#philtel — Public Fediverse posts

There are both old dial-up and touch-tone payphones. And RandTel even offers 3-way calling via the old "hook flash" method. Pepperidge Farm remembers!

Old payphones get new life, thanks to Vermont engineer 📞

Patrick Schlott fixes up and installs old payphones in Vermont communities where people need to place calls—after making a key modification to remove the need for coins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwXTUM2Y7L0

#PhoneBooth #RandTel #FuTel #PhilTel #HookFlash #PatrickSchlott #Vermont #PayPhone

There are both old dial-up and touch-tone payphones. And RandTel even offers 3-way calling via the old "hook flash" method. Pepperidge Farm remembers!

Old payphones get new life, thanks to Vermont engineer 📞

Patrick Schlott fixes up and installs old payphones in Vermont communities where people need to place calls—after making a key modification to remove the need for coins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwXTUM2Y7L0

#PhoneBooth #RandTel #FuTel #PhilTel #HookFlash #PatrickSchlott #Vermont #PayPhone

There are both old dial-up and touch-tone payphones. And RandTel even offers 3-way calling via the old "hook flash" method. Pepperidge Farm remembers!

Old payphones get new life, thanks to Vermont engineer 📞

Patrick Schlott fixes up and installs old payphones in Vermont communities where people need to place calls—after making a key modification to remove the need for coins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwXTUM2Y7L0

#PhoneBooth #RandTel #FuTel #PhilTel #HookFlash #PatrickSchlott #Vermont #PayPhone

There are both old dial-up and touch-tone payphones. And RandTel even offers 3-way calling via the old "hook flash" method. Pepperidge Farm remembers!

Old payphones get new life, thanks to Vermont engineer 📞

Patrick Schlott fixes up and installs old payphones in Vermont communities where people need to place calls—after making a key modification to remove the need for coins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwXTUM2Y7L0

#PhoneBooth #RandTel #FuTel #PhilTel #HookFlash #PatrickSchlott #Vermont #PayPhone

There are both old dial-up and touch-tone payphones. And RandTel even offers 3-way calling via the old "hook flash" method. Pepperidge Farm remembers!

Old payphones get new life, thanks to Vermont engineer 📞

Patrick Schlott fixes up and installs old payphones in Vermont communities where people need to place calls—after making a key modification to remove the need for coins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwXTUM2Y7L0

#PhoneBooth #RandTel #FuTel #PhilTel #HookFlash #PatrickSchlott #Vermont #PayPhone

Friendly reminder that PhilTel has a bridged Discord/IRC channel if you want to talk about payphones and stuff.

Discord invite: https://discord.gg/SajjE7Bq9F
IRC: #philtel on Libera

Did you see yesterday's ADMIN Update newsletter? Check out the latest news and features now https://mailchi.mp/admin-magazine/admin-update-prometheus-anomaly-detector #security #Linux #PhilTel #Chef #Cinc #Kubernetes #ISC23 #jobs #events

The @philtel project is using Linux to build a free public phone infrastructure https://www.admin-magazine.com/News/Using-Linux-to-Build-a-Network-of-Public-Phones #PhilTel #Linux #phone #network #communication #tools #OpenWRT #WireGuard #OpenSource

Remember the pay phone? This man is bringing them back at no cost.

"There are lots of people who can’t afford a cellphone or a phone bill", #PhilTel co-founder Mike Dank said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/16/philadelphia-free-pay-phones-dank/

"In June Mike Dank & Naveen Albert started #PhilTel — a phone collective that would convert old #donated #Payphones into free working phones using coinless #circuitboards rewired to connect through the #internet. #Libraries, #artspaces, #soupkitchens, #communitycenters — I can think of lots of #publicplaces that would #benefit, Dank said." https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/16/philadelphia-free-pay-phones-dank/

"In June Mike Dank & Naveen Albert started #PhilTel — a phone collective that would convert old #donated #Payphones into free working phones using coinless #circuitboards rewired to connect through the #internet. #Libraries, #artspaces, #soupkitchens, #communitycenters — I can think of lots of #publicplaces that would #benefit, Dank said." https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/16/philadelphia-free-pay-phones-dank/

"In June Mike Dank & Naveen Albert started #PhilTel — a phone collective that would convert old #donated #Payphones into free working phones using coinless #circuitboards rewired to connect through the #internet. #Libraries, #artspaces, #soupkitchens, #communitycenters — I can think of lots of #publicplaces that would #benefit, Dank said." https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/16/philadelphia-free-pay-phones-dank/

"In June Mike Dank & Naveen Albert started #PhilTel — a phone collective that would convert old #donated #Payphones into free working phones using coinless #circuitboards rewired to connect through the #internet. #Libraries, #artspaces, #soupkitchens, #communitycenters — I can think of lots of #publicplaces that would #benefit, Dank said." https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/16/philadelphia-free-pay-phones-dank/