I want to send and receive SMS and MMS from my computer. My carrier has been extremely unreliable and I am sick of paying them for bad service. Are there any good tech solutions for this?
Ask HN: How do you handle SMS and MMS?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you handle SMS and MMS?
#2You'll need some service provider that will route your messages for you. Twilio is the probably the biggest, but my recommendation would be Telnyx.
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#3voip.ms has worked well for my needs. As BruiseLee stated, Twilio is probably the largest and most integrated.
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#4Twilio is famously good at SMS/MMS
(disclosure: I work there)
Re: Ask HN: How do you handle SMS and MMS?
#5Twilio is famously good at SMS/MMS (disclosure: I work there)
I can attest to this.
You pay money into an account, use a library (most languages are supported), and are charged per text (I think one cent for normal SMS?)
Messages are received by specifying a URL end point to twilio it will send the data to.
I liked the good documentation, and the free demo period. You get access to everything, just with an "ad" at the end of everything you send.
(I've built a few apps with this and had no issues)
Re: Ask HN: How do you handle SMS and MMS?
#6Twilio is famously good at SMS/MMS (disclosure: I work there)
We just integrated SMS support into our software platform, and went with Twilio. It's working great so far!
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#7Twilio or MessageBird are worth a look at.
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#8Some folks I know use this to help test MMS on the Pinephone.
I imagine it'll do what you want.
Re: Ask HN: How do you handle SMS and MMS?
#9Twilio is famously good at SMS/MMS (disclosure: I work there)
Twilio handles SMS and MMS for my https://textpost.me side project. Great platform and reliability.
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#10I am using Inteliquent for my start up. I believe they are behind Twilio, telnyx and Messagebird.