Creating a Custom International Calling Card with Twilio(blog.twilio.com)
blog.twilio.com
Creating a Custom International Calling Card with Twilio
http://blog.twilio.com/2009/12/creating-a-custom-international-calling-card-with-twilio.html
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As head of their marketing department, thanks for all the positive comments. I was pleasantly surprised to find this on Hacker News tonight, I hope it helps some folks set up inexpensive international calling
Danielle @ Twilio
Danielle @ Twilio
Some quick math suggests that even billing my time to set this up, it will be cheaper than the piece of freaking garbage service I use to give my family a Chicago number to call that dials Japan for them. I pay them $25 a month (minimum) and the call quality is terrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
Thanks, you'll improve the lives of my family.
Thanks, you'll improve the lives of my family.
Some other features I think would be good to add:
* a pin code, so that no just anyone who calls into the number can use it
* a way to add new people to the calling list from the IVR menu
* a way to check rates and spending from the IVR menu
* a way to gift other people with custom calling cards (a viral feature)
* a web based dashboard of minutes/spend
and how do make a bullet list on HN?
and how do make a bullet list on HN?
and how do make a bullet list on HN?
Easiest way is to indent each line (2+ spaces) and make your own bullet. eg:
Easiest way is to indent each line (2+ spaces) and make your own bullet. eg:
- one
- two
- three
thank you, will definitely use next time
All would be quite straight forward--their XML schema is simple and there are helper libs in a variety of languages.
Wow, great. Dead simple idea, yet clever.
More of these startups please, and less of the social-network / ad-eyeball dead horses.
More of these startups please, and less of the social-network / ad-eyeball dead horses.
I don't need international stuff, but Twilio is amazing. Thanks for a great service. I had to do a tedious phone integration involving dynamic menus and you guys made it a relative breeze (other than working with the voice talent!).
Pretty neat. Their international rates are nice too: http://www.twilio.com/international-calling-rates
Look through the rest of their blog- there's a ton of great uses for their service.
(And yes, I know I sound like head of their marketing department- but their product really is that great.)