Phreaking and Phone Systems

Information regarding telephone networks and devices



Caller ID

Information regarding caller ID protocol.

Phone Systems Tutorial

we will discuss the dialing procedures for domestic “as well as international dialing. We will also take a look at the “telephone numbering plan.

The History of ESS

Of all the new 1960s wonders of telephone technology - “satellites, ultra modern Traffic Service Positions (TSPS) for “operators, the picturephone, and so on - the one that gave Bell “Labs the most trouble, and unexpectedly became the greatest “development effort in Bell System’s history, was the perfection “of an electronic switching system, or ESS.

Unlisted Phone Numbers

There are a couple of different ways of doing this. Let’s see if “this one will help

CNA List

CNA List Courtesy of The Jolly Roger
NPA TEL NO NPA TEL NO ————————————– 201 201-676-7070 601
601-961-8139 202 304-343-7016 602 303-293-8777 203 203-789-6815 603 617-787-5300
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Basic Alliance Teleconferencing

This phile will deal with accessing, understanding and using the Alliance “Teleconferencing Systems….

The Phreaker’s Guide to Loop Lines

loop is a wonderous device which the telephone company created as test “numbers for telephone repairmen when testing equipment. By matching the “tone of the equipment with the tone of the loop, repairmen can adjust and test “the settings of their telephone equipment.

Computer Based PBX

TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A PBX CAN DO, HERE ARE A FEW BASIC “FUNDAMENTALS

RemObS

Some of you may have heard of devices called Remobs which stands “for Remote Observation System. These Devices allow supposedly “authorized telephone employees to dial into them from anywhere, and “then using an ordinary touch tone fone, tap into a customer’s line “in a special receive only mode.

Canadian WATS Phonebook

Canadian WATS Phonebook courtesy of the Jolly Roger
800-227-4004 ROLM Collagen Corp. 800-227-8933 ROLM Collagen Corp. 800-268-4500 Voice
Mail 800-268-4501 ROLM Texaco 800-268-4505 Voice Mail 800-268-6364 National Data
Credit 800-268-7800 Voice Mail 800-268-7808 Voice Mail 800-328-9632 Voice Mail 800-387-2097 Voice Mail 800-387-2098 Voice [...]

Bell Trashing

The Phone Co. will go to extreams on occasions. In fact, unless “you really know what to expect from them, they will suprise the heck “out of you with their “unpublished tarriffs”.

Dealing with the Rate & Route Operator

It seems that fewer and fewer people have blue boxes “these days, and that is really too bad. Blue boxes, while not “all that great for making free calls (since the TPC can tell when “the call was made, as well as where it was too and from), are “really a lot of fun to play with.

Cellular Phreaking

The cellular/mobile phone system is one that is perfectly set up to be “exploited by phreaks with the proper knowledge and equipment

Exchange Scanning

Almost every exchange in the bell system has test #’s and other “goodies” “such as loops with dial-ups. These “goodies” are usually found betweed 9900 “and 9999 in your local exchange. If you have the time and initiative, scan “your exchange and you may become lucky!

How Ma Bell Works

In this article, I will first describe the termination, wiring, and terminal hardware most commonly used in the Bell system, and I will include section on methods of using them.

The Bell Glossary

Interesting glossary of phone network terms and tech talk.

Phone Systems Tutorial part II

Part II will deal with the various types of operators, office heirarchy, & switching equipment.

Phone Systems Tutorial III

THIS ARTICLE WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE STANDARD WESTERN ELECTRIC SINGLE-SLOT COIN TELEPHONE (AKA FORTRESS FONE)

How to Start A Conference w/o 2600hz or M-F

THIS METHOD OF STARTING THE CONF. DEPENDS ON YOUR ABILITY TO BULLSHIT THE OPERATOR INTO DIALING A NUMBER WHICH CAN ONLY BE REACHED WITH AN OPERATOR’S “M-F TONES

HOW TO START YOUR OWN CONFERENCES

I WILL NOW EXPLAIN HOW TO START A CONFERENCE CALL IN A MORE ORTHODOX FASHION THE 2600 HZ. TONE.

Verification Circuits

ONE BUSY VERIFICATION CONFERENCE CIRCUIT IS ALWAYS PROVIDED.THE CIRCUIT IS A THREE-WAY CONFERENCE BRIDGE THAT ENABLES AN OPERERATOR TO VERIFY THE BUSY/IDLE CONDITION OF A SUBSCRIBER LINE.

Phone related vandalism

If you live where there are underground lines then you will be able to ruin someone’s phone life very easily

How to “steal” local calls from most Payphones

How to make free local calles from a payphone using a nail.

The Phreak file

A whole list of possibly outdated useful numbers.

The Myth of the 2600hz Detector

All about boxing detectors and shitznit.

A Short History of Phreaking

Well now we know a little vocabulary, and now its into history, Phreak history

Secrets of the Little Blue Box

A story so incredible it may even make you feel sorry for the phone company

THE HISTORY OF BRITISH PHREAKING

An interesting insight into british phreaking.

Bad as Shit

A fucking great story from the Official Phreaker’s Guide

Fucking with the Operator

Ever get an operator who gave you a hard time, and you didn’t know what to do?

International Country Code Listing

A listing of ALL phone prefix codes, very useful.

BOXES - GENERAL INFORMATION

Information regarding ‘boxes’. Phone devices used to fuck with phone networks.

An Extensive Guide to Bell System Man Holes

Underground telephone networking done by Bell is fascinating stuff and fairly easy to gain access to. If you know what you’re doing, you can accomplish alot, learn alot, and take home some stuff to play with.

What the hell does 99 call mean

Information about subway codes.

C O D A - P H O N E S

CODA PHONES ARE PHONES THAT ARE “MESSAGE TAKING MACHINES. THEY ARE USED “ALL OVER THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY MAKE “IT EASY (VERY EASY) TO CHECK YOUR “MSG’S FROM ANYWHERE THAT HAS A PHONE “AND A NON PULSE DIALER.

THE PHONE BOMB

The phone bomb, is an excellent single target anihalatory weapon. “With results being either SERIOUS injury or death. The basic principle that “this works on is simple, the person answers the phone, the bomb explodes!

Call ANI

Here is a generic ANI number that works from just about anywhere

The New Dajimbo`s Bible

Phreaker ["free"-k-er] Noun–1. One who engages in the act of “Phreaking” “2. One who makes telephone calls without paying money [Slang]

Free Messages

This is an easy way to get quick messages to someone from a “payfone either LD or when you don’t have change to make a call. It works “best using 1-800-COLLECT. Some other carriers will also work, assuming “they use computerized routing of the collect call.

THE PHONE PHREAK’S FRY-UM GUIDE

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