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>businesses abandoning SMS Good? Stop asking me for my phone number.

by what 2y ago

WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
Nothing in what I posted was about solicitation. It's about years of routine communication between a business and it's own customers that stops. Like my clients who had to stop providing product support over SMS - even tho that what their customers prefer. It's about I can't send or receive texts from my personal numbers to anyone because my MNVO carrier can't afford the cash and ceaseless headaches that TCR impose. SMS spam continues to flow. Legit traffic is cut off unless the ransom is paid.
- bitzun 2y ago
  > It's about I can't send or receive texts from my personal numbers to anyone You have a mobile phone plan from which you can’t send SMS?
  - WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
    Subscription, not plan but yes.
- scarface_74 2y ago
  If you have a real business you can’t afford to get a cell phone from a major carrier?
  - WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
    If employees are all using softphones (like my client), purchasing cell phones for each employee adds expense and the complication of a 2nd phone number. Expense and complexity are also the primary problems with TCR.
    - scarface_74 2y ago
      Well actually I know a little something about this. One of my specialties within the AWS consulting space is implementing Amazon Connect call centers solutions that involve SMS. It takes awhile. But I’ve never had a customer complain about SMS messages going through https://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/sms-number.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/sms-nu... And this was the original use case I was referring to > It's about I can't send or receive texts from my personal numbers to anyone because my MNVO carrier can't afford the cash and ceaseless headaches that TCR impose
- what 2y ago
  Every business demands my phone number now, some even make it the primary identifier for accounts. Meanwhile there are zero businesses that need to send me an SMS.

>businesses abandoning SMS Good? Stop asking me for my phone number.

by what 2y ago

>businesses abandoning SMS Good? Stop asking me for my phone number.

Nothing in what I posted was about solicitation. It's about years of routine communication between a business and it's own customers that stops. Like my clients who had to stop providing product support over SMS - even tho that what their customers prefer. It's about I can't send or receive texts from my personal numbers to anyone because my MNVO carrier can't afford the cash and ceaseless headaches that TCR impose. SMS spam continues to flow. Legit traffic is cut off unless the ransom is paid.

bitzun 2y ago
> It's about I can't send or receive texts from my personal numbers to anyone You have a mobile phone plan from which you can’t send SMS?
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
  Subscription, not plan but yes.
scarface_74 2y ago
If you have a real business you can’t afford to get a cell phone from a major carrier?
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
  If employees are all using softphones (like my client), purchasing cell phones for each employee adds expense and the complication of a 2nd phone number. Expense and complexity are also the primary problems with TCR.
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    Well actually I know a little something about this. One of my specialties within the AWS consulting space is implementing Amazon Connect call centers solutions that involve SMS. It takes awhile. But I’ve never had a customer complain about SMS messages going through https://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/sms-number.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/sms-nu... And this was the original use case I was referring to > It's about I can't send or receive texts from my personal numbers to anyone because my MNVO carrier can't afford the cash and ceaseless headaches that TCR impose
what 2y ago
Every business demands my phone number now, some even make it the primary identifier for accounts. Meanwhile there are zero businesses that need to send me an SMS.