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Anyone used Twilio SMS? 📲
by
Shimon Mazor
Anyone used it before and can tell me:
What happens if a text gets sent to a landline?
Point me to a place describing how to ethically use this service?
Thanks 🙏🏼
Twilio has good documentation. It's a lot like email marketing you need people to opt-in.
I just tried to send to a landline and it accepts the message, but you get an undeliverable status.
Thanks @hwatkins I am reading their guide right now 👍
Twilio/AWS SNS SMS will still bill you for SMS sent to wrong numbers (non E164 format) or to landlines. Twilio (https://twilio.com) is slightly expensive than SNS SMS. I suggest you use SNS SMS with a wrapper service like Send With SES (https://sendwithses.com)
Hi @munion and thanks for the advice. I went with Twilio because they gave me COVID 19 credit, so that made all the difference.
Nice. You won't make a mistake with either choice. We use both Send With SES and Twilio for sending OTP's - one service backs up the other incase end user does not receive the first OTP SMS.
I should have mentioned it earlier; Twilio gives new accounts $15 in credit while SNS SMS (or SendWithSES) gives you a 100 free SMS per month forever.
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Appreciate your detailed response @ThomasJay200!