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by pests 1059 days ago
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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kotaKat 1058 days ago
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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dools 1058 days ago
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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jesprenj 1058 days ago
In Slovenia I remember having had a "smart" landline phone in ~2009 that could send and receive SMS. ISDN?
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