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Re:Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account o... by dvt on Monday October 16, 2017 @02:54PM (#15485712)
This is awesome! Just out of curiosity, who (or what) do you use on the back-end? Is there like a Twilio for faxes?
Re:Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account o... by fomojola on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:21PM (#15485923)
Hey, thanks. Twilio actually does do faxes, but this was built prior to Twilio dipping their toes into the fax waters. We use Phaxio (https://www.phaxio.com/): the API is nice and clean and we've had an entirely happy time working with it.
Re:Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account o... by rabidonrails on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:27PM (#15485973)
w00t!
Re:Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account o... by rabidonrails on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:27PM (#15485972)
Phaxio! I'm a founder :)

Our goal is to provide devs that have mission-critical applications with the most reliable and redundant faxing capabilities. (If you've dealt with faxing, you know it's annoyingly finicky.)

Re: We're fans of Twilio, but our approach to solving this problem is significantly different.

(I'm answering the second question above, not necessarily the first)

edit: I guess I was answering both :)

Re:Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account o... by Gaelan on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:30PM (#15485998)
Huh. Looking at phaxio's prices, faxrocket is charging a huge premium. For a techie, is there a reason to use faxrocket vs curling to phaxio?

Edit: I guess the phone number makes faxrocket a better deal for low usage, but phaxio becomes much cheaper quickly.

Re:Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account o... by petertb on Monday October 16, 2017 @02:56PM (#15485731)
Twilio do faxes! Not sure if this is what they're using though. https://www.twilio.com/fax/
Re:Show HN: Send a fax to 50 countries, no signup, account o... by gkoberger on Monday October 16, 2017 @02:56PM (#15485734)
The Twilio for faxes is just Twilio!

https://www.twilio.com/fax