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Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

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Post by cllabs » Mon, Apr 18, 2011, 5:35 AM UTC

barrydahlberg wrote: post #10

catch23 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would it matter if it used twilio? You could do this idea just quickly without it...

Availability and pricing of things like Twilio is pretty variable outside of the US. Last I checked Twilio wasn't going to work for most SMS down here in NZ for example. Not sure about voice.

Exactly right. We're based out of Australia so it's horribly annoying to see so many cool startups that don't provide service to us down here. The majority of voice/sms startups these days use either Twilio or Tropo (including us) so that severely limits the cost or even use of a service for Australians.

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

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Post by fragsworth » Mon, Apr 18, 2011, 5:40 AM UTC

Some of the greatest innovations come from Soviet Russia

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

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Post by callahad » Mon, Apr 18, 2011, 5:52 AM UTC

socialmediaking wrote: post #9

It's Brid.me not Bridge...

Somewhat amusingly, it's neither brid nor bridge, but rather bridg. :)

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

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Post by eoghan » Mon, Apr 18, 2011, 5:53 AM UTC

ericflo wrote: post #2

Impressive idea, clear messaging, and a nice solid design.

The name is excellent.

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

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Post by sankara » Mon, Apr 18, 2011, 5:55 AM UTC

The concept is great. Kudos to that. Just a minor quirk - there is no timezone information in the create new call page. Even if timezones are not supported, indicating the current timezone would have helped.

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

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Post by maddalab » Mon, Apr 18, 2011, 6:03 AM UTC

Gawk !!!

I tried registering, and the responded with a verify email that had my password in clear text. I'd wait for a few days before you try using the service, for anything.

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

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Post by SeoxyS » Mon, Apr 18, 2011, 6:12 AM UTC

The typo in the title of this very HN submission is a perfect demonstration of why this startup has an awful name…

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

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Post by mdda » Mon, Apr 18, 2011, 6:49 AM UTC

cllabs wrote: post #4

Does this utilise Twilio? Would love to see a pricing structure and what countries it's available in before registering. Is it tied to a single phone or can you set different numbers on a per meeting basis?

In their end-of Weekend pitch, they said that they were Twilio-based (in the interests of getting this done over the weekend). Over the longer term, they plan to move to Asterisk/trunks if/when call volumes picked up (since Twilio pricing is not very aggressive for long multi-way calls : but the service/pricing is excellent for knocking something together).

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

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Post by bobthecow » Mon, Apr 18, 2011, 7:04 AM UTC

maddalab wrote: post #16

Gawk !!! I tried registering, and the responded with a verify email that had my password in clear text. I'd wait for a few days before you try using the service, for anything.

Eesh. Sorry about that. The password was only emailed for debugging during development, since we weren't storing it (plaintext) in the database. It has been fixed :)

Re: Bridge.me meetings that call you

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Post by mcdowall » Mon, Apr 18, 2011, 9:45 AM UTC

Nice app and good design, however I have a problem with this and other startup projects I have seen in startup weekends that there is just not enough information before asking me to signup, where is the 'about' page?.

Also, call me ignorant but how does someone trademark a slogan over a weekend (footer) - "The Conference Calls You™ "