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Can one port their cell phone number into Twilio and build their own google voice equivalent using it? Not that I really plan on doing this :)
by etaioinshrdlu 7y ago
Can one port their cell phone number into Twilio and build their own google voice equivalent using it? Not that I really plan on doing this :)
- zrail 7y agoThe tricky thing is that your cell phone needs a number in order to receive calls.
- martin_ 7y agoDisclaimer: Twilio engineer You could forward via VOIP! The biggest downside IMO is losing iMessage, or I probably would've ported mine years ago :)
- triangleman 7y agoSorry can you explain? Do you mean installing a VoIP app on your phone?
- etaioinshrdlu 7y agoAny other fun things I could build using my phone number on twilio???
- joshmn 7y agoYou can port to Twilio, but, yeah. Like you mentioned, you can use call forwarding — there's even things like conditional call forwarding if you just want to forward your missed calls or things that go to voicemail. I did exactly this to build https://tinyvoicemail.com https://tinyvoicemail.com (which I'll be open-sourcing in the near future)
- my_first_acct 7y agoNote that Twilio numbers (in the US, anyway) cannot receive SMS messages from short codes [1]. This means that you may not be able to receive SMS 2FA messages from your bank. [1] https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223181668-Can-Twilio-numbers-receive-SMS-from-a-short-code- https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223181668-Can-T...
- etaioinshrdlu 7y agoIs there any reason why twilio can't start supporting them?
- justinjlynn 7y agoProbably for the same reason twilio don't allow you to set your CNAM entries. Banks and PayPal use it for KYC and such...