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Maybe Twillio isn't big enough by themselves, but if you add in Google Voice, Plivo, all the internet VoIP providers, and all the Cable Company VoIP services, y
by deftnerd 9y ago
Maybe Twillio isn't big enough by themselves, but if you add in Google Voice, Plivo, all the internet VoIP providers, and all the Cable Company VoIP services, you are big enough.
Is there a VoIP trade association they are all members of? If so, the trade association would be big enough to push for a new country code for the special purpose of software-based telephony just like Iridium has one for satellite-based telephony.
If that fails, Iridium is struggling. That hypothetical trade association could acquire the country code from Iridium with special agreements to ensure that Iridium still can lease numbers for no-cost for satellite-phone purposes.
- walrus01 9y agoYou're wrong that Iridium is "struggling", they're in the process of launching and commissioning their next generation satellite system. It is used so extensively by the US DoD, NATO militaries, aircraft based phone systems and maritime systems that it's quite well positioned. It is the only real LEO truly global coverage satellite phone network that includes high latitude polar regions. The globalstar bent-pipe network architecture and coverage is a joke.