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[[Bild:Atomic_1color.svg|100px|left]] The Telefonzelle is the heraldic figure for the Metalab - a iconic symbol of open infrastructure. Phone booths often have important functions in literature and movies: sometimes they are bigger on the inside like in ''Dr. Who'', letting Trinity exit ''The Matrix'', are used by ''Superman'' as changing room and or give shelter in Hitchcock's ''The Birds''. | [[Bild:Atomic_1color.svg|100px|left]] The Telefonzelle is the heraldic figure for the Metalab - a iconic symbol of open infrastructure. Phone booths often have important functions in literature and movies: sometimes they are bigger on the inside like in ''Dr. Who'', letting Trinity exit ''The Matrix'', are used by ''Superman'' as changing room and or give shelter in Hitchcock's ''The Birds''. | ||
The Telefonzelle in front of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_model#Symbolism atomic planetary model] is the central symbol of the Metalab | The Telefonzelle in front of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_model#Symbolism atomic planetary model] is the central symbol of the [[CI|Metalab corporate identity]], which was created by [[User:C3o|c3o]] during an early [[Logo|logo brain storming]]. Having the Berlin c-base as a role model in mind the founding members thought that sort of a story behind could help to tighten the community spirit. | ||
We tried to get an outdated, original telephone booth from [http://www.telekom.at/ Telekom Austria] (successor of the former state-owned, monopolized telco) but TA declined our inquiry at this time. We were told that they had bad experience with selling the old boxes. Competitors bought it and installed it on the streets again. When the alternative telco services made problems their angry customers called the wrongly addressed TA despite the new color and labels. So TA decided to scrap all retired boxes. | We tried to get an outdated, original telephone booth from [http://www.telekom.at/ Telekom Austria] (successor of the former state-owned, monopolized telco) but TA declined our inquiry at this time. We were told that they had bad experience with selling the old boxes. Competitors bought it and installed it on the streets again. When the alternative telco services made problems their angry customers called the wrongly addressed TA despite the new color and labels. So TA decided to scrap all retired boxes. | ||