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Connect it to a an FXS/ATA and make it a voip phone? I have, agmonst others, a candlestick phone from the 1920's still functional using this.

by Daviey 1y ago

oneoffcomment 1y ago
It would be great to hack together a 1920's style AI operator to put the calls through for you.
- bishopsmother 1y ago
  Cisco SPA232D + Asterisk + Deepgram should work for this (per [0], that I'm currently testing/improving). [0] https://blog.walledgarden.ai/2025-05-20/wabbit-s2-welcome-to-the-matrix-of-ai-rube-goldberg-nokia-8110-4g#asterisk-freepbx https://blog.walledgarden.ai/2025-05-20/wabbit-s2-welcome-to...
reaperducer 1y ago
Connect it to a an FXS/ATA and make it a voip phone? I thought about it, but couldn't find a VOIP service that was the right combination of ease/cost/good hardware.
- Daviey 1y ago
  What's your criteria for the 3? For hardware, any of these should be sufficient (as they support pulse dialing): - Minitar MVA11A - Grandstream HT502 & GXW-4008 - Primus Lingo iAN-02EX - Innomedia MTA6328-2Re - Motorola VT-1005 - Audio Codes MP-114 FXO - Digium IAXy s101i - Linksys RTP300 (Before firmware version 3 I believe) (Source: https://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=20386.0 https://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=20...) For ease and cost, you can get connectivity for almost free (depending on the country) - should just need to add the SIP/IAX login details, so what is your criteria?
  - reaperducer 1y ago
    It's been at least four years since I looked, which U.S. services do you recommend? I only use my phone for voice calls three or four times a year, so cheap is important. But my wife will use it, so reliability is important. If I could get something for $10/month, that would be ideal. The list you pulled from that forum is seven years old, and only one of the five boxes I tried to find is still available.
    - jasonjayr 1y ago
      https://voip.ms https://voip.ms is running my "land line" to the house, really just camping on a number we've had for years and is used in a bunch of important accounts, and to give out as a number to companies or people I do not want ringing my cell phone. I think I pay USD $20 every 4-5 months to top it off. (about 3-5 inbound calls a day, and maybe 1-2 outbound calls every week or so) ATA adapters are relatively cheap to come by, which should be able to configured directly to voip.ms. I run a full FreePBX in my homelab for my connection: my ATA connects to that instead, and is connected to a cheap analog cordless phone.

Connect it to a an FXS/ATA and make it a voip phone? I have, agmonst others, a candlestick phone from the 1920's still functional using this.

by Daviey 1y ago

Connect it to a an FXS/ATA and make it a voip phone? I have, agmonst others, a candlestick phone from the 1920's still functional using this.

oneoffcomment 1y ago

It would be great to hack together a 1920's style AI operator to put the calls through for you.

bishopsmother 1y ago
Cisco SPA232D + Asterisk + Deepgram should work for this (per [0], that I'm currently testing/improving). [0] https://blog.walledgarden.ai/2025-05-20/wabbit-s2-welcome-to-the-matrix-of-ai-rube-goldberg-nokia-8110-4g#asterisk-freepbx https://blog.walledgarden.ai/2025-05-20/wabbit-s2-welcome-to...

reaperducer 1y ago

Connect it to a an FXS/ATA and make it a voip phone? I thought about it, but couldn't find a VOIP service that was the right combination of ease/cost/good hardware.

Daviey 1y ago
What's your criteria for the 3? For hardware, any of these should be sufficient (as they support pulse dialing): - Minitar MVA11A - Grandstream HT502 & GXW-4008 - Primus Lingo iAN-02EX - Innomedia MTA6328-2Re - Motorola VT-1005 - Audio Codes MP-114 FXO - Digium IAXy s101i - Linksys RTP300 (Before firmware version 3 I believe) (Source: https://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=20386.0 https://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=20...) For ease and cost, you can get connectivity for almost free (depending on the country) - should just need to add the SIP/IAX login details, so what is your criteria?
- reaperducer 1y ago
  It's been at least four years since I looked, which U.S. services do you recommend? I only use my phone for voice calls three or four times a year, so cheap is important. But my wife will use it, so reliability is important. If I could get something for $10/month, that would be ideal. The list you pulled from that forum is seven years old, and only one of the five boxes I tried to find is still available.
  - jasonjayr 1y ago
    https://voip.ms https://voip.ms is running my "land line" to the house, really just camping on a number we've had for years and is used in a bunch of important accounts, and to give out as a number to companies or people I do not want ringing my cell phone. I think I pay USD $20 every 4-5 months to top it off. (about 3-5 inbound calls a day, and maybe 1-2 outbound calls every week or so) ATA adapters are relatively cheap to come by, which should be able to configured directly to voip.ms. I run a full FreePBX in my homelab for my connection: my ATA connects to that instead, and is connected to a cheap analog cordless phone.