[sudo-discuss] payphone upgrades

[Charles Lehner]

hi all,

dial-out from the phones works now, including from the payphone. i created an account on callwithus.com for the outgoing calls, and put $1 on it, which is enough for 1 hour 45 minutes of calls. if you would like the credentials for this account, let me know. you can check the balance by dialing *0 from an omni phone.

i also recorded a prompt for the payphone listing the dial out option (1), counter culture labs (2), and sudo room (3).

if someone at an omni phone picks up the call, they can press *7 during the call to unlock the door.

i taped back the handset together - it should probably be fixed in a more durable way though.

thanks to jake, robb, and morgan for helping me make this happen.

-cel

On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 15:48:11 -0700 (PDT)
Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> as you may have noticed, the payphone outside omni has been vandalized.  the
> handset is broken.  also, it does not make phone calls and the voice menu
> doesn't tell you anything.
> 
> cel and I are changing that.  we are going to add the ability to dial out to
> phone numbers in the USA for free. (no incoming calls though) and also add a
> proper voice prompt menu listing the collectives in Omni so that people can
> actually use the phone to call in.
> 
> later we will add the ability for people answering the phone inside the omni to
> press a button to buzz the door open when someone calls them, and we'll add
> more phones to places besides just sudoroom and CCL.
> 
> I believe part of the reason that the payphone was vandalized is because people
> wanted to make calls and the phone didn't work, so they smashed it.  Who knows.
> Anyway i don't think Omni should shy away from the opportunity to provide
> something useful like that, seeing as we've already installed a payphone.
> 
> -jake
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