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Re:Free Public WiFi by pests on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:40AM (#36939167)
Did you ever get a text on a landline? Startled me the first time - some 90s era robotic voice reading it out.
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Re:Free Public WiFi by dools on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:19AM (#36940299)
The only time this happened to anyone I know was around 2005. I sent a txt to my brother and accidentally used his landline number and he picked up the phone and a robot voice said “I left your jacket at the Grampians” and then disconnected. Such a useless piece of tech!
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Re:Free Public WiFi by jesprenj on Monday July 31, 2023 @07:07AM (#36940943)
In Slovenia I remember having had a "smart" landline phone in ~2009 that could send and receive SMS. ISDN?
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Re:Free Public WiFi by kotaKat on Monday July 31, 2023 @08:35AM (#36941676)
Tom Baker used to be the voice used on British Telecom for a time.

Imagine accidentally sending a text to the wrong number and getting a dirty phone call from Dr. Who at 2 in the morning...

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