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bundled in our internet is a landline....so we found a vintage rotary phone and hooked it up. We can receive but not call out. It's awesome.
If you're interested, these things will convert rotary pulses to tones and allow your old phone to interface with the phone system (and voip systems too)
Edit: nvm, someone beat me to it
I love rotary phones lol. They're so fun to play around with.
Mine can even still call out, but the router/modem doesn't supply enough voltage (or current, not sure) so you really have to scream to be heard and only hear a faint whisper.
https://vikingelectronics.com/products/rg-10a/
That looks like maybe the opposite of what they need, that says it doesn't affect normal operation, just boosts the ring. That website looks like it'd have something to fix the issue though.
not a recommendation (I have not used any pulse to tone converters), but this may help you out.
Appreciate all the comments, its just a novelty at the moment but if we ever start to use it it would be for reservations only (and incoming only).