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You should speak to Twilio and Sinch since they're now the two main players after their acquisitions of Syniverse and SAP respectively. They definitely have pricing power and should be able to help out.

Disclosure: My company was acquired by Sinch. (I can try to intro you to someone on the inside if you'd like.)

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Thanks, I will reach out about Sinch. I looked at them but didn't see pricing and wanted to avoid sales run-around, but it's probably worth while.

Update: I created an account and managed to find pricing, it's almost 2x what I pay other providers.

If you don’t contact sales then you can’t get discounts for things that might not be a big deal to you but are to them. Committing to staying with them for a period, minimum spends for that period, paying up front. These things can generally get you discounts.

Send me a note and I'll intro you to the right people.

Done, thanks!

You can find a list of US aggregators at https://www.usshortcodes.com/partners/find-partner; though it doesn't appear to be up to date with the latest acquisitions. On top of the ones the parent mentioned, mGage was acquired by Kaleyra that I know of.

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