Connect it to a an FXS/ATA and make it a voip phone? I have, agmonst others, a candlestick phone from the 1920's still functional using this.
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I thought about it, but couldn't find a VOIP service that was the right combination of ease/cost/good hardware.
For hardware, any of these should be sufficient (as they support pulse dialing):
- Minitar MVA11A
- Grandstream HT502 & GXW-4008
- Primus Lingo iAN-02EX
- Innomedia MTA6328-2Re
- Motorola VT-1005
- Audio Codes MP-114 FXO
- Digium IAXy s101i
- Linksys RTP300 (Before firmware version 3 I believe)
For ease and cost, you can get connectivity for almost free (depending on the country) - should just need to add the SIP/IAX login details, so what is your criteria?
I only use my phone for voice calls three or four times a year, so cheap is important. But my wife will use it, so reliability is important.
If I could get something for $10/month, that would be ideal.
The list you pulled from that forum is seven years old, and only one of the five boxes I tried to find is still available.
I think I pay USD $20 every 4-5 months to top it off. (about 3-5 inbound calls a day, and maybe 1-2 outbound calls every week or so) ATA adapters are relatively cheap to come by, which should be able to configured directly to voip.ms. I run a full FreePBX in my homelab for my connection: my ATA connects to that instead, and is connected to a cheap analog cordless phone.