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Hey all! I run biz dev for 2600hz, a competitor in the Voice API space. What Plivo is doing is really cool for a couple of reasons: 1. Open-Source development

Hey all! I run biz dev for 2600hz, a competitor in the Voice API space. What Plivo is doing is really cool for a couple of reasons: 1. Open-Source development framework 2. Lets you bring Non-Plivo carriers I do have a couple observations, specifically adding the $.004 tariff onto carrier calls kills any real option for external carriers. For those of you who aren't in the Telecom game, a 4 tenths of a penny addition on every minute can make an arbitrage business model much more difficult. Second, Plivo is not very open about the tools that they use to get where they are. This is built on FreeSWITCH, they are doing a basic implementation of this Open-Source software as the media server. This is also the underlying stuff powering UberConference so it's good stuff, but it's important to mention the giants upon whose shoulders you stand. Lastly, on-net calls should be free. As of right now they're $.004 per min for full IP routing. That's bogus in my opinion. Oh and by the way, everything you can do on Plivo can be run on 2600hz and our architecture is fully scalable with over 50 APIs for all of the Telecom functionality you'd ever want. Best of all, you can run your carriers, in your cloud, without paying us a dime. Github: https://github.com/2600hz/2600hz-platform https://github.com/2600hz/2600hz-platform Kazoo Beta: http://invite.kazoo.io http://invite.kazoo.io Source: I write thepbxblog.com and I work for 2600hz. Edit: Grammar.

bevenky 14y ago
First you say "you are a competitor in the Voice API space", "and then you have a few issues with the way we do business", I didn't expect that at all ;) Anyways, next time please do your homework first, we have openly announced on Techcrunch that FreeSWITCH powers our backend and we are also sponsors for Cluecon this year to give back in our own way. Best of luck for your attempts in future.
- josh2600 14y ago
  Be, I realize now that my statement might've come across a bit harsh; that wasn't my intention at all. I'm a fervent believer in Open-Source as a superior method of development, and I certainly didn't mean to insult you. Perhaps it was an oversight on my part, but I didn't see FreeSWITCH on your website, nor did I see any reference to it on your .org page. Please forgive me if I've overlooked something. As far as what we run, we run FreeSWITCH as a media server in our environment, but we also use a number of other great technologies like CouchDB (specifically BigCouch), RabbitMQ, OpenSIPS, and the whole thing is written in Erlang. For my final comment, I'll simply say that the Voice space is too small and too familiar to have public fights. I think I speak for everyone at 2600hz when I say what you're doing advances the field of communications, I just feel that on-net calls should be free. Take my comments for what they're worth, I wish you guys a hell of a lot of luck. Cheers, Joshua
runT1ME 14y ago
Uh, aren't you guys on FreeSWITCH too?
- bevenky 14y ago
  Thats a great question :)
- josh2600 14y ago
  We utilize FreeSWITCH as our media server. I would never denigrate FreeSWITCH; I personally think it's an excellent media server and it handles transcoding like a boss. I tried to clear up the misunderstanding above in my comments to be, but if you have any further questions, I'm happy to answer. To be clear, I didn't mean to appear as though I were attacking Plivo, that's not my intention at all. I simply wanted to applaud their efforts and point out a couple ways they could improve.

bevenky 14y ago

First you say "you are a competitor in the Voice API space", "and then you have a few issues with the way we do business", I didn't expect that at all ;) Anyways, next time please do your homework first, we have openly announced on Techcrunch that FreeSWITCH powers our backend and we are also sponsors for Cluecon this year to give back in our own way. Best of luck for your attempts in future.

josh2600 14y ago
Be, I realize now that my statement might've come across a bit harsh; that wasn't my intention at all. I'm a fervent believer in Open-Source as a superior method of development, and I certainly didn't mean to insult you. Perhaps it was an oversight on my part, but I didn't see FreeSWITCH on your website, nor did I see any reference to it on your .org page. Please forgive me if I've overlooked something. As far as what we run, we run FreeSWITCH as a media server in our environment, but we also use a number of other great technologies like CouchDB (specifically BigCouch), RabbitMQ, OpenSIPS, and the whole thing is written in Erlang. For my final comment, I'll simply say that the Voice space is too small and too familiar to have public fights. I think I speak for everyone at 2600hz when I say what you're doing advances the field of communications, I just feel that on-net calls should be free. Take my comments for what they're worth, I wish you guys a hell of a lot of luck. Cheers, Joshua

runT1ME 14y ago

Uh, aren't you guys on FreeSWITCH too?

bevenky 14y ago
Thats a great question :)
josh2600 14y ago
We utilize FreeSWITCH as our media server. I would never denigrate FreeSWITCH; I personally think it's an excellent media server and it handles transcoding like a boss. I tried to clear up the misunderstanding above in my comments to be, but if you have any further questions, I'm happy to answer. To be clear, I didn't mean to appear as though I were attacking Plivo, that's not my intention at all. I simply wanted to applaud their efforts and point out a couple ways they could improve.