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Norwegian Telemegaphone

Bob2002

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A "telemegaphone” that broadcasts phone calls from the top of a mountain is proving a cathartic outlet for frustrated phone users with something to get off their chests.

The 23-ft high device – a cross between a telephone and a megaphone – has been erected overlooking one of the most picturesque fjords in Norway.

People calling the phone’s number, if they are lucky enough to get through, have their messages projected live from the Bergskletten mountain across the Dalsfjord and over the nearby village of Dale.

A call from the Telegraph on Friday was “answered” after two rings. Our self-conscious inquiries about the weather and the health of the people of Dale were met, predictably, with silence.

The art installation was opened earlier this month with a live performances of a specially-composed Telemegaphone Concerto from singer Bora Yoon, calling from Brooklyn, New York.

Local villagers were then given the phone’s number 30 minutes before it was published to the rest of the world on the internet.

“People eagerly forwarded the number to friends and relatives, and shortly afterward a deep, male voice sang a slow, sad tune,” wrote Erik Sandelin and Magnus Torstensson, the Swedish artists and designers responsible for the work, on their blog.

“Everyone looked at each other to see who was the caller. Everyone shrugged. The Telemegaphone was no longer in our control.”

The installation, which is intended to challenge ideas of remoteness in an age of modern telecommunications, is powered by a wind generator as there is no electricity source on the mountain.

It is open for calls every day and night until Sep 6. The number for international callers is 004790369389.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...r-calls-from-top-of-a-Norwegian-mountain.html

Apparently this isn't the first of its type ! :)
 
Just wait until some terrorist crap pot calls up :) , personally I wouldn't want to live too near to that.
 
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and here was me thinking us brits were nuts for putting up with brown and his abysmal attempt at governing the UK... oh right we are nuts, and also penniless guess we can call that number and start spreading the truth *calls the number to state "brown is our nations dictator who wishes to turn out country into the new china by spying on our every usage of telecommunications because we are all terrorists!"
 
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