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Terri K O 🍁<p>I had the green one on the bottom. Tag yourself! 😂</p><p>Seriously, it was a bit janky but I was delighted as a teenager that I could disconnect the bell so it wouldn't wake me up if someone called before 11am on a weekend. I can't remember if it was *designed* to be turned off; I definitely opened it up more than once because I could and because there was a loose wire in it.</p><p>This is at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tacobelllabs.net/@connections" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>connections</span></a></span> -- I have so many photos to process!</p><p><a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/TelephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TelephoneHistory</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>Hey <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> people - does anyone have a recording of a call to any of the 1990s &quot;chat and date&quot; services (eg, 0891 505050 - or 0891 343434)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wBifkGjrx4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=7wBifkGjrx4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The TV adverts were great, but I didn&#39;t have enough money to call one!</p><p>I&#39;m told they were a maze like menu system, that took ages before you could chat with anyone</p><p>I&#39;d like to make a realistic recreation, so If you have a recording you can share - please DM me! (discretion assured!)</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chatline" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chatline</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1990s" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>1990s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHistory</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>Just sorted out a light-touch refurb on this GPO Tele 745 weatherproof <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a> </p><p>The handset is a bit faded, scratched and tatty, but it’s had a good clean and a new cord, so it’s perfectly serviceable for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/emf2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>emf2024</span></a> and suitable @cutel mischief.</p><p>I bought this with the intention of installing it in the garden, it really needs a strip down and repaint… but I can get to all that after <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/emf" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>emf</span></a> 😀</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dialPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dialPhone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecoms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecomsHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecomsHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHistory</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>Now this is a nice find!</p><p>I&#39;ve been passed a scan of a notebook from the late 1950s containing details of all the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneExchanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneExchanges</span></a> in the UK</p><p>This sort of information was used by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> enthusiasts (UK <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phreaks</span></a>) to navigate their way around the toll (trunk) network</p><p>There were various techniques to get yourself onto a trunk, but once you were there the dialling codes in this notebook would get you anywhere in the country!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecoms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phreak</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHeritage</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>My new bedtime reading has arrived…</p><p>In the UK, AC13 telephone signalling used pulses of 2280Hz to represent the digits of a dialled phone number, call progress state etc.</p><p>This training document from 1983 was pretty late in the lifespan of in-band signalling like this, which had been around for 20+ years by this point.</p><p>It’ll be fun reading this from a “what would it do if I poked $thing at $time” point of view</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecomHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecomHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecoms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phreak</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phreaking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phones</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>This is extremely silly.</p><p>I have a Nokia 105 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a>. No data or apps. Just a plain, dumb, mobile phone</p><p>Using a sim from aa.net.uk I&#39;ve connect it to the C*Net VoIP network <a href="https://ckts.info" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ckts.info</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>It&#39;s accessible on a CNet number, and can place calls just like any other phone on CNet!</p><p>Do I need this?<br />No.</p><p>Can it make normal calls?<br />Absolutely not!</p><p>Is it useful?<br />Not in the slightest.</p><p>Is it cool as heck?<br />Absolutely!</p><p>I&#39;ll make a demo video later…</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phreak</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHeritage</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>I&#39;ve just been thoroughly nerd sniped by someone telling me that the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/asterisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>asterisk</span></a> SMS module supports BT Text, and that it should be possible to make that work on <a href="https://ckts.info" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ckts.info</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneExchange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHistory</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>I love the product names in this extract from Telephone Rentals document &quot;EP2/4055 - S50 - FACILITIES, DICTATION RECORDING&quot; (30th Nov 1964)</p><p>It lists approved suppliers of centralised recording equipment, to be connected to their internal telephone systems</p><p>Centralising the recording equipment was much cheaper than duplicating it for each exec.</p><p>A central typing pool would retrieve the recordings, type them up and send them out</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecoms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phoneExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phoneExchange</span></a></p>
HardWired<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.yurutan.net/@shinozakitakato" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>shinozakitakato</span></a></span> Nice abandoned old telephones. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/2600Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2600Magazine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/telephonehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telephonehistory</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>Oh yeah! I was posting Christmas telephone stuff this month wasn&#39;t I..</p><p>On Friday I mentioned that The Hull Corporation telephone company launched their Santa service.</p><p>Well, here are three examples of the recorded messages that kids could dial up and listen to:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI4Gt5YKAWs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=rI4Gt5YKAWs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvpTfQCNP7o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=zvpTfQCNP7o</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBEmAsACQc4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=wBEmAsACQc4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecoms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecomHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecomHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vintagePhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vintagePhone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneExchange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phoneExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phoneExchange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hull" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hull</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/kcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>kcom</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>In 1952, The Hull Corporation (who provided <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> service in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hull" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hull</span></a>, UK) launched a recorded message service where children could dial 211211 and listen to Father Christmas tell them all about his festive preparations!</p><p>The recording included a message from Santa, carol singing, and stories written and performed by Hull Telephone Department Employees.</p><p>There&#39;s more info and a lot of photos here: <a href="https://www.kcom.com/home/discover/categories/kcom-news/take-a-look-back-at-the-spirit-of-kcoms-christmas-past/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kcom.com/home/discover/categor</span><span class="invisible">ies/kcom-news/take-a-look-back-at-the-spirit-of-kcoms-christmas-past/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecomHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecomHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelephoneHistory</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>This christmas tree made from a telephone cable was an exhibit at the “Young People&#39;s Exhibition”, Imperial Institute, London, 29 December 1936</p><p>The cable dates from before PVC insulation was widespread. Each wire was individually insulated with paper, and the whole cable was covered in a lead sheath.</p><p>Arranged in “pairs” there are 6024 wires in total.</p><p>Photo from BT Archives, finding No TCB 417/E 9977</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneExchange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecomHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecomHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHistory</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>Happy 31st birthday to the SMS text message!</p><p>The first message was sent on this day in 1992</p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0EEcfKMmvrA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=0EEcfKMm</span><span class="invisible">vrA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Telecoms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelecomHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelecomHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SMS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Vodafone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Vodafone</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>What’s this mystery object stuck to my telephone?</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/F8R8rWIt2yI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/F8R8rWIt2yI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecoms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelecomHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelecomHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vintagePhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vintagePhone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vintageTelephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vintageTelephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mysteryObject" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mysteryObject</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>This is what a Phonair <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/handset" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>handset</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/airFreshener" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>airFreshener</span></a> looks like installed in it&#39;s natural envrionment, on the mouthpiece of a lovely red <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GPO706" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GPO706</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vintagePhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vintagePhone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vintageTelephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vintageTelephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneSanitiser" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneSanitiser</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>Does your <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/handset" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>handset</span></a> smell of old feet for some reason?</p><p>Stop sniffing it like a weirdo, and install a “Phonair” telephone freshener!</p><p>This little silver puck clips on to the mouthpiece of your GPO telephone and makes it smell lemon fresh for up to 3 months!</p><p>Also available in rose and “original” flavour.</p><p>(Not suitable for trimphones)</p><p>Uk Pat No 1157643, issued circa 1965</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vintageTelephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vintageTelephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vintagePhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vintagePhone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecoms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/POTelephones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>POTelephones</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>I had to get a silly thing out of my head</p><p>Dialling 100 digits of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pi</span></a> on a GPO 748 telephone from 1971</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z45q-W02f4I" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Z45q-W02f4I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecoms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecomHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecomHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pointless" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pointless</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GPO" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GPO</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishTelecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BritishTelecom</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>I spent today with a friend troubleshooting the “non-multiple extension phone” relayset he’s built for his GPO HES4 demo</p><p>It’s a reproduction of the original “House Exchange System No4” equipment, which is impossible to find these days.</p><p>We confirmed the fault, know what the cause is (his electronic <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PBX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PBX</span></a> can’t source enough current to operate the differential D relay) but we can’t fix it… yet!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Phone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelecomHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelecomHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/project" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>project</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/strowger" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>strowger</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/POTelephones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>POTelephones</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p>I love the art style on this poster produced by Post Office Telecomunications in the UK.</p><p>These posters would have been at least A2 in size, and were available to schools to help teach students how to use the telephone.</p><p>I&#39;m not sure of the date, but I would guess late 60s - early 70s.</p><p>This poster, and more can be found here: <a href="http://www.samhallas.co.uk/repository/documents/wall_charts.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">samhallas.co.uk/repository/doc</span><span class="invisible">uments/wall_charts.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GPO" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GPO</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecoms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telecomHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecomHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelecomsHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelecomsHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Poster" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Poster</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephoneExchanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephoneExchanges</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelephoneExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelephoneExchange</span></a></p>
lpbkdotnet<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tacobelllabs.net/@connections" class="u-url mention">@<span>connections</span></a></span> </p><p>fedi is a bit light on telecom history, but together we can change that right?!</p><p>So...</p><p>Follow me!</p><p>I usually post UK telephone heritage content (been a bit slack recently and have mostly been boosting/replying) </p><p>but also:</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tacobelllabs.net/@CuTEL" class="u-url mention">@<span>CuTEL</span></a></span><br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@dialupworld" class="u-url mention">@<span>dialupworld</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tacobelllabs.net/@shadytel" class="u-url mention">@<span>shadytel</span></a></span><br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@keelan" class="u-url mention">@<span>keelan</span></a></span> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@TelecomsHeritageGroup" class="u-url mention">@<span>TelecomsHeritageGroup</span></a></span> are only just working out the fediverse, they could do with some love too</p><p>I also recommend following hashtags relevant to your interests, eg: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TelephoneHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TelephoneHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telcom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telephone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phreaking</span></a> etc</p>