Apologies for the recent downtime! Migrated to a new Ubuntu 24.04 server and I suspect this process tried to restart things unsuccessfully: systemd[1]: Starting apt-daily-upgrade.service - Daily apt upgrade and clean activities...

More holiday gifts! Our friends @Flynumbers have provided a Mexico City number: +52 55 9317 0592 #TheTestCall #VoIP #Voice ready to take your test call!

And now with what I believe are the true OG IVR prompts enjoyed by so many up until 2023's redo. Thank you #TheTestCall fans for helping get this right. Lots of #VoIP fun.

Happy Holidays! As requested we have created an OG Retro-TestCall with the #IVR prompts from 2015. +1 631 380 8152 is ready for calls now. Only a couple channels, take turns! #VoIP #Voice #VoIPTest

#Kamailio upgraded to 5.8 and moved to a cloud server! Now using #rtpengine as well on a modern #debian host. #Voip #VoipTesting

And yes, it is about time to move this service to the cloud 🌩️ where the Internet never goes down 🤣

We are down for a few hours. #Comcast @XfinitySupport batteries are very weak on our fiber node and only last for 20 minutes. Our generator is running just fine, but no bits are flowing on the HFC plant without juice on the fiber node.

Without cluttering up the already full main menu of the @TheTestCall IVR, we've added an experimental submenu: Press * at the main menu then enter a four digit code for extended features. First one: 1001 - looping GMT hour/minute time readout as requested. #VoIP #TestCall

By popular demand, added the ability to leave the test conference bridge with *8 (star eight). Keep those suggestions coming (option zero at the main menu). We listen and we care! #VoIP #testcall #IVR #Voice

Finally refreshed all voice prompts! This was a long time in the making and hope you enjoy the new voice prompts. #TestVoIP #TestCall #VoIP Leave us feedback with option 0/Zero

We love 99.999% of the fun comments left for us on menu option 0 (zero). Pro-Tip: Abusive feedback might get you permanently transferred to our 7/24 live agent #ITSLENNY ... he's waiting for your call!

As requested, Music on Hold (Option 4) updated to repeat until key pressed. #VoIP #Callcenter #TestCall Give it a try today and let us know with feedback/comments (Option 0)

Great suggestions coming in via our Option 0 comment function. One update: after careful deliberation, management has decided not to add 'September' by EWF to the hold music rotation. Apologies! #VoIP #TestCall #EarthWindandFire #Voice

Shout out to #Asterisk @asteriskpbx @AsteriskDev ... we just updated from 16.5 to 19.0 without missing a beat #VoIP #TestCall ... make a test call ... leave a comment

Apologies for the extended power outage. National Grid estimates restoration at 0200 GMT. @TheTestCall will be issuing credits to all customers per the SLA. #Voip #TestCall

Just a 5 year anniversary thank you to providers like @Callcentric @AcroVoice and @iptelecom who graciously donated resources to keep @TheTestCall alive and well. Over 2 million test calls later, we are still going strong! #VoIP #Telephone

To the person who left that remarkable message to thank us on our comment menu (option 0), we thank you! Is there a limit to how many times we can replay it? :-)

Liberating another local non-profit from the wildly expensive and less-than-useful pair of Verizon POTS lines and giving them a luxuriously inexpensive, a-la-carte and highly functional service from @Callcentric

Apologies for the brief downtime this evening. We are in the middle of a Nor'easter near Boston. Back for now!

Great podcast, great subjects and honestly @PhoebeVJudge has the most wonderful voice. And we spend a lot of time testing voices!