That’s the D-122 KXT-41 Tone Dialer. It costs less than $6.
Why am I devoting service space to this product? Read on…
On the independently-owned and run Vonage Forum, I’ve run across a fascinating thread in which a user named Cozzman is trying to figure out if there’s a way to use his Vonage service with his rotary phone.
My first thought: I flashed back to the rotary dial phones of my childhood (longer ago than I care to state here), and then wondered why someone would want to use a futuristic technology such as VoIP with hardware you are more likely to find packed away in attics or offered on eBay than in day-to-day use.
Then, after reading Cozzman’s post, I got it. Just like some people still build radio-controlled antique cars, the challenge of marrying old and new technologies is the kick here.
