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1. Duneda+Z[view] [source] 2023-11-16 16:22:44
>>mikece+(OP)
> Storage: $1.3 million dollars per year.

> Servers: $2.9 million dollars per year.

> Registration Fees: $6 million dollars per year.

> Total Bandwidth: $2.8 million dollars per year.

> Additional Services: $700,000 dollars per year.

Signal pays more for delivering verification SMS during sign-up, than for all other infrastructure (except traffic) combined. Wow, that sounds excessive.

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2. bloggi+Ng[view] [source] 2023-11-16 17:24:31
>>Duneda+Z
Funny, because that's the reason I can't use Signal - I don't have a phone number.
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3. barbaz+ei[view] [source] 2023-11-16 17:29:17
>>bloggi+Ng
In case one isn't aware, you can get a $1/month throwaway phone number from Twilio for that purpose.
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4. bonton+Sr[view] [source] 2023-11-16 18:09:39
>>barbaz+ei
Aren't these VoIP? Almost every service blocks VoIP numbers for sign ups these days, but perhaps Signal is an exception.
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5. barbaz+Is[view] [source] 2023-11-16 18:13:21
>>bonton+Sr
They work with Signal, Facebook, etc. Sometimes you have to try another one to get it to work.
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