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Do you own the actual machines that connect to POTS? Or is this built on top of Twilio or something?
by cbhl 10y ago
Do you own the actual machines that connect to POTS? Or is this built on top of Twilio or something?
- trome 10y agoIts built on someone's platform, who they are obviously paying through the nose for. Their FAQ says it costs $5 for 250 minute, which is $0.02/min. Comparatively, I sit somewhere around $0.0028/min and I am not trying to optimize my costs by doing LCR on the few tens of thousands of minutes we push. Could probably halve that if I pulled in more providers.
- lionheart 10y agoReally? Your costs are as low as that? Who are you using for your provider?
- trome 10y ago> Really? Your costs are as low as that? Uhh, yeah, and I know I'm overpaying too (though its just $20 or so). VOIP is a solved problem in the US if you avoid resellers like Twilio, Nexmo, etc and go directly to either a CLEC or a voice wholesaler. > Who are you using for your provider? Endstream (NPA-NXX) & Bulk Solutions (Flat rate @ $0.0045/min), but there are cheaper providers out there if you spend a few hours and set up Freeswitch to do LCR. We bring in another CLEC for our DIDs (though we have a few dozen with em), SMS/MMS & E911 due to price & convenience, Endstream is still shaping up their offerings in the SMS/MMS arena.
- rahimnathwani 10y ago"if you spend a few hours and set up Freeswitch to do LCR" Is this because the cheaper providers don't cover the whole of the US? I mean, you're using different providers for different number ranges?
- rahimnathwani 10y ago"Their FAQ says it costs $5 for 250 minute" That's what they charge sponsors. They must be making a margin on that.
- lionheart 10y agoThis is through Twilio, although I'll probably have to expand it to other providers in the future to cover more countries. For starters though, I should be able to grow this from just the USA to 38 countries just through Twilio.