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Even though I actually worked for a telecom company in 1999 as my first programming job, the telecom stuff has always been mysterious. Even with everything bei
by atonse 5y ago
Even though I actually worked for a telecom company in 1999 as my first programming job, the telecom stuff has always been mysterious.
Even with everything being voIP now it still feels mysterious.
So I still can’t wrap my head around what happens when you go from a Twilio api call to the cell tower and ultimately the handset.
Are these guys claiming that the software does all that?
In which case, how do I hook into the carriers and telecom infrastructure?
Would Verizon give me an IP to connect to? Which protocol?
- bzxcvbn 5y agoI don't know if Verizon would fit the bill, but the keyword to look for is "voip provider" (or "voip service provider"). As for protocols, I would start there if I were you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP#Protocols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP#Protocols
- stuxnet79 5y agoI am hardly an expert myself but these two resources helped me build a bit of intuition: - The route of a text message: https://scottbot.net/the-route-of-a-text-message/ https://scottbot.net/the-route-of-a-text-message/ - Architecture of Asterisk - http://aosabook.org/en/asterisk.html http://aosabook.org/en/asterisk.html
- abadger9 5y agoI spent a bit of my career dealing with aterisk, i still don't think i understand it..
- ______-_-______ 5y agoYou would need to sign up for a voip provider and use the credentials they give you. Your app talks to this software using the web api, and this software will talk to your voip provider using SIP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol Twilio bundles both the web api and the voip provider into one product.