robertvis

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by robertvis 3y ago
You mean regulation in order to prevent SPAM? Surely thats a good thing right? Email me and Ill get you the best experience albeit you need to be a legit company. robert@
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MessageBird rebrands as Bird, and slashes prices by 90% on SMS to take on Twilio(techcrunch.com)
6 points by robertvis 3y ago|5 comments
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by robertvis 3y ago
lol
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by robertvis 6y ago
Happy to chat ;)
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by robertvis 6y ago
This sounds like a terrible experience. Can you email me so we can look into it?
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by robertvis 6y ago
Its an honest mistake and we’ll correct it.
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by robertvis 6y ago
Lets do it - robert@
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by robertvis 6y ago
We’ll correct the mistake!
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by robertvis 6y ago
We actually do. Difference is we are direct with the carriers and dont pay middle man so we can make inbound free in most countries (which is also how global telecom works from an interoperability standpoint) We also have numering access ac
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by robertvis 6y ago
Mostly a US issue. Api’s on messaging have been in europe and asia since 2002. The main value prop is easy api’s and global connectivity for our SMS API’s as more and more businesses go global. Also we didnt start any price war. Our pricing
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by robertvis 6y ago
Hi - fwiw our main focus is outside the US - our biggest teams are in apac. Email me we’ll help you out. robert@
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by robertvis 6y ago
Lol we never did that ;-) As in the Taco thing at Signal. Good idea though
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by robertvis 9y ago
lol - thanks :)
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by robertvis 9y ago
Yes - we run our own network of real sims for quality control that we only use for ourselves.
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by robertvis 9y ago
When you connect directly to a carrier you get so called PTT codes back (industry standard). Not all carriers do this the same way but we standardize this and return them like shown at the link below. When your provider uses a lot of in-bet
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by robertvis 9y ago
Yes, we run our own SMSC but in terms of functionality like routing and quality control we go way beyond what a normal carrier would be able to. CLEC is a US specific term and not needed to sign direct agreements with carriers. We operate o
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by robertvis 9y ago
drop me an email robert@ - depending on exact needs can prob help you.
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by robertvis 9y ago
see my comment above.
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by robertvis 9y ago
We have secured direct relationships with 220 carriers globally essentially skipping the aggregators. That way in terms of support in almost all cases we can at least explain what happened with the message end to end.
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by robertvis 10y ago
Thanks! I'm not persé against burning money for growth, it is just different in Europe than here. We are also Dutch, and you know the saying "going dutch" so maybe a bit cheap haha
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by robertvis 10y ago
We will look into this asap!
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by robertvis 10y ago
Thanks !
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by robertvis 10y ago
I don't really like bashing others on why we are better than them. We provide high-quality service on top of being generally cheaper. We are all telco/ tech people so have vast knowledge how this space works and should work. Pleas
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by robertvis 10y ago
We'd love to help you out with this especially because we are newer to the US - really looking for customer experiences- email me please and we can setup a demo account: robert@messagebird.com
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by robertvis 10y ago
Happy to hear you are happy. We are a very lean company and most of our expansion will be in scaling technology - not people or products. However, if you ever feel the need to leave, can we agree you write me an e-mail first? robert@message
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by robertvis 10y ago
We are cheaper than Twilio in almost all countries including US. But price is not everything. In terms of our strenghts (not sure how this relates to Twilio): We have a direct-to-carrier strategy, most focussed on Europe & Asia. This en
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by robertvis 10y ago
Hi HN community, my name is Robert and I'm the founder of MessageBird. MessageBird is an API for sending Text, Voice & Chat messages to your customers globally. Today we launched our API to connect to different chat platforms: FB M
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by robertvis 10y ago
Thx :) Climate is different in Europe, you need profitability to survive.
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MessageBird (YC S16), Twilio rival from Europe, introduces support for chat apps(techcrunch.com)
54 points by robertvis 10y ago|17 comments