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Re: Show HN: Postack – SMS API for Developers

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Absolutely, I get the concern about the docs looking like a placeholder. We're putting a lot of effort into crafting the best SDKs for major languages, so for now, the most comprehensive guide is at https://docs.postack.dev/api-reference/introduction . Regarding A2P messaging, it's pretty standard: create your brand and campaigns, typically with a 72-hour turnaround. We're streamlining compliance by auto-generating l…

Not meant as a nitpick but lots of links to docs are "dead" or redirect to that placeholder. quick example: on your home page both compliance links go nowhere.

Compliance pages are still WIP. Just fixed other links. Thanks for help.

Re: Show HN: Postack – SMS API for Developers

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you should tell us what "per segment" means. Never heard of it. I use twilio mostly.

Twilio also charges per segment, they are probably not transparent. So a segment means 160 characters (It’s a bit more complicated than that). So if you want to send an 320 characters long SMS. You are sending two segments. Let me know if it makes sense?

that makes sense. you should put a * with a defintiion or something

Re: Show HN: Postack – SMS API for Developers

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Twilio also charges per segment, they are probably not transparent. So a segment means 160 characters (It’s a bit more complicated than that). So if you want to send an 320 characters long SMS. You are sending two segments. Let me know if it makes sense?

that makes sense. you should put a * with a defintiion or something

I'll add a tooltip.

Re: Show HN: Postack – SMS API for Developers

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Are you running on top of twilio? Where do you get your numbers from?

We are not running on top of Twilio. We use multiple tier-1 aggregators for redundancy and Twilio is not one of them. In-fact Twilio also uses some of them.

Numbers are sourced from DID wholesalers.

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