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Free Calls to Santa from Telstra Payphones (or Any Phones) + Kid-Sized Payphones (Selected Locations) @ Telstra

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Free Calls to Santa from Telstra Payphones (or Any Phones) + Kid-Sized Payphones (Selected Locations) @ Telstra
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trixieb on 21/11/2024 - 14:11 telstra.com.au (193 clicks)
Last edited 21/11/2024 - 15:55

Kids across the country can now call Santa for free from any Telstra payphone, including the first-ever kid-sized Telstra payphone.

- From 20 November until Christmas Eve, kids of all ages can call Santa for free from any of Telstra’s 14,000+ payphones by dialling #HO HO HO (#46 46 46).

- For those wanting to contact the Telstra Santa from the comfort of their own home, the number to call is: (02) 5564 4420 or internationally +61 2 5564 4420

Credit to coxymla https://goughlui.com/2024/11/09/alert-telstras-santa-back-fo…

How to call Santa from a Telstra payphone

To call Santa from any of our over 14,000 regular sized payphones between 20 November and Christmas Eve, you can find your closest payphone using our payphone finder on Telstra.com or Google Maps. Santa’s elves have also helped us bring some Christmas cheer to a special selection of payphones. Use our festive payphone Google Map below to see where your closest one is.

For little callers wanting a special chat with Santa on one of our special kid-sized payphones, these will be exclusively available at Telstra’s Discovery Store in Sydney starting November 20, Melbourne from November 21, and Brisbane’s Queen Street store from November 22 until Christmas Eve. We’ll also have a kid-sized payphone traveling around the country, stopping in regional towns to spread the Christmas magic – stay tuned for updates.

Free calls to Santa with AI

https://www.telstra.com.au/exchange/how-we-re-helping-santa-…

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  • nightelves on 21/11/2024 - 14:11
    +2

    Santa I wish for the Ho Ho Ho this Christmas

    • hallo123 on 21/11/2024 - 14:36

      Three at the same time

  • MS Paint on 21/11/2024 - 14:16
    +2

    Plenty of folks here were paying Samsung $700 for a free call back to bait and switch them so this seems like a legit bargain.

  • PainToad on 21/11/2024 - 14:18
    +4

    Or just download one of the many apps on your smart phone. Much better than having to touch a disgusting pay phone 🧫

  • plmko on 21/11/2024 - 14:19

    "Here I am, I didn't do nothin"

  • koplik8 on 21/11/2024 - 14:20

    If you're in Darwin make sure you clean the handset before putting it up to your ear!

  • King Steuart on 21/11/2024 - 14:31

    Nothing says christmas like taking your kid to the staish to make a payphone call

  • feisty on 21/11/2024 - 14:37
    +1

    Cut the gimmicks telstra and the crappy adds and fix up blackspots in metro melbourne. You have one job!!!

  • WatchNerd on 21/11/2024 - 14:37
    -6

    Santa isn't real so not a bargain. Reported to the mods.

  • JIMB0 on 21/11/2024 - 15:08
    +1

    For anyone who hasn't got his number it's:

    HO HO HO (#46 46 46)

    Don't forget the hash at the start.

  • 51ngh on 21/11/2024 - 15:46
    +1

    Wonder where the Santa call centre is ??
    Manila or Mumbai ??

    • trixieb on 21/11/2024 - 15:51

      AI has replaced those call centres.

      Free calls to Santa with AI

      How does Santa’s new AI work?

      You would think Santa is too busy to answer calls in November and December, as he prepares toys for children far and wide. But thanks to the power of generative AI, we’ve been able to help the jolly man in the red suit get to all of those wish list requests that come in over our payphones.

      Created together with fullstop.ai and OMD, Santa will use generative AI tech using Google Cloud’s Dialogflow CX and Google’s Gemini large language model (LLM) to answer everyone’s calls. It’s built on the playful assumption that all callers believe in Santa and keeps all the answers focused on the joy of Christmas.

      Santa’s voice is generated using Google's custom voice model that was created from recordings we made with Santa especially for this project. From there, a custom model was created that would capture Santa’s personal and friendly tone as well as his various inflections and vocal expressions. Key to this whole process was the addition of AI prompt engineering, which works to bring out the traits we normally associate with Santa like his warmth, wisdom and kindness. While helping to steer Santa away from traps or touchy topics that might come up in the dialogue.

      With the custom voice model and tech from the Google Cloud team, Santa is able to respond dynamically and in real-time – something that wasn’t possible before generative AI.

      https://www.telstra.com.au/exchange/how-we-re-helping-santa-…

      • Lord Fart Bucket on 21/11/2024 - 15:53
        +1

        Time to call and see if we can trick santa into endorsing something bad.

      • try2bhelpful on 21/11/2024 - 16:42

        Frankly I find this disturbing. Sort of a cross between Robot Santa from Futurama and SkyNet.

  • c920996 on 23/12/2024 - 23:10

    Can I still comment?

  • c920996 on 23/12/2024 - 23:19

    Looks like I can. Anyway, I told each of my kids at around 6 years of age that Santa doesn't exist. Nothing to do with Christmas or God. He was made up by the coca cola company about a hundred years ago and the sheep took to it.

    After all Christmas is much more than shopping. It's about the birth of Christ.

    • try2bhelpful on 23/12/2024 - 23:49

      Actually it is a Christian cover up for Pagan festivals around the Winter solstice. The pagan things keep peeking the heads around the corner like the Yule log, Mistletoe, Holly etc.

      Easter is the same hence the bunnies and eggs.

      Of course the Christians complain about these “intrusions’ which is hilarious given they were there first.

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