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MadMANN
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join:2005-08-19
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| Re: Late to the game like always. "Late to the game like always."
No doubt. Next thing you know they'll start giving away rotary phones to new customers. | |
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 | EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Re: Late to the game like always. Those rotary phones may be old and rely on an outdated dialing system, but for the most part they just work, even now- I doubt any modern cordless talking caller ID electronic phone will last that long. | |
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| | Austinloop
join:2001-08-19
Austin, TX | Re: Late to the game like always. You are right. I have an old (prebreakup) wall phone from AT&T. It just keeps on working. Every other phone in the house has been replaced at least 2 times. | |
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| | | jester121
Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | Re: Late to the game like always. So the people that paid $5/month for phone rental to AT&T for 30 years probably got their money's worth.  | |
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join:2001-08-19
Austin, TX | Re: Late to the game like always. Haven't paid a penny for the phone since I got it. | |
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| | Enlightener
join:2006-01-28
Cedar Park, TX | Actually they are incompatible with VOIP. The terminal adapters don't process the clicks. | |
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Jim Gurd
Premium
join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI
·Comcast
| Re: Late to the game like always. said by Enlightener  :Actually they are incompatible with VOIP. The terminal adapters don't process the clicks. That's true but it will still work for incoming calls. I have an old rotary phone that I tried to use. The only problem was that the old mechanical bell ringer would draw too much power and would barely be audible when a call was coming in. Receiving calls worked perfectly though.
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Jim Gurd
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join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI
·Comcast
| Re: Late to the game like always. said by Madness :A little tip: Assuming you used a Bell 500 set, take the cover off (two screws on the bottom) & turn the phone so the ringer faces forward. Look closely between the gongs & you should see a sideways-G-shaped hole w/ a springy bar sticking out of it -- this is the "biasing spring." If presently set to the bottom of the "G", reverse it (see here: » www.porticus.org/bell/images/bel···_pos.jpg ). Thank you, thank you!! I moved it over like it showed in the picture and now it rings properly when connected to my VoIP service.
Here is a picture I took of it with my cell phone camera a while ago.
It's too bad that VoIP doesn't work with pulse dialing. That phone worked really well with rotary dialing back when I had a POTS line.
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Madness
Like a flea circus at a dog show.
join:2000-01-05
Quincy, MA
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: Late to the game like always. OK, that's is a Bell 554 wall phone. Same guts as the 500, though. One would need a pulse-to-tone converter to dial out on VoIP (using the dial!). They're not cheap though!
Of course, one could also use one of those old-school portable tone dialers that are held up to the mouthpiece, But, of course, that takes away the thrill of using the rotary dial. | |
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Jim Gurd
Premium
join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI
·Comcast
| Re: Late to the game like always. Those things are the exact opposite of the old fashioned touchtone converters that were used when connecting a touchtone phone to a step-by-step switch. A lot of independent phone companies had that kind of setup back in the day.
I can remember being able to use my calling card without operator assistance using one of those payphones. I had to dial an 800 number to connect to my long distance carrier (Sprint). The payphones were post pay and the phone company made any calls starting with 1 go immediately to a reorder. In order access my carrier I had to dial 0+800 instead of 1+800. Once I connected I could touchtone out the number I was calling and the calling card number with no problem. Ahh, the memories.
Now the old steps are gone and replaced with digital switches even in the most remote areas. 
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join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Re: Late to the game like always. Interesting- I've never know a house with bad inside wiring, even some older ones dating back to the 1920s were fine, but I guess that's just pure luck. | |
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| lvlorpheus
join:2008-02-17
Eureka Springs, AR | Whats really funny is someone reading this probable Googled (rotary phones). I think I still have a few packed up somewhere myself. It makes me wonder if cheap and made in China is better than old and reliable. | |
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knarfm3
@charter.com
| Late to the game . . . maybe, but this site enters the game under a whole new set of rules. Go to the older site mentioned ablove and find out who the cable provider is where your moving (period), ohh unless you want to download a PDF file with a static list with 10 or so duh factor "moving tips" or . . . check out »www.movearoo.com and allow it to manage your entire move process with the personally/customizable interactive move calander, find out who the gas and electric company are wher you're moving, set up your newspaper subscription(s), online banking, etc. etc. etc.
Sounds like this venture is poised to deliver the same reliability and staying power as the old landline phone services you mentioned. Try making a frantic 911 call in an emergency and have to give your location or better yet when your power is out through one of "the other guys". Sometimes it's better to build the plane before you take off and attempt to fly it!!!  | |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| those old AT&T phones? well all the scrapped tank armor from wars long gone had to be used somewhere....Western Electric must have used it to build those phones. they took a beating and weighed like 20lbs.
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