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Re: Twilio Adds Low-Cost, Two-Way MMS Picture Messaging to Its API Cloud

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Post by estromlund » Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 8:25 AM UTC

aroch wrote: post #3

I've played wit Twilio and have used it to extend some of the hooks I previously had in IFTTT. Additionally I've been toying with porting my number out of Google Voice for compatibility (ie. no MMS) and privacy reasons. My question is, how hard would it be to build your own personal Google Voice like service around the twilio API, or has anyone done this?

I did this and released it as an iOS app (http://www.lineup-app.com). It's not free, but it is built entirely on Twilio's APIs and has most of GV's functionality. I currently live in Berlin and use it all the time with my "old" US number (after porting it to Twilio).

Re: Twilio Adds Low-Cost, Two-Way MMS Picture Messaging to Its API Cloud

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Post by Vivtek » Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 10:28 AM UTC

zrail wrote: post #40

Vivtek wrote: post #39

Man, if they'd just add fax they'd have basically every possible telephonic service there is.

Just FYI, there's a fax API service similar to Twilio already named Phaxio[1]. Not affiliated, just a fan[2]. [1]: https://www.phaxio.com [2]: https://www.petekeen.net/command-line-faxing

Hey - thanks! I've been using faxaway for years with their email interface, but this is handier. But I'd still like to be able to handle voicemail and incoming fax on the same number and nobody can give me that yet. (As far as I know.)

Re: Twilio Adds Low-Cost, Two-Way MMS Picture Messaging to Its API Cloud

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Post by x13 » Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 5:15 PM UTC

RobSpectre wrote: post #4

josh2600 wrote: post #2

This is an amazing biz dev achievement. Twilio seems to be getting closer to aggregating all of the hard stuff in telco land every day. It's hard to overstate just how hard this is to do. This isn't as simple as going to an aggregator and getting SMS done, MMS has been one of the last bastions of exerted carrier influence and it's slowly being democratized. This is the first time I can recall someone getting this lev…

Much obliged Josh. Took a while, but we're having a lot of fun with it. Text a pic of yourself to (646) 846-8238 - you should get a sweet mustache back.

too cool. thanks.