# continuation series (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover continuation series. Page: Feed: --- ## [Nortel Millennium ROM Swap Service](https://philtel.org/2026/01/12/millennium-rom-swap.html) _2026-01-12 · philtel_ We’re happy to announce a new ROM swapping service for Nortel Millennium phones in conjunction with RandTel and others in the community! Do you own a Nortel Millennium payphone and want your phone to work like a normal landline phone that can take/make calls with no coins and no other special equipment running? Did you know that the software currently in your phone may not be recovered/known yet… ## [Closing in on the Next Phone](https://philtel.org/2025/10/24/closing-in-on-the-next-phone.html) _2025-10-24 · philtel_ Our next phone is coming along nicely and a lot more work has been done since our last update! Let’s dive into some of the work that’s been done and what’s left to accomplish. When running a phone line up to the vintage phone booth, we noticed that the old cloth-covered AC wiring on top was deteriorating and needed to be replaced. Original booth wiring. Luckily we have a friend Lou who is an… ## [Finding a Western Electric L1AMP Ringer](https://philtel.org/2025/04/21/we-l1amp-ringer.html) _2025-04-21 · philtel_ At a recent Telephone Collectors International show in Hicksville, NY , we stumbled upon a beautiful Western Electric L1AMP dual-gong external ringer that was a must-have for our upcoming second phone installation. While the phone for that installation, a Western Electric 236G, has an added ringer in the coin vault, we don’t know the provenance of it and if it is even meant to be used with a… ## [Update on our Next Phone](https://philtel.org/2025/04/06/update-on-our-next-phone.html) _2025-04-06 · philtel_ A few months ago we learned that a beautiful antique wooden phone booth was just salvaged from the sunroom of a grand old Victorian mansion in Germantown, Philadelphia. It’s a classic wooden phone booth of the type that the Bell Telephone System deployed tens of thousands of nationwide until about 70 years ago. It has the classic wood and glass folding French door to allow private conversation, a… ## [\[April Fools\] Verizon Acquires PhilTel, Reentering the Payphone Market](https://philtel.org/2025/04/01/verizon-acquires-philtel.html) _2025-04-01 · philtel_ The below is an April Fools Day post. Hopefully you find it as funny as we did! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Verizon Acquires PhilTel, Reentering the Payphone Market and Strengthening Community Connectivity Philadelphia, PA – April 1 2025 – Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), a leading global telecommunications provider, today announced the acquisition of PhilTel, a Philadelphia-based telephone… ## [Protel Programming - Now Available over SIP](https://philtel.org/2024/10/08/protel-programming-sip.html) _2024-10-08 · philtel_ Earlier this year we released our public Protel payphone programming line , and today we’re adding another way people can connect to it. Now, the programming line will also be available over SIP, so anyone can directly connect to our PBX and access the line. Connection details are as follows: Server: programming.philtel.org Port: 16556 Username: protel Password: protel Codec(s): ulaw The context… ## [Fixing a Protel Payphone Part 5: The PBX & Dial-in](https://philtel.org/2024/10/07/fixing-a-protel-pt5-dial-in-config.html) _2024-10-07 · philtel_ This post is a continuation in a series, “Fixing a Protel Payphone.” To view the previous installment, check out Fixing a Protel Payphone Part 4: XNet Config With XNet now configured, the last step was to take care of the connection between the phone and the modem. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem as I can usually take an ATA or two and configure them on my Asterisk PBX and things work without…