I want to send and receive SMS and MMS from my computer. My carrier has been extremely unreliable and I am sick of paying them for bad service. Are there any good tech solutions for this?
by s_m on 7/15/21, 6:59 PM
Twilio is famously good at SMS/MMS
(disclosure: I work there)
by suyash on 7/15/21, 8:51 PM
by mindslight on 7/15/21, 9:42 PM
Does anybody know a programmatic VOIP provider that will appear as a standard mobile number? I've got a voip.ms number that cannot text with some other providers (like xfinity phone service), and website snake oil auth doesn't like it either. I've got another number with Google Voice that hasn't had these problems (I think because it looks just like a Project Fi number), but the lack of software choice sucks. I'd love to move away from Google, even if it means paying a bit, but the number has got to work as a general number.
I've got a plan to set up a fixed cell modem with a cheap SIM for snakeoil auth, etc, but that won't help for keeping a long term well-known number.
by BruiseLee on 7/15/21, 6:18 PM
You'll need some service provider that will route your messages for you. Twilio is the probably the biggest, but my recommendation would be Telnyx.
by mikecoles on 7/15/21, 6:58 PM
voip.ms has worked well for my needs. As BruiseLee stated, Twilio is probably the largest and most integrated.
by kop316 on 7/15/21, 7:47 PM
Some folks I know use this to help test MMS on the Pinephone.
https://jmp.chat/faq/
I imagine it'll do what you want.
by ademup on 7/16/21, 3:17 AM
Been using twilio for over 4 years. 300-500 sms per day. Never a single issue, I don't recal having to adjust code in a few years. Couldn't be happier.
by ops3936 on 7/15/21, 8:37 PM
I am using Inteliquent for my start up. I believe they are behind Twilio, telnyx and Messagebird.
by iSloth on 7/15/21, 7:18 PM
Twilio or MessageBird are worth a look at.
by przeor on 7/17/21, 10:10 PM
www.SMSAPI.com is good and cheap and reliable for this