I had a similar use case and ended up having my staff download the Pushover app. They have a super simple API and several features focused on notifications. They have a 30 day trial and then it's like $1.99 per device one time payment. Totally worth it.
Jorge On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 5:31 PM Alex Balashov via VoiceOps < voiceops@voiceops.org> wrote: > I have a purely internal portal application that is used to send SMS > notifications about customer monitoring incidents and emergencies about... > twice a month. Maybe 5-10 messages per month total, across several > associates combined. It's all done through Twilio's SMS API. > > There is not enough Prozac, pot, liquor, etc. in the world that's going to > make me log into Twilio's portal and do their campaign enrollment. For > these negligible volumes of purely internal notification traffic, a pure > cost centre, not customer-facing anything, etc., I just don't care, and you > won't make me care. > > However, these notifications are fairly essential because they allow me to > pierce the iOS "Do Not Disturb" wall on our phones and get them even at 3 > AM. There's no decent over-the-top alternative I can see; I have to enable > notifications for an over-the-top messaging application as a whole, the > last thing I want to do. > > So, there's a business opportunity here for an SMS provider who 1) offers > a relatively straightforward REST API to send SMS and 2) will take care of > the A2P campaign garbage aspect. > > I'd love if someone took that up. > > -- Alex > > -- > Alex Balashov > Principal Consultant > Evariste Systems LLC > Web: https://evaristesys.com > Tel: +1-706-510-6800 > > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list > VoiceOps@voiceops.org > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >
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