This'll be nice to receive SMS alerts on deployment or monitoring failures when using other AWS services. I don't think it compares to Twilio, since it seems to be more for alerts than for your main application use; you could cobble together something that creates a new SNS topic for each (user, phone number), but I'd doubt my ability to keep so many topics organized.
Introducing Worldwide SMS Messaging
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Re: Introducing Worldwide SMS Messaging
#22When I did programmatic SMS for a project ~10 years ago, I just used SMTP and the email equivalent of the SMS address. I haven't done similar projects since then, so I'm curious if there is some reason that approach would no longer work.
Re: Introducing Worldwide SMS Messaging
#23When I did programmatic SMS for a project ~10 years ago, I just used SMTP and the email equivalent of the SMS address. I haven't done similar projects since then, so I'm curious if there is some reason that approach would no longer work.
That only works if you know the carrier (as every carrier has a different email address), and I imagine it doesn't work internationally.
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#24..but why? How is this relevant to their business? I mean, I do understand that AWS and Amazon (the e-commerce) don't have anything in common, but why to focus on such a product that already exists (and that's even better)?
Their goal is the be the infrastructure of the internet. This is an infrastructure product. Yes there are competitors, but if you're already using other AWS services, there's a good chance you'll use their solution for any given problem.
Re: Introducing Worldwide SMS Messaging
#25When I did programmatic SMS for a project ~10 years ago, I just used SMTP and the email equivalent of the SMS address. I haven't done similar projects since then, so I'm curious if there is some reason that approach would no longer work.
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#26..but why? How is this relevant to their business? I mean, I do understand that AWS and Amazon (the e-commerce) don't have anything in common, but why to focus on such a product that already exists (and that's even better)?
AWS customers find it easy to stay in AWS for all their needs. Why should they have to go to another vendor for a service AWS can provide?
Re: Introducing Worldwide SMS Messaging
#27..but why? How is this relevant to their business? I mean, I do understand that AWS and Amazon (the e-commerce) don't have anything in common, but why to focus on such a product that already exists (and that's even better)?
just that AWS checks another box, becomes the one stop shop for everything SaaS/Paas/IaaS. They will come knocking on CRM's door soon enough.
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#28Excellent news - I have been waiting for this for a while. NOTE: Seems to be having issues sending SMSs to Australian mobile numbers - I've been tweaking and sending on the dashboard for a while now and nothing is coming through. Never mind - early days yet. Am surprised at the cost differences between countries too - seems to be a lot more expensive than other third part SMS services I am using at the moment. (Compa…
What other SMS services are you using? Those prices are really good for the US!
Re: Introducing Worldwide SMS Messaging
#29When I did programmatic SMS for a project ~10 years ago, I just used SMTP and the email equivalent of the SMS address. I haven't done similar projects since then, so I'm curious if there is some reason that approach would no longer work.
In addition to having to know the carrier, the text message itself sometimes includes email-style metadata (like FROM, SUBJECT, MESSAGE, etc) that varies by carrier, so its difficult to control the experience. Its one of those things thats good for a personal project but not for a service that sends lots of text messages to users.
I didn't know this until I just tried it, but doing it over email supports replies (at least on AT&T), which is pretty cool.
Re: Introducing Worldwide SMS Messaging
#30Marginally cheaper than Twilio for USA: $0.00645 vs. $0.0075 Much more expensive in Europe (e.g. major networks in Poland Twilio $0.03467, AWS $0.03897 - 0.07711) https://www.twilio.com/sms/pricing http://aws.amazon.com/sns/sms-pricing/
Clickatell is compatible to twillio and they have a nice validation api https://www.clickatell.com/detailed-pricing-and-coverage/
I don't think they are comparable at all, their pricing model is very archaic compared to Twilio.