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Very cool!<BR>
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----------------------<BR>> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 03:20:31 -0800<BR>> From: mediapathic@gmail.com<BR>> To: noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>> Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] Payphone! (or: sorry Mike, your awesome lamp is going away)<BR>> <BR>> Seth and I did a bunch more work on the payphone tonight. It is<BR>> currently in a partially-assembled state, but when it is all plugged<BR>> in and reconnected to the voip box, it is now possible to:<BR>> <BR>> *Get a dialtone.<BR>> <BR>> *Dial out (but only 800 numbers, as that is a limitation of the free<BR>> voip service. Actual voip service pending/ under negotiations now<BR>> should allow non-800 numbers).<BR>> <BR>> *Have two-way communication with the other party.<BR>> <BR>> *Hang up! This may not seem exciting to anyone else, but it was<BR>> actually one of the more difficult problems we tackled. Trust me, it's<BR>> very exciting.<BR>> <BR>> Our next step, I think, is to put this all together in a way that<BR>> doesn't involve a whole lot of alligator clips and hope, put it into<BR>> the payphone body, and put that body somewhere.<BR>> <BR>> So, the questions for The People:<BR>> <BR>> - I think it's pretty well-established at this point that we want this<BR>> inside rather than outside. The most compelling argument for this is<BR>> that if we put it outside it _will_ get messed with and probably taken<BR>> (either by individuals or TPC) unless we put prohibitively expensive<BR>> measures in place. Plus, personally, I think it's more fun to have a<BR>> phone we can play with in the space (especially once we have an<BR>> asterisk system up and running, see below) without having to go<BR>> outside. Dissenting opinions should be aired in this thread.<BR>> <BR>> - Then the question becomes where to actually put it. My vote is for<BR>> one of two places. One is on the wall where the fire extinguisher is<BR>> now just to the left of the fishbowl door, but facing to the left,<BR>> essentially sitting on the table but mounted to the wall for safety.<BR>> The other possibility that just occurred to me is putting it on the<BR>> doubleheight shelf just inside the front door, to the right of the<BR>> monitor that is there now. It fits nicely there, I think that position<BR>> would encourage more immediate attention ("woah, you guys have a<BR>> payphone? awesome!" which also leads to the idea of whether or not to<BR>> keep all coins deposited as donations...), and as I think about it<BR>> more, is the option I like more. This would also be very easy from a<BR>> cabling perspective, as we wouldn't have to worry about going past a<BR>> doorway.<BR>> <BR>> The other thing I wanted to bring up here, relatedly, is that I've<BR>> never set up an asterisk system, and would very much like to. I'd like<BR>> to requisition one of the rack units that came in recently to do so.<BR>> Any objections? Also, anyone want to give me any tips? I want to<BR>> tackle this untutored at first, but if there are any expensive<BR>> mistakes I should avoid I'd appreciate knowing about those in advance.<BR>> <BR>> I would also here like to solicit wild speculation about wacky things<BR>> to do with the asterisk system. We have already considered the<BR>> possibility of having a voice that says when you insert a quarter:<BR>> "We're sorry, the call you are making requires an additional deposit<BR>> of negative twenty-five cents"<BR>> <BR>> Go!<BR>> <BR>> --esc<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<BR>> Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss<BR><BR></body>
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