Shawn Klein · @kb7clx
16 followers · 117 posts · Server mstdn.social
steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
259 followers · 8443 posts · Server masto.ai
lpbkdotnet · @lpbkdotnet
48 followers · 209 posts · Server mstdn.social

Any old about? I’ve seen a couple of historical references recently to people transatlantic calls from the USA to London, terminating the call on a payphone at Waterloo train station because it was in a busy area and was likely to be answered by a passer by.

Most of those are long gone, but

Does anyone have a record of what the number was?

#payphone #payphones #phreaking #phreaks #Phone

Last updated 3 years ago

CowMan · @cowman
105 followers · 617 posts · Server nfld.me

tinkering with the old payphone again. The big task left is to deal with the paint & some corrosion on the nickel plated elements. Like ideally would sandblast and powdercoat, but those require skills and equipment outside my wheelhouse for now - so back in the box it goes. Need more time in life...

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#projects #payphone #payphones

Last updated 3 years ago

Road Not Taken · @yoohooair
26 followers · 72 posts · Server universeodon.com
CompulsoryAccount7746 · @CA7746
5 followers · 23 posts · Server masto.ai

A free-to-use payphone will be installed at a hacker bookshop in Philadelphia.

It's retrofitted with Asterisk VoIP & OpenVPN encryption. Provided by phreaking collective, PhilTel, as a proof-of-concept public service. "We think they're cool."

Funding & wider deployment are at an aspirational stage. Though not unprecedented.

phillyvoice.com/payphones-phil
makeuseof.com/payphones-are-co
jawns.club/@philtel/1094388446

#payphones #philadelphia

Last updated 3 years ago