Yes, you can definitely do that. However, the your caller ID will be that of the phone number assigned to you. Upgraded accounts will have the ability to customize their caller ID.
Indeed we are in the same space as Twilio. However, we do have quite a number of differences. On the technical side, we have dedicated hardware for our media, which means that our call qualities are consistently great and drastically increases the number calls which can happen concurrently on our box. Our framework is also written on FreeSwitch, an open-source telephony platform. On the non-technical side offer 24/7 chat support at no extra cost and competitive pricing that just gets better with higher volumes. :)
Thanks for the confidence. We think that decoding/encoding of audio on dedicated hardware works best for call quality and we are really focussed on doing that.
Are there really no limitations on the number of calls and text messages? I imagine many businesses and other use cases could operate indefinitely with a single phone number and unlimited calls/texts, so what's preventing 10,000+ customers from never paying a cent, or even reselling your service to others?
@sparky You're correct, we are very aware of that risk, so we do have an algorithm in place to deter people from abusing the system. With that said, most users would not get to that limit with regular use while developing.
Interesting question: your old Developer account actually had more limitations than the new Free Trial accounts. For example, you couldn't have made outbound voice calls to regular numbers via PSTN.
Quick comment about the signup procedure; just finished the sign up and phone number verification, and I'm wondering why I have to enter the '+' in front of the country code and area code. Your signup form is smart enough to notice it's missing and let me know to enter it...so why isn't it smart enough to see that it's missing the leading '+' and just tack it on?
Reminds me a bit of entering a credit card number into a form, only to have the validation tell me that spaces aren't allowed.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 50.3 ms ] threadAre there really no limitations on the number of calls and text messages? I imagine many businesses and other use cases could operate indefinitely with a single phone number and unlimited calls/texts, so what's preventing 10,000+ customers from never paying a cent, or even reselling your service to others?
Interesting question: your old Developer account actually had more limitations than the new Free Trial accounts. For example, you couldn't have made outbound voice calls to regular numbers via PSTN.
You can check out the full comparison here: http://plivo.com/faq/basics/whats-the-difference-between-fre...
check out the message section at http://plivo.com/docs/xml/request/
edit: those api docs are as clear as mud, no example on how to receive an SMS
Reminds me a bit of entering a credit card number into a form, only to have the validation tell me that spaces aren't allowed.