Own your phone number with #Twilio
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @Bound008
Today I have made a major decision. After 7 months of Google Voice, trying out Android, and Verizion… I have learned some interesting things.
- iPhone is the only phone for me. (and it should be for you too)
- All cell phone networks have their issues, and its not getting better any time soon (my experience with 4G has not been great either)
- Ownership is freedom.
So as for the decision. I am going to take my cell phone number, which I have had for over 9 years, and port it not back to AT&T, but to Twilio. Their pricing is great, and I will truly own the number as best as an individual can. And here are my plans for the number: (using their simple REST apis)
- Call my number? You will get an obnoxious reminder recorded by me that you should change my number in your address book… Your call will be logged, (so I can harass you later about it), and then your call will be forwarded along with caller id.
- Send me a text? I will reply automatically with my new number, and a reminder to update your phone. The text will be forwarded to google voice, as well as logged, again for future harassment for those in non-compliance.
Now this is just a mere 1% of the power and capability of Twilio so you should check it out for other reasons. If your website or app needs to make or receive calls or texts you should check it out… You get $30 of credits to play around with. Calls are 3 cents a minute, and having a phone number for incoming calls is $1/month. The APIs are all REST based and really cool… I plan to open source my “Phone Number Forwarder” when its done. Oh and when you first put money in your account, use the Promo Code: JASON … I don’t get any money or free service for it or anything… but YOU get an extra $30 in credit.
Tell Jason how much you LOOVEEDDD his article on Twitter here.