it's funny. because I was actually viewing the wiki page before I saw this post. Had it open in another tab, and when I went back to it to read it I found the little surprise left by some troll.
So happy to have this out for general use. I work at Twilio, and use the OpenVBX app to manage all my voicemail for business. It's cool now, but is going to be so much more awesome with contributions from the community. I'm very interested in talking about how to expand the plugin architecture for the web app to work for mobile as well. If anyone else wants to chat about working on this drop me a note a danielle@twilio.com
I blogged awhile back about porting your mobile, land line, or Google Voice number into Twilio for free and hang onto it for just $1/month. You can also make it so your landline numbers can send/receive SMS once they're ported
There is no fee to port a number with Twilio, and once you port it in it is $1/month to hold onto the number. To port, you log into your Twilio account and visit the phone numbers tab and select "port number", or hit this URL
https://www.twilio.com/user/account/phone-numbers/porting
At this point, you fill out a form asking for the billing information and then we follow up with you to get authorization to transfer the number (usually just a signature). It usually takes about 10 business days to complete the port.
Thanks for the follow up. What do you accept as billing information for a Google Voice number? That's the part I got stuck on. Is this merely a formality? Is a screen shot of the account page acceptable? As a free service, they have never sent me a "bill".
I work at Twilio on Twilio Fund, and want to make sure everyone knows we're still accepting submissions through the end of the year at Twiliofund.com. If you were one of the companies that submitted and was not announced today, you are still under consideration.
What I hate is that if you walk too far away, while waiting in a mall or something like that, the little vibrating coasters just don't work. SMS works even if you wander off
That is very different from saying, as you did above, that "This quote is completely fabricated." (it also wasn't a quote).
I'm not trying to start a flame war here. I like you (and the rest of Twilio) quite a bit. I admired what you said and the goal it represented: Focus on and attack a different market from a different angle than we are. Build on your strengths and acknowledge your weaknesses. I wish more companies would do that. No company can be good at everything.
You did say something very similar to what Diggz referenced (not "quoted"). Then you accused him of outright lying. That's just not cool at all.
I don't know how saying "Danielle Morrill said" is not a quote. But let the audience here, and the future, judge whether or not we "keep up". I think time will tell.
