If you need to send messages fast, your Twilio Short Code is the perfect vehicle – and we just gave it some more horsepower. Now you can send 100 messages per second (MPS) by default in the US, Canada, and the UK up from 30 MPS.

When to use a Short Code vs. Long Code?

In the US, long codes aren’t meant for high-volume messaging. To ensure you stay within compliance, Twilio automatically queues your outbound messages, sending them to the carriers at 1 MPS per long code in the US. This can be a real drag if your content is time sensitive and/or high volume, like warning a community about a school closing or promoting a “one day sale”. Your users may end up waiting around for those alerts unless you have enough long codes to handle the throughput. So if you’re sending more than a few ...

There’s nothing worse than a delayed text message. Whether it’s a notification that your car arrived, a two-factor-authentication code or a response to a chat, it needs to arrive on time.

Getting a message from point A to point B quickly is not a one-size-fits-all operation. After sending billions of text messages around the world, we learned delivery varies by geography, mobile operator, use case, and, for some businesses, the actual content of the message.

There are many different routes that your message can take through the telecom ecosystem to reach the handset. Surprisingly – or at least it was initially to me – telecom routes don’t always deliver messages with the same success, they change over time.

Today, Twilio announces a new Twilio Message Feedback API that enables you to programmatically report back to Twilio critical deliverability information. Actions that indicate a message was received can then be ...

Not everyone is a telecom nerd like we are. When you send or receive a text message using Twilio, we go to great lengths to ensure that the nerdiness and complexity of the telecom world stays well hidden.

While you might not care how the sausage is made, sometimes that process can reveal a great deal of useful information. In this case, the process reveals information that can help you improve the reliability and readability of your messages.

That’s why we’re excited to announce Twilio Messaging Insights.

Messaging Insights is a gradual roll-out of new messaging features that provide you detailed information about how your messages are performing out in the wild. The first phase of Messaging Insights is exposed through a completely redesigned Message Details page in your Twilio Console. This gives you a drill-down view into a single message sent through Twilio.

The new page includes ...