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Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids

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Re: Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids

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Post by psim1 »

philips wrote: post #202
psim1 wrote: post #199

For three or four endpoints all within the home, you could do this with just ATAs and not even need a SIP server. Many ATAs have a configurable "dial plan" that will let you map a number to an IP address, thus giving you the ability to call the other terminals directly within the LAN.

Do you have an ATA you like? They are all janky in different ways in my experience.

Janky is directly proportional to cost. Grandstream are the jankiest and least expensive. I like the Cisco 191; it is a fine unit but costs about $100-120.

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Post by utopiah »

philips wrote: post #120
eloisant wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, and dumbphones exist (again). You can buy a newer version of the Nokia 3210 that charges with USB-C and works on modern cell networks.

The main feature I want for my kids is an explicit allow list to keep them from gettin spam or talking to randoms. The manual I found doesn't seem to have this feature. Also the advertising page has "Cloud Apps for news, weather, and more" :( https://www.hmd.com/en_int/nokia-3210?sku=1GF025CPD4L02

How about a PinePhone with DeltaChat?

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Post by Tepix »

hellweaver666 wrote: post #92
Tepix wrote: post #84

This seems to be begging for a DIY project, doesn't it? A 3d printed case, a little SoC, perhaps a Raspberry Pi Zero, as the brains with asterisk and some additional open source software providing a web interface running on it.

Would i require some public server side component to handle the call routing etc? (or could you just use something like Google Voice?)

It depends on the technology that you use. You will probably need a small public service, yes even when you're doing WebRTC. With a project like https://oxism.com/trystero you could piggyback it on top of a public decentralized service like Nostr.

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Post by 35cowi13 »

cka wrote: post #192
jkestner wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My kid uses a shared Google doc to chat with friends on their school-issued Chromebooks. (But still has the problem of unsupervised screen time.)

Same! They have a thing called presentation city that is a slide deck that is a sort of ad hoc social media platform.

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