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What's it cost to be an SS7 peer for a year? Could they spin up their own "phone company" for the purpose of delivering SMS verification and nothing else, cheap

What's it cost to be an SS7 peer for a year? Could they spin up their own "phone company" for the purpose of delivering SMS verification and nothing else, cheaper than they're paying someone else's markup?

lxgr 3y ago
What's expensive isn't (just) the technical infrastructure, it's termination/interconnection fees charged by the destination mobile networks.
- myself248 3y ago
  Huh, I knew those existed for voice calls, didn't realize they applied to SMS too. Makes sense, though.