Off the hook
[Posted Wednesday, July 22, 2026 7/22/26 10:15 am]
This is how we blocked people in the 1980s.
This is how we turned off call blocking.
The phone in these pictures is a Dutch T65 made in the 1970s in the Netherlands by Ericsson. The white button was used on some lines to transfer calls and for most users had no function.
Telephones of the future
[Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2026 7/14/26 6:55 am]
This guy made some incredibly accurate predictions more than seventy years ago:
Hanging by a wire
[Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 5/20/26 3:32 pm]
And speaking of vintage telephones...
The best VoIP service
[Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 5/20/26 1:20 pm]
To actually use my vintage phones, I use VoIP service from a great company in Canada called VoIP.ms to provide my landline-like phone service.
A small unit called an ATA (which stands for Analog Telephone Adapter) connects to the Internet and makes dial tone and ringing for my landline phone.
These little boxes are helping keep the telephones of the past alive!
My vintage landline phone
[Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 5/20/26 10:16 am]
I love vintage electronics from the 60s and 70s, especially telephones.
This is the phone currently connected to my working internet-powered landline, a pristine 1964 Western Electric 500 set. These phones were built to last! In the 60s, everyone had a phone just like this in their house.
I found this on eBay, they have tons of great old telephone stuff!
More of my vintage phones in future posts.
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