Heather
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Yeah, yeah lol I realized shortly after I posed the question. I guess I thought it was more complicated than it is. [huh]
Heather said:Yeah, yeah lol I realized shortly after I posed the question. I guess I thought it was more complicated than it is. [huh]
John in Covina said:Some people think it's not complicated at all, but in life things can get complicated very quickly between males and females.
MissViolet777 said:Picked this hotel phone up at a garage sale yesterday:
David Conwill said:Tom, Im somehow reminded of the scene in Back to the Future where all the clocks in Doc Brown's lab chime at once. They're not all hooked up to ring, are they?
On a more serious note, how much longer will the phone companies continue to supply current in the line sufficient to power an old fashioned ringer or carbon mic? Has anyone engineered an auxiliary power source for such a circumstance?
-Dave
Forgotten Man said:Huh, I was under the impression that hotel phones were dial-less.[huh] Nevertheless, that's a nice 302! Is the body metal or plastic?
AtomicEraTom said:Also, it's a curious thing of what will happen if they rid of support for pulse dialing altogether. Already if you have VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol), it is likely that pulse dialing will not be supported, although you will likely be able to answer calls, you won't be able to dial out. Now with POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) you can still use rotary phones no problem. My folks have Verizon and I never had a lick of trouble with a rotary phone there. Many phone collectors buy what is called a PBX, which is essentially a switchboard like device. You can ring phones throughout your home with them, and it leaves you with a collection of phones that aren't useless.
John in Covina said:I haven't seen it in a while but places like Radio Shack
have offered touch tone dialer devices that you could store all sorts of phone numbers in. You send the tone from the device thru your mouthpiece on a dial phone to get out. I had seen them on Ebay but can't recall the brand names. Thy were about the size of a small calculator.
AtomicEraTom said:Do you have a pic of the ringer. Your AE80 may have a frequency ringer, which is made to use on a party line, instead of a straight line ringer made to use on a standard line. Also, I would suggest going to a POTS system if you plan on using vintage telephones. VOIP is just a lost cause for these things.
Forgotten Man said:Huh, I was under the impression that hotel phones were dial-less.[huh] Nevertheless, that's a nice 302! Is the body metal or plastic?
Bingles said:Here are some bad cell pics of my phones. The first is a chrome WE 202 with bakelite handset. I LOVE it. The ringer box is on the floor... it works like a charm.
The second is a WE 302. No, it doesn't work.. which is why I bought it. I replaced the original handset with a bluetooth handset. It makes for talking on the cell more comfortable, and more enjoyable. Just wish this handset was a heavy as the original. After I took the cords out, I ran the charger for the handset through the back of the phone where the line cord would have been, and then out the side where the original handset cord would have been. This way, it acts as a charging station as well as a cradle when not in use.