How is this different from the hundreds of VOIP services out there?
You keep control over your number, which you bought on Twilio.
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#12Some things that need fixing: - I could just create an account with nothing entered on the password field and could also login to that account that way. - https://thisnumber.rocks/ is not being pointed to this same app.
Thanks ! I'll fix this.
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#13How is this any different from Google Voice?
Looks like this is "bring your own number". It's neat, but I wouldn't trust this site to stay up under any kind of stress, which means my number would be erratically dead. If the source is available though, this is neat enough I'd consider self-hosting it.
It's hosted on a paid Heroku instance, our own company number is served by this. The server didn't break a sweat with this HN traffic.
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#14Isn't this exactly what Google Voice does?
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#15Such thing can be created in a few lines of JavaScript code via Voximplant
BTW, anyone interested in a tutorial? I can create one.
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#16How is this different from the hundreds of VOIP services out there?
This one is new, so they haven't learned all the corner cases that make VoIP more difficult than anticipated.
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#17Such thing can be created in a few lines of JavaScript code via Voximplant BTW, anyone interested in a tutorial? I can create one.
Dropbox is just an FTP server.
I'm not saying this will be the next Dropbox, but dismissing products so offhandedly because you underestimate the average user's aversion to "writing a few lines of Javascript" is silly.
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#18How is this different from the hundreds of VOIP services out there?
This one is new, so they haven't learned all the corner cases that make VoIP more difficult than anticipated.
> This one is new, so they haven't learned all the corner cases that make VoIP more difficult than anticipated.
No need to be rude. This is Show HN. Sharing first attempts is the whole point.
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#19Some things that need fixing: - I could just create an account with nothing entered on the password field and could also login to that account that way. - https://thisnumber.rocks/ is not being pointed to this same app.
That link you posted gives me a cert error.
Confirmed; source of the error appears to be the domain for the cert and the one using it are not the same domain.
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#20How is this different from the hundreds of VOIP services out there?
This one is new, so they haven't learned all the corner cases that make VoIP more difficult than anticipated.
What based on the use case provided [1] would the the number one most likely edge-case and what is the most common solution to it?
Making a claim without constructive supporting points is usually not useful and worst appears you may know nothing other than how to cause problems seeding doubt.
[1] Use-Case: Create a virtual number on Twilio and whenever someone calls, a list of real numbers will be tried sequentially. You can set up opening hours. If nobody answers, a voicemail is recorded and sent to you by email.