FOX News: FCC announces plans to upgrade century-old phone system

[John Teller]

I love how the actual phone guts are re-purposed Princess innards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_telephone

---JST

On 11/21/2013 08:55 PM, Louis Mamakos wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Richard O'Neill <richardoneill at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> On 11/21/2013 8:33 PM, Joseph Bento wrote:
>>> I have a 50 year old (actually date stamped 1959) fire engine red 505 wall phone hooked up in the basement.
>> I wish I had a fire engine red desk phone that sounded like this. http://www.rehorst.com/mrehorst/flintphone_a.wav
> My little VoIP PBX at home plays that sound as the ring-back audio for incoming calls.  Some people think they have called a foreign country when they hear it :-)
>
> My Bell 113 DATA-phone:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmamakos/sets/72157629720666571/  (Bell System Property - Not For Sale)
>
> louie
> wa3ymh
>
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