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I'm using twilio to forward text messages. At first glance I thought this could replace it but it doesn't look like it does sms. Is anyone aware of a similar o

by xrd 5y ago

I'm using twilio to forward text messages. At first glance I thought this could replace it but it doesn't look like it does sms. Is anyone aware of a similar open source project for text messaging? And, would I use the same voip provider gateway?

iudqnolq 5y ago
How do you get around the fact they don't receive commercial short numbers? I need to get verification codes from my bank and so on for that to work.
- ailun 5y ago
  You can email them to enable receiving short codes for a specific number. That doesn't mean it works with all banks or whatever (the sending company may not allow Twilio numbers), but it does work for some of them. 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...
  - throwaway2016a 5y ago
    I did that and it didn't help. Thankfully most companies support "Voice call verification" which does work.
    - iudqnolq 5y ago
      Have you ever had a company refuse to voice call verify a twilio number?
      - throwaway2016a 5y ago
        The issue with SMS, in my limited understanding, is commercial numbers tend to come through shortcodes and shortcodes have their own set of delivery rules. Nothing of the sort from voice calls. I haven't had any instances of voice calls not coming through.
- Phurist 5y ago
  10DLC will be the future anyways: https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260800720410-What-is-A2P-10DLC- https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260800720410-W...
  - iudqnolq 5y ago
    My (minimal) understanding of telecoms is the future is always a very long way away if you relying on complete rollout for usability. Skimming that page, it also looks like possibly this is only replacing commercial long code users, not commercial short code users? But I didn't read carefully enough to be sure.
- xrd 5y ago
  I had to give up getting short codes (or so I thought until I read the comments here).

by xrd 5y ago

iudqnolq 5y ago

How do you get around the fact they don't receive commercial short numbers? I need to get verification codes from my bank and so on for that to work.

ailun 5y ago
You can email them to enable receiving short codes for a specific number. That doesn't mean it works with all banks or whatever (the sending company may not allow Twilio numbers), but it does work for some of them. 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...
- throwaway2016a 5y ago
  I did that and it didn't help. Thankfully most companies support "Voice call verification" which does work.
  - iudqnolq 5y ago
    Have you ever had a company refuse to voice call verify a twilio number?
    - throwaway2016a 5y ago
      The issue with SMS, in my limited understanding, is commercial numbers tend to come through shortcodes and shortcodes have their own set of delivery rules. Nothing of the sort from voice calls. I haven't had any instances of voice calls not coming through.
Phurist 5y ago
10DLC will be the future anyways: https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260800720410-What-is-A2P-10DLC- https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260800720410-W...
- iudqnolq 5y ago
  My (minimal) understanding of telecoms is the future is always a very long way away if you relying on complete rollout for usability. Skimming that page, it also looks like possibly this is only replacing commercial long code users, not commercial short code users? But I didn't read carefully enough to be sure.
xrd 5y ago
I had to give up getting short codes (or so I thought until I read the comments here).