago
  Twitter used to be the biggest SMS sender in United States. Much larger than Twilio, even bigger than operators like Verizon and AT&T. Infrastructure that came from Cloudhopper acquisition with continuous care and improvement gave Twitter a reliable and super cost effective _world-wide_ SMS delivery platform. (I was an employee 2012–2016)
  • jrowley 10y ago
    Wow, thanks for the insight. It's easy to forget that Twitter was an SMS centric platform not too long ago.
  • sulam 10y ago
    Hi Berk. ;)