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Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by bufferoverflow »

watermelon0 wrote: post #83
bufferoverflow wrote: post #67

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€4.50/GB is absolutely insane for Europe. In Italy you can get 50GB for €7 From Kena or ho.mobile (€0.14/GB) or 50GB for €8 from Illiad (€0.16/GB). All at 4G speeds. https://www.kenamobile.it/prodotto/kena-6-99-limited-edition... https://www.ho-mobile.it/ https://www.iliad.it/offerta-iliad.html

Wholesale rate is for businesses where they pay for the actual usage, and consumer-oriented providers, which you mentioned, oversell network capacity.

One of my relatives in Italy is using Kena. It's solid. Even though they advertise 30 Mbps, we clocked it at 68 once. Generally it's more than enough to watch Youtube, which is where most bandwidth is spent, unless you hotspot to a laptop.

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by cowkingdeluxe »

c2h5oh wrote: post #89
sofaofthedamned wrote: post #71

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Their API has been unchanged for years, which shows me they did it right the first time.

So has Amazon Marketplace Web Services and it is by a huge margin the worst API I've seen my share of bad ones over the years.

One of my clients has been waiting for over 3 months for a reply for access to that API. Right now they are stuck manually processing hundreds of orders per day.

Re: Twilio Super SIM

#103

Post by chrisseaton »

scurvy wrote: post #99
andrewkirk wrote: post #91

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PM for Super SIM here. We're running this as a closed beta now, hard at work getting it to GA.

Don't announce a beta unless it's available for public sign up. Or just wait until the product is GA...like a regular company. Otherwise it leads to customer disappointment and disillusionment. Just pull VPN for programmable wireless from your site. It's clear that it won't launch within a year or two from being "announced".

> Don't announce a beta unless it's available for public sign up.

Many betas are closed. That’s not unusual.

Re: Twilio Super SIM

#104

Post by scurvy »

chrisseaton wrote: post #103
scurvy wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't announce a beta unless it's available for public sign up. Or just wait until the product is GA...like a regular company. Otherwise it leads to customer disappointment and disillusionment. Just pull VPN for programmable wireless from your site. It's clear that it won't launch within a year or two from being "announced".

> Don't announce a beta unless it's available for public sign up. Many betas are closed. That’s not unusual.

It's not unusual but it's not a good idea. Just keep it confidential until ready, or ship a MVP and launch it as a real thing.

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by jtl999 »

Don't know if anyone else has, but I've seen so called "global SIM" with multi IMSI type functionality from so called "secure phone" providers in the past.

Interesting

Re: Twilio Super SIM

#106

Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

gambiting wrote: post #38
Moter8 wrote: post #35

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The EU roaming rules are only valid for a certain time period. I can't get a polish SIM card and use it for an entire year in Germany, for example.

? Yes you can. I use a Polish SIM card(with Play) and use it all year round in UK, except for the 2-3 weeks or so when I'm back in Poland for holidays.

If you use it for more than 120 days outside your home country your phone operator is allowed to query this and charge you.

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by gambiting »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #106
gambiting wrote: post #38

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? Yes you can. I use a Polish SIM card(with Play) and use it all year round in UK, except for the 2-3 weeks or so when I'm back in Poland for holidays.

If you use it for more than 120 days outside your home country your phone operator is allowed to query this and charge you.

Sure. This hasn't happened yet in all the years I've been doing this. Maybe it's because I don't use data on this card, only calls.

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by hellothereyo »

ggkiijhf456 wrote: post #64
emdowling wrote: post #21

Twilit has been on an absolute tear over the last 2 years. I wasn’t sure what they would do next to innovate, but their evolution to customer support products, authentication solutions and now this are inspired. What sets them apart is that, although they are a US company, they think globally. This product is for a global market, just like their app-based push authentication is (the huge market being Europe which has…

I wish Twilio would figure out some way to accept SMS from short codes. It’s just annoying when I can’t use my VoIP number for 2FA with certain companies (and I realize it’s the companies fault, not the VoIP provider).

Most companies prevent VOIP numbers from signing up as it is a very common fraud vector.

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by galactus »

jimnotgym wrote: post #94
c2h5oh wrote: post #89

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So has Amazon Marketplace Web Services and it is by a huge margin the worst API I've seen my share of bad ones over the years.

And yet it is still better than the Amazon Vendor Central API... which they forgot to build at all

Oh my. Vendor central is such a pita one can't help thinking they do it on purpose. (Also, I had to write several puppeteer based scripts for different reporting web apps that don't expose an API and vendor central was definetly the most painful to write)

Re: Twilio Super SIM

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Post by ci5er »

ggkiijhf456 wrote: post #64
emdowling wrote: post #21

Twilit has been on an absolute tear over the last 2 years. I wasn’t sure what they would do next to innovate, but their evolution to customer support products, authentication solutions and now this are inspired. What sets them apart is that, although they are a US company, they think globally. This product is for a global market, just like their app-based push authentication is (the huge market being Europe which has…

I wish Twilio would figure out some way to accept SMS from short codes. It’s just annoying when I can’t use my VoIP number for 2FA with certain companies (and I realize it’s the companies fault, not the VoIP provider).

What causes that? Uber (for example) requires the device ID, then I can't figure out how to call the driver, when (s)he's apparently lost...
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