[VoIP] We've lost a pioneer

[Lucky 225]

!!!!! I was going to call him last week but decided to hold out til I had
more time and could gather some other phone phreaks up, now I feel really
bad.  I used to talk to him from time to time, he was a great guy, my
condolunces go out to him and his family.  I hope his adoptive mom in Aus.
is alright :(

On 8/9/07, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>     As to where I heard the news, I'm blind, and have blind friends who
> were associated with him on a voicemail system.
> Also, thanks for that video file! I'll be sure and give it a listen!
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald Froula" <dfroula at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches" <voip at lists.ckts.info>
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 2:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [VoIP] We've lost a pioneer
>
>
> > I'm very sorry to hear this. I spoke to Joe just a few
> > months ago. I was watching a Discovery Channel video
> > clip of him a few days ago, "dialing" a phone number
> > into an old 2600 trunk by whistling pulses of 2600. He
> > was an interesting guy.
> >
> > Jayson where did you spot the news?
> >
> > Don
> >
> > --- Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Joe Engressia, A.K.A. Joe the Whistler, A.K.A.
> > > Joybubbles passed
> > > away in his apartment approximately two days ago. He
> > > was found by
> > > management personnel after a phone friend grew
> > > concerned when he
> > > hadn't heard from him in several days. His family in
> > > Florida was
> > > notified. He was fifty-eight years old.
> > >      As most of you know, his ordeals with the phone
> > > company over
> > > the blue box issue were noted in the October 1971
> > > Esquire Magazine
> > > article
> > > "Secrets of the Little Blue Box." Recent interests
> > > included
> > > humorous telephone postings called Phlogs on
> > > voicemail services.
> > > He wrote Telephiles for Playback Magazine. His
> > > interests also
> > > included children's literature and paraphernalia..
> > >      Although I never knew Joe personally, I did
> > > talk to him on the
> > > Wawina, Minnesota conference line which was set up
> > > on June 15,
> > > 2006, when Wawina cut over from N2 to T1 for its
> > > toll trunks. He
> > > also left many messages on a message board which was
> > > set up in the
> > > weeks prior to the cutover.
> > >      Please post this message to any other lists
> > > where you feel it
> > > would be appropriate, or send it to individuals. I
> > > am not in close
> > > contact with any of the old phone phreak crowd, but
> > > I'm sure some
> > > of you are, and can get the news out.
> > > Jayson
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