Comment by bignerd_95
3 days ago
Extraordinary! Congratulations. I’ve always been fascinated by the world of telephony. How did you manage to get numbers for every country? Do you have direct access to SS7, are you a virtual operator, or do you use third-party services for each country?
Usually, you need a presence in each country, like an official entity. It's easy for a myriad of countries to do that for a fee; even in Dubai, you can form a company. Then you can acquire numbers easily in these countries. I am now supporting the UK (easy to get)/US/CA, and will soon support some European countries as well. What's hard are the countries that require authority talks like Egypt :D
I am Egyptian living in Europe, so I want to support it, but I left it for a bit.
There are a lot of telephony providers out there (Twilio, Bandwidth, etc.) So it's easy to start building.
He just uses Twilio, they handle everything, he just calls some APIs and takes a 257% markup for phone calls. Anyone can sign up, usually at most you'll need a local address.
I have no clue where you came up with these assumptions and the arbitrary markup.
Are you saying I'm wrong?
1. your privacy policy
> Third Parties
> - Twilio: Calls, SMS, phone numbers
2. your pricing and twilio's pricing
Twilio: $0.0140 / min
You: $0.05 / min
(0.05 - 0.0140) / 0.0140 * 100 = 257%
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