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Re: Show HN: I built an international calling platform for the past 6 months

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In Canada, my provider charges 0.60cad/minute to Europe. Voklit : 0.05$ / minute

What? VOIP.MS Countries like Germany start at $ 0.0147 / min

voip.ms requires setting up SIP credentials and configuring a softphone (or their app). Great for technical users who want maximum control and lowest rates. Voklit is for people who wish to download an app / use the browser and start calling immediately without touching any settings.

Re: Show HN: I built an international calling platform for the past 6 months

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post #21

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What? VOIP.MS Countries like Germany start at $ 0.0147 / min

voip.ms requires setting up SIP credentials and configuring a softphone (or their app). Great for technical users who want maximum control and lowest rates. Voklit is for people who wish to download an app / use the browser and start calling immediately without touching any settings.

You can do that with Google Voice for free and much lower rates. US/UK/Aus are 1 cent per minute versus 5 on your system, thats your competition.

Re: Show HN: I built an international calling platform for the past 6 months

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Ask me anything related to the technology/revenue and whatnot...

Are these voip numbers or real phone numbers? Can they be used to receive 2FA codes?

Assuming you are talking about a US Number. Most likely, even if the number you get is not classified as voip today, there's a good chance it will be classified as such in the future. (I've had numbers that I ported to google voice from cell phone that eventually started being classified as a voip #).

Cheapest reliable (as in 100%, GV works ok for me in general, but not perfect) way I've found in my research of this is to get a Tello Mobile #, as they are just a t-mobile MVNO, so the numbers are part of t-mobile's pool, so that costs $5-6 a month at the minimum, depending how you configure it.).

Re: Show HN: I built an international calling platform for the past 6 months

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As soon an number porting is available, I'll be signing up for a Pro plan.

Been using Google Voice for _years_ and it's only gotten worse.

I know that the whole schtick is that you don't need an app, but is one on the table for Android? Things like native integration with the Dialer and Notifications are a strong candidate for a native integration.

Oh. And JP phone numbers, but that's a stretch goal.

Re: Show HN: I built an international calling platform for the past 6 months

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Used to being coerced into using clunky mobile apps for this sort of service. Quite refreshing to see a first-class browser experience here.

The sign-up and phone number acquisition flows were seamless. Excited to try calling now!

Remarkable work - thank you!

Re: Show HN: I built an international calling platform for the past 6 months

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As soon an number porting is available, I'll be signing up for a Pro plan. Been using Google Voice for _years_ and it's only gotten worse. I know that the whole schtick is that you don't need an app, but is one on the table for Android? Things like native integration with the Dialer and Notifications are a strong candidate for a native integration. Oh. And JP phone numbers, but that's a stretch goal.

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Re: Show HN: I built an international calling platform for the past 6 months

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

voip.ms requires setting up SIP credentials and configuring a softphone (or their app). Great for technical users who want maximum control and lowest rates. Voklit is for people who wish to download an app / use the browser and start calling immediately without touching any settings.

You can do that with Google Voice for free and much lower rates. US/UK/Aus are 1 cent per minute versus 5 on your system, thats your competition.

Google voice isn't available in Canada.

Mytello is 0.05CAD / minute.

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