I rewired a payphone to be my home phone.

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dandelion-tea-@reddit

I feel like this would make my life better

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I was watching a youtuber show off the payphone he had installed in his backyard and the whole time I am wondering 'why is this guy so hyped about a payphone'. Then he described how he had wired it to the PBX he had installed in his house and it all made sense.

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taleofbenji@reddit

OMG how much AIDS is on that?

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thisistherevolt@reddit

Should get some of these to be direct connections from the FOH to BOH in a few of the venues I do chef work at.

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username24583@reddit

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rayofgoddamnsunshine@reddit

Watched this with my kids a couple weeks ago and had to explain to them why a phone booth would exist 😂

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Asleep_Onion@reddit

Only the first of many times Keanu used a phone booth to travel to a different time and place!

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SweetCosmicPope@reddit

My wife and I were at an antique store recently that hade a bunch of these piled up in the corner. I don't have a land line or I might have been tempted to do the same thing.

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baineschile@reddit (OP)

I'd buy one, pretend I'm taking to someone, get really angry, then slam the phone down on the receiver in anger. I miss doing that.

Pressing a red virtual button on a smartphone just doesn't satisfy.

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drainbamage1011@reddit

Slam your phone really hard on the table...wait, no.

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depp-fsrv@reddit

Slam your phone into your head, that'll show em'

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DoubleRightClick@reddit

I lost some flip phones this way. Oops.

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FethB@reddit

I’ve been eyeing Bluetooth rotary phones because it’s satisfying to slam it down and I miss that, too.

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Kade7596@reddit

Used to be able to hook up landline phones to free IP telephony services like Google Voice via an adapter or two, actually :v but I don't know if that still works

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Ineedavodka2019@reddit

Get an ISP phone and run it through this?

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NachoNachoDan@reddit

It’s as simple as getting an ATA adapter, registering it to a VOIP provider and wiring in the phone. These will have a multi wire hardwired connection that the service connects to but with minimal testing you’ll find which pins are the two you need to run dial tone over. The other wires are for control signalling and are not needed to make a call

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phazedoubt@reddit

A payphone still pins out to RJ-11 So its the Green/Yellow for line one and red/black for line two.

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cybah@reddit

All you need is a Cell2Jack. Its basically a Bluetooth to analog phone adapter. Connect a 5v power adapter (usb!), pair it via Bluetooth with your cell phone, and then plug in your landline phone into the cell2jack. Poof. Now the landline phone will ring when your cell rings. You can pick it up and talk. Most can't tell I am talking thru one of my landline phones. I wired up all my old phone jacks in my condo to a block connected to this device so I can use all my old phones I have in my collection, including my grandma's 1960s wall phone she had in her kitchen.

and yes you can make outbound calls using rotary phones (you just need to change the cell2jack to accept 'pulse dialing'.)

Its a really neat device.. esp for 37 bucks.

https://tinyurl.com/4rucncw4 (amazon link)

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Lehk@reddit

I bet it could be set up to act as a Bluetooth headset and dialer

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xt0rt@reddit

I would die. Then buy a few. I've been dying to get a payphone for myself.

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baineschile@reddit (OP)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/397361663827

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LLcoolbeans77@reddit

Hell yes where’s my pager!

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Fair_Blood3176@reddit

Super cool! Tubular

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Correct-Degree-6789@reddit

People still say, "Tubular?" 😆

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SpiralOutski@reddit

Fer sherr!

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tchrbrian@reddit

As if !!

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Cold-Body-2867@reddit

Totally!

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nuskit@reddit

I do. Lol.

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1ndomitablespirit@reddit

Only dudes who are rad to the max!

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Correct-Degree-6789@reddit

Totally radical?

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MrsSnuffleupagus764@reddit

Reminds me of Funny Farm with Chevy Chase

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Ok_Go_Blonde@reddit

I miss the sound of picking up/hanging up 📞

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Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit

Sir, I'm gonna need to see your license to be this cool

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mhyquel@reddit

https://i.makeagif.com/media/9-28-2017/bOpUxA.mp4

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ScreenTricky4257@reddit

They're flakes!

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DmtTraveler@reddit

I'm sad this isn't top comment

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ImmaDrainOnSociety@reddit

Cool but wouldn't the quality be lower than normal?

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Soggy_Porpoise@reddit

I mean I guess. On one hand it's a cool piece of art. On the other it's weird to have a home phone.

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paintedwoodpile@reddit

How loud is that ringer inside the house?

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Dr_Feelgoof@reddit

mike brady move

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GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit

Very cool! How'd you rewire it? Did you use a MagicJack? A blogger I follow did something similar in his home arcade.

https://www.retroinjection.com/post/quit-social-media-lose-the-smartphone-and-be-happier

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LadyVioletLuna@reddit

Amazing. Love it

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Sad_Training_1595@reddit

I want to do this but this is what my bedroom looks like in 2026 and if I install the payphone in my living room my wife will be fully convinced I am insane, instead of just possibly.

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rowman_nahledge@reddit

Lord huron vibes

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Own_Picture_6442@reddit

Ma Bell, got the ill communication

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cybah@reddit

hahaahah I have all my old landline jacks in my condo wired into a cell2jack. Did you use that or a SIP device?

Its great to be able to use all the phones in my collection... all at the same time! Its LOUD when my cell phone rings.. as all the phones go off.

My next project is to connect my phones via a SIP phone to Home Assistant to be the voice activator (aka the Alexa of Home Assistant). This is so I can pick up a phone, and enter voice commands for my smart home. (without having an Alexa, or Google Home device)

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RuDog79@reddit

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username__0000@reddit

I camp semi regularly at a national campground that was renovated recently.

The people who designed it live far away from the location. In large city’s where the thought of “no cell service” probably has not been on their radar in years.

They removed the pay phone. It was not in the way of anything. Just off to the side of the entrance road. No reason to remove it. The location is was is just grass now.

There is no service there. It’s a 20-30 minute drive for unreliable cell service.

The 1st time I camped there after the renovations the wifi was down, it was a long weekend, and I was camping alone for the 1st time (as a lady with her dog) and had people who I had to check in with because “why are you camping alone weirdo?!?” - Everyone who would go with me was working.

The park people got so annoyed with everyone asking to use the phone at the check in office all night.

But the park itself removed a perfectly functional pay phone because they didn’t think to notice there’s 0 service in this wildness area and unreliable wifi because it’s basically the middle of no where.

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miuzzo@reddit

I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid. You're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you. A world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.

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baineschile@reddit (OP)

Not just money. PHYSICAL COINS. No NFC.

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payphone

home phone

I'm not sure which one of these makes you older, honestly.