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01. What is a Red Box?
When a coin is inserted into a payphone, the payphone emits a set of tones
to ACTS (Automated Coin Toll System). Red boxes work by fooling ACTS into
believing you have actually put money into the phone. The red box simply
plays the ACTS tones into the telephone microphone. ACTS hears those tones,
and allows you to place your call. The actual tones are:
Nickel Signal 1700+2200 0.060s on
Dime Signal 1700+2200 0.060s on, 0.060s off, twice repeating
Quarter Signal 1700+2200 33ms on, 33ms off, 5 times repeating
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02. How do I build a Red Box?
Red boxes are commonly manufactured from modified Radio Shack tone dialers,
Hallmark greeting cards, or made from scratch from readily available
electronic components.
To make a Red Box from a Radio Shack 43-141 or 43-146 tone dialer, open the
dialer and replace the crystal with a new one. The purpose of the new
crystal is to cause the * button on your tone dialer to create a 1700Mhz and
2200Mhz tone instead of the original 941Mhz and 1209Mhz tones. The exact
value of the replacement crystal should be 6.466806 to create a perfect
1700Mhz tone and 6.513698 to create a perfect 2200mhz tone. A crystal close
to those values will create a tone that easily falls within the loose
tolerances of ACTS. The most popular choice is the 6.5536Mhz crystal,
because it is the eaiest to procure. The old crystal is the large shiny
metal component labeled "3.579545Mhz." When you are finished replacing the
crystal, program the P1 button with five *'s. That will simulate a quarter
tone each time you press P1.
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03. Where can I get a 6.5536Mhz crystal?
Your best bet is a local electronics store. Radio Shack sells them, but they
are overpriced and the store must order them in. This takes approximately
two weeks. In addition, many Radio Shack employees do not know that this can
be done.
Or, you could order the crystal mail order. This introduces Shipping and
Handling charges, which are usually much greater than the price of the
crystal. It's best to get several people together to share the S&H cost. Or,
buy five or six yourself and sell them later. Some of the places you can
order crystals are:
Digi-Key
701 Brooks Avenue South
P.O. Box 677
Thief River Falls, MN 56701-0677
(80)344-4539
Part Number:X415-ND /* Note: 6.500Mhz and only .197 x .433 x .149! */
Part Number:X018-ND
JDR Microdevices:
2233 Branham Lane
San Jose, CA 95124
(800)538-5000
Part Number: 6.5536MHZ
Tandy Express Order Marketing
401 NE 38th Street
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(800)241-8742
Part Number: 10068625
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04. Which payphones will a Red Box work on?
Red Boxes will work on TelCo owned payphones, but not on COCOT's (Customer
Owned Coin Operated Telephones).
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05. How do I make local calls with a Red Box?
Payphones do not use ACTS for local calls. To use your red box for local
calls, you have to fool ACTS into getting involved in the call.
One way to do this, in some areas, is by dialing 10288-xxx-xxxx. This makes
your call a long distance call, and brings ACTS into the picture.
In other areas, you can call Directory Assistance and ask for the number of
the person you are trying to reach. The operator will give you the number
and then you will hear a message similar to "Your call can be completed
automatically for an additional 35 cents." When this happens, you can then
use ACTS tones.
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06. What is a Blue Box?
Blue boxes use a 2600hz tone to size control of telephone switches that use
in-band signalling. The caller may then access special switch functions,
with the usual purpose of making free long distance phone calls, using the
tones provided by the Blue Box.
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07. Do Blue Boxes still work?
Blue Boxes still work in areas using in-band signalling. Modern phone
signalling switches using ESS (Electronic Signalling Systems) use
out-of-band-signalling. Nothing you send over the voice portion of bandwidth
can control the switch.
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08. What is a Black Box?
A Black Box is a 1.8k ohm resistor placed across your phone line to cause
the phone company equipment to be unable to detect that you have answered
your telephone. People who call you will then not be billed for the
telephone call. Black boxes do not work under ESS.
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09. What do all the colored boxes do?
Acrylic Steal Three-Way-Calling, Call Waiting and programmable
Call Forwarding on old 4-wire phone systems
Aqua Drain the voltage of the FBI lock-in-trace/trap-trace
Beige Lineman's hand set
Black Allows the calling party to not be billed for the call
placed
Blast Phone microphone amplifier
Blotto Supposedly shorts every fone out in the immediate area
Blue Emulate a true operator by seizing a trunk with a 2600hz
tone
Brown Create a party line from 2 phone lines
Bud Tap into your neighbors phone line
Chartreuse Use the electricity from your phone line
Cheese Connect two phones to create a diverter
Chrome Manipulate Traffic Signals by Remote Control
Clear A telephone pickup coil and a small amp use to make free
calls on Fortress Phones
Color Line activated telephone recorder
Copper Cause crosstalk interference on an extender
Crimson Hold button
Dark Re-route outgoing or incoming calls to another phone
Dayglo Connect to your neighbors phone line
Divertor Re-route outgoing or incoming calls to another phone
DLOC Create a party line from 2 phone lines
Gold Trace calls, tell if the call is being traced, and can
change a trace
Green Emulate the Coin Collect, Coin Return, and Ringback tones
Infinity Remotely activated phone tap
Jack Touch-Tone key pad
Light In-use light
Lunch AM transmitter
Magenta Connect a remote phone line to another remote phone line
Mauve Phone tap without cutting into a line
Neon External microphone
Noise Create line noise
Olive External ringer
Party Create a party line from 2 phone lines
Pearl Tone generator
Pink Create a party line from 2 phone lines
Purple Telephone hold button
Rainbow Kill a trace by putting 120v into the phone line (joke)
Razz Tap into your neighbors phone
Red Make free phone calls from pay phones by generating
quarter tones
Rock Add music to your phone line
Scarlet Cause a neighbors phone line to have poor reception
Silver Create the DTMF tones for A, B, C and D
Static Keep the voltage on a phone line high
Switch Add hold, indicator lights, conferencing, etc..
Tan Line activated telephone recorder
Tron Reverse the phase of power to your house, causing your
electric meter to run slower
TV Cable "See" sound waves on your TV
Urine Create a capacitative disturbance between the ring and
tip wires in another's telephone headset
Violet Keep a payphone from hanging up
White Portable DTMF keypad
Yellow Add an extension phone
Box schematics may be retrieved from these FTP sites:
ftp.netcom.com (DnA)
ftp.winternet.com (H/P)
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10. What is an ANAC number?
An ANAC (Automatic Number Announcement Circuit) number is a telephone number
that plays back the number of the telephone that called it. ANAC numbers are
convenient if you want to know the telephone number of a pair of wires.
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11. What is the ANAC number for my area?
How to find your ANAC number:
Look up your NPA (Area Code) and try the number listed for it. If that
fails, try 1 plus the number listed for it. If that fails, try the common
numbers like 311, 958 and 200-222-2222. If you find the ANAC number for your
area, please let us know.
Note that many times the ANAC number will vary for different switches in the
same city. The geographic naming on the list is not intended to be an
accurate reference for coverage patterns, it is for convenience only.
Many companies operate 800 number services which will read back to you the
number from which you are calling. Many of these require navigating a series
of menus to get the phone number you are looking for.
(800)238-4959 A voice mail system
(800)328-2630 A phone sex line
(800)568-3197 Info Access Telephone Company's Automated Blocking Line
(800)571-8859 A phone sex line
(800)692-6447 (800)MY-ANI-IS
(800)769-3766 Duke Power Company Automated Outage System
An non-800 ANAC that works nationwide is 404-988-9664. The one catch with
this number is that it must be dialed with the AT&T Carrier Access Code
10732.
Another non-800 nationwide ANAC is Glen Robert of Full Disclosure Magazine's
number, 10555-1-708-356-9646.
Please use local ANAC numbers if you can, as abuse or overuse kills 800 ANAC
numbers.
NPA ANAC number Comments
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201 958 Hackensack/Jersey City/Newark/Paterson, NJ
202 958-xxxx District of Columbia
203 960 CT (All)
203 970 CT (All)
205 908-222-2222 Birmingham, AL
206 411 WA /* Not US West */
207 958 ME (All)
209 830 Stockton, CA
212 958 Manhattan, NY
213 114 Los Angeles, CA
213 1223 Los Angeles, CA /* some 1AESS switches */
213 211-2345 Los Angeles, CA /* English response */
213 211-2346 Los Angeles, CA /* DTMF response */
213 61056 Los Angeles, CA
214 570 Dallas, TX
214 790 Dallas, TX /* GTE */
214 970-222-2222 Dallas, TX
214 970-611-1111 Dallas, TX /* Southwestern Bell */
215 410-xxxx Philadelphia, PA
215 511 Philadelphia, PA
215 958 Philadelphia, PA
217 200-xxx-xxxx Champaign-Urbana/Springfield, IL
301 958-9968 Hagerstown/Rockville, MD
305 200-222-2222 Ft. Lauderdale/Key West/Miami, FL
309 200-xxx-xxxx Peoria/Rock Island, IL
310 114 Long Beach, CA /* on many GTE switches */
310 1223 Long Beach, CA /* some 1AESS switches */
310 211-2345 Long Beach, CA /* English response */
310 211-2346 Long Beach, CA /* DTMF response */
312 200 Chicago, IL
312 290 Chicago, IL
312 1-200-8825 Chicago, IL (Last four change rapidly)
312 1-200-555-1212 Chicago, IL
313 200-200-2002 Ann Arbor/Dearborn/Detroit, MI
313 200-222-2222 Ann Arbor/Dearborn/Detroit, MI
313 200-xxx-xxxx Ann Arbor/Dearborn/Detroit, MI
313 200200200200200 Ann Arbor/Dearborn/Detroit, MI
314 410-xxxx# Columbia/Jefferson City/St.Louis, MO
314 511 Columbia/Jefferson City/St.Louis, MO
315 953 Syracuse/Utica, NY
315 958 Syracuse/Utica, NY
315 998 Syracuse/Utica, NY
317 310-222-2222 Indianapolis/Kokomo, IN
317 743-1218 Indianapolis/Kokomo, IN
401 200-200-4444 RI (All)
401 222-2222 RI (All)
402 311 Lincoln, NE
404 311 Atlanta, GA
404 940-xxx-xxxx Atlanta, GA
405 890-7777777 Enid/Oklahoma City, OK
405 897 Enid/Oklahoma City, OK
407 200-222-2222 Orlando/West Palm Beach, FL
408 300-xxx-xxxx San Jose, CA
408 760 San Jose, CA
408 940 San Jose, CA
409 951 Beaumont/Galveston, TX
409 970-xxxx Beaumont/Galveston, TX
410 200-6969 Annapolis/Baltimore, MD
410 200-555-1212 Annapolis/Baltimore, MD
410 811 Annapolis/Baltimore, MD
412 711-6633 Pittsburgh, PA
412 711-4411 Pittsburgh, PA
412 999-xxxx Pittsburgh, PA
413 958 Pittsfield/Springfield, MA
413 200-555-5555 Pittsfield/Springfield, MA
414 330-2234 Fond du Lac/Green Bay/Milwaukee/Racine, WI
415 200-555-1212 San Francisco, CA
415 211-2111 San Francisco, CA
415 2222 San Francisco, CA
415 640 San Francisco, CA
415 760-2878 San Francisco, CA
415 7600-2222 San Francisco, CA
419 311 Toledo, OH
502 2002222222 Frankfort/Louisville/Paducah/Shelbyville, KY
502 997-555-1212 Frankfort/Louisville/Paducah/Shelbyville, KY
503 611 Portland, OR /* not all parts of town */
504 99882233 Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA
504 201-269-1111 Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA
504 998 Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA
504 99851-0000000000 Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA
508 958 Fall River/New Bedford/Worchester, MA
508 200-222-1234 Fall River/New Bedford/Worchester, MA
508 200-222-2222 Fall River/New Bedford/Worchester, MA
509 560 Spokane/Walla Walla/Yakima, WA
512 830 Austin/Corpus Christi, TX
512 970-xxxx Austin/Corpus Christi, TX
515 5463 Des Moines, IA
515 811 Des Moines, IA
516 958 Hempstead/Long Island, NY
516 968 Hempstead/Long Island, NY
517 200-222-2222 Bay City/Jackson/Lansing, MI
517 200200200200200 Bay City/Jackson/Lansing, MI
518 997 Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY
518 998 Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY
602 593-0809 Phoenix, AZ
602 593-6017 Phoenix, AZ
602 593-7451 Phoenix, AZ
603 200-222-2222 NH (All)
606 997-555-1212 Ashland/Winchester, KY
606 711 Ashland/Winchester, KY
607 993 Binghamton/Elmira, NY
609 958 Atlantic City/Camden/Trenton/Vineland, NJ
610 958 Allentown/Reading, PA
612 511 Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN
615 200200200200200 Nashville, TN
615 2002222222 Nashville, TN
615 830 Nashville, TN
616 200-222-2222 Battle Creek/Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, MI
617 200-222-1234 Boston, MA
617 200-222-2222 Boston, MA
617 200-444-4444 Boston, MA /* Woburn, MA */
617 220-2622 Boston, MA
617 958 Boston, MA
618 200-xxx-xxxx Alton/Cairo/Mt.Vernon, IL
618 930 Alton/Cairo/Mt.Vernon, IL
703 811 Alexandria/Arlington/Roanoke, VA
708 1-200-555-1212 Chicago/Elgin, IL
708 1-200-8825 Chicago/Elgin, IL (Last four change rapidly)
708 356-9646 Chicago/Elgin, IL
713 970-xxxx Houston, TX
714 211-2121 Anaheim, CA /* GTE */
714 211-2222 Anaheim, CA /* GTE */
716 511 Buffalo/Niagara Falls/Rochester, NY /* Rochester Tel */
717 958 Harrisburg/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA
718 958 Bronx/Brooklyn/Queens/Staten Island, NY
802 2-222-222-2222 Vermont (All)
802 200-222-2222 Vermont (All)
805 211-2345 Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA
805 211-2346 Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA (Returns DTMF)
805 830 Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA
806 970-xxxx Amarillo/Lubbock, TX
810 200200200200200 Flint/Pontiac/Southfield/Troy, MI
812 410-555-1212 Evansville, IN
813 311 Ft. Meyers/St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL
815 200-xxx-xxxx La Salle/Rockford, IL
815 290 La Salle/Rockford, IL
817 211 Ft. Worth/Waco, TX
817 970-611-1111 Ft. Worth/Waco, TX /* Southwestern Bell */
818 1223 Pasadena, CA /* some 1AESS switches */
818 211-2345 Pasadena, CA /* English response */
818 211-2346 Pasadena, CA /* DTMF response */
906 1-200-222-2222 Marquette/Sault Ste. Marie, MI
908 958 New Brunswick, NJ
910 200 Fayetteville/Greensboro/Raleigh/Winston-Salem, NC
910 311 Fayetteville/Greensboro/Raleigh/Winston-Salem, NC
910 988 Fayetteville/Greensboro/Raleigh/Winston-Salem, NC
914 990-1111 Peekskill/Poughkeepsie/White Plains/Yonkers, NY
915 970-xxxx Abilene/El Paso, TX
919 711 Durham, NC
Canada:
204 644-xxxx Manitoba
306 115 Saskatchewan, Canada
403 311 Alberta, Yukon and N.W. Territory
403 908-222-2222 Alberta, Yukon and N.W. Territory
403 999 Alberta, Yukon and N.W. Territory
416 410-xxxx Toronto, Ontario
416 997-xxxx Toronto, Ontario
514 320-xxxx Montreal, Quebec
519 320-xxxx London, Ontario
604 1116 British Columbia, Canada
604 1211 British Columbia, Canada
604 211 British Columbia, Canada
613 320-2232 Ottawa, Ontario
705 320-xxxx Saulte Ste. Marie, Ontario
Australia:
+61 03-552-4111 Victoria 03 area
+612 19123 All major capital cities
United Kingdom:
175
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12. What is a ringback number?
A ringback number is a number that you call that will immediately ring the
telephone from which it was called.
In most instances you must call the ringback number, quickly hang up the
phone for just a short moment and then let up on the switch, you will then
go back off hook and hear a different tone. You may then hang up. You will
be called back seconds later.
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13. What is the ringback number for my area?
An 'x' means insert those numbers from the phone number from which you are
calling. A '?' means that the number varies from switch to switch in the
area, or changes from time to time. Try all possible combinations.
If the ringback for your NPA is not listed, try common ones such as 954, 957
and 958. Also, try using the numbers listed for other NPA's served by your
telephone company.
201 551-xxxx Hackensack/Jersey City/Newark/Paterson, NJ
202 958-xxxx District of Columbia
203 991-xxxx CT (All)
213 1-95x-xxxx Los Angeles, CA
219 571-xxx-xxxx Gary/Hammond/Michigan City/Southbend, IN
219 777-xxx-xxxx Gary/Hammond/Michigan City/Southbend, IN
301 579-xxxx Hagerstown/Rockville, MD
301 958-xxxx Hagerstown/Rockville, MD
303 99X-xxxx Grand Junction, CO
305 999-xxxx Ft. Lauderdale/Key West/Miami, FL
312 511-xxxx Chicago, IL
312 511-xxx-xxxx Chicago, IL
312 57?-xxxx Chicago, IL
315 98x-xxxx Syracuse/Utica, NY
317 777-xxxx Indianapolis/Kokomo, IN
317 yyy-xxxx Indianapolis/Kokomo, IN /* y=3rd digit of phone number */
319 79x-xxxx Davenport/Dubuque, Iowa
401 98?-xxxx RI (All)
404 450-xxxx Atlanta, GA
407 988-xxxx Orlando/West Palm Beach, FL
412 985-xxxx Pittsburgh, PA
414 977-xxxx Fond du Lac/Green Bay/Milwaukee/Racine, WI
414 978-xxxx Fond du Lac/Green Bay/Milwaukee/Racine, WI
415 350-xxxx San Francisco, CA
417 551-xxxx Joplin/Springfield, MO
501 721-xxx-xxxx AR (All)
502 988 Frankfort/Louisville/Paducah/Shelbyville, KY
504 99x-xxxx Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA
504 9988776655 Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA
505 59?-xxxx New Mexico (All)
512 95X-xxxx Austin, TX
513 99?-xxxx Cincinnati/Dayton, OH
516 660-xxx-xxxx Hempstead/Long Island, NY
601 777-xxxx MS (All)
609 55?-xxxx Atlantic City/Camden/Trenton/Vineland, NJ
612 511 Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN
612 999-xxx-xxxx Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN
615 930-xxxx Chatanooga/Knoxville/Nashville, TN
616 946-xxxx Battle Creek/Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, MI
619 331-xxxx San Diego, CA
619 332-xxxx San Diego, CA
703 958-xxxx Alexandria/Arlington/Roanoke, VA
714 330? Anaheim, CA /* GTE */
714 33?-xxxx Anaheim, CA (PacBell)
716 981-xxxx Rochester, NY /* Rochester Tel */
719 99x-xxxx Colorado Springs/Leadville/Pueblo, CO
801 938-xxxx Utah (All)
801 939-xxxx Utah (All)
804 260 Charlottesville/Newport News/Norfolk/Richmond, VA
805 114 Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA
805 980-xxxx Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA
810 951-xxx-xxxx Pontiac/Southfield/Troy, MI
813 711 Ft. Meyers/St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL
817 971 /* Press 2# */
906 951-xxx-xxxx Marquette/Sault Ste. Marie, MI
908 55?-xxxx New Brunswick, NJ
908 953 New Brunswick, NJ
914 660-xxxx Peekskill/Poughkeepsie/White Plains/Yonkers, NY
Canada:
416 57x-xxxx Toronto, Ontario
416 99x-xxxx Toronto, Ontario
416 999-xxx-xxxx Toronto, Ontario
514 320-xxx-xxxx Montreal, Quebec
613 999-xxx-xxxx Ottawa, Ontario
705 999-xxx-xxxx North Bay/Saulte Ste. Marie, Ontario
Australia: +61 199
Brazil: 199
New Zealand: 137
Sweden: 0058
United Kingdom: 174 or 1744 or 175
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14. What is a loop?
This FAQ answer is excerpted from: ToneLoc v0.99 User Manual by Minor Threat
& Mucho Maas
Loops are a pair of phone numbers, usually consecutive, like 836-9998 and
836-9999. They are used by the phone company for testing. What good do loops
do us? Well, they are cool in a few ways. Here is a simple use of loops.
Each loop has two ends, a 'high' end, and a 'low' end. One end gives a
(usually) constant, loud tone when it is called. The other end is silent.
Loops don't usually ring either. When BOTH ends are called, the people that
called each end can talk through the loop. Some loops are voice filtered and
won't pass anything but a constant tone; these aren't much use to you.
Here's what you can use working loops for: billing phone calls! First, call
the end that gives the loud tone. Then if the operator or someone calls the
other end, the tone will go quiet. Act like the phone just rang and you
answered it ... say "Hello", "Allo", "Chow", "Yo", or what the fuck ever.
The operator thinks that she just called you, and that's it! Now the phone
bill will go to the loop, and your local RBOC will get the bill! Use this
technique in moderation, or the loop may go down. Loops are probably most
useful when you want to talk to someone to whom you don't want to give your
phone number.
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15. What is a loop in my area?
Many of these loops are no longer functional. If you are local to any of
these loops, please try them out an e-mail me the results of your research.
NPA High Low
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201 228-9929 228-9930
201 238-9929 238-9930
201 251-9929 251-9930
201 254-9929 254-9930
201 272-9929 272-9930
201 330-9929 330-9930
201 333-9929 333-9930
201 339-9929 339-9930
201 347-9929 347-9930
201 376-9929 376-9930
201 398-9929 398-9930
201 467-9929 467-9930
201 528-9929 528-9930
201 531-9929 531-9930
201 558-9929 558-9930
201 559-9929 559-9930
201 560-9929 560-9930
201 592-9929 592-9930
201 625-9929 625-9930
201 631-9929 631-9930
201 637-9929 637-9930
201 655-9929 655-9930
201 666-9929 666-9930
201 690-9929 690-9930
201 761-9929 761-9930
201 762-9929 762-9929
201 762-9929 762-9930
201 763-9929 763-9930
201 764-9929 764-9930
201 767-9929 767-9930
201 768-9929 768-9930
201 773-9929 773-9930
201 879-9929 879-9930
201 938-9929 938-9930
201 946-9929 946-9930
201 992-9929 992-9930
201 993-9929 993-9930
201 994-9929 994-9930
206 827-0018 827-0019
206 988-0020 988-0022
208 862-9996 862-9997
209 732-0044 732-0045
212 220-9977 220-9979
212 283-9977 283-9979
212 283-9977 283-9997
212 352-9900 352-9906
212 365-9977 365-9979
212 529-9900 529-9906
212 562-9977 562-9979
212 986-9977 986-9979
213 360-1118 360-1119
213 365-1118 365-1119
213 455-0002 455-XXXX
213 455-0002 455-XXXX
213 546-0002 546-XXXX
213 546-0002 546-XXXX
213 549-1118 549-1119
214 291-4759 291-4757
214 299-4759 299-4757
305 778-9952 778-9951
305 964-9951 964-9952
307 468-9999 468-9998
308 357-0004 357-0005
312 222-9973 222-9974
312 234-9973 234-9974
313 224-9996 224-9997
313 225-9996 225-9997
313 234-9996 234-9997
313 237-9996 237-9997
313 256-9996 256-9997
313 272-9996 272-9997
313 273-9996 273-9997
313 277-9996 277-9997
313 281-9996 281-9997
313 292-9996 292-9997
313 299-9996 299-9997
313 321-9996 321-9997
313 326-9996 326-9997
313 356-9996 356-9997
313 362-9996 362-9997
313 369-9996 369-9997
313 388-9996 388-9997
313 397-9996 397-9997
313 399-9996 399-9997
313 445-9996 445-9997
313 465-9996 465-9997
313 471-9996 471-9997
313 474-9996 474-9997
313 477-9996 477-9997
313 478-9996 478-9997
313 483-9996 483-9997
313 497-9996 497-9997
313 526-9996 526-9997
313 552-9996 552-9997
313 556-9996 556-9997
313 561-9996 561-9997
313 569-9996 569-9996
313 575-9996 575-9997
313 577-9996 577-9997
313 585-9996 585-9997
313 591-9996 591-9997
313 621-9996 621-9997
313 626-9996 626-9997
313 644-9996 644-9997
313 646-9996 646-9997
313 647-9996 647-9997
313 649-9996 649-9997
313 663-9996 663-9997
313 665-9996 665-9997
313 683-9996 683-9997
313 721-9996 721-9997
313 722-9996 722-9997
313 728-9996 728-9997
313 731-9996 731-9997
313 751-9996 751-9997
313 776-9996 776-9997
313 781-9996 781-9997
313 787-9996 787-9997
313 822-9996 822-9997
313 833-9996 833-9997
313 851-9996 851-9997
313 871-9996 871-9997
313 875-9996 875-9997
313 886-9996 886-9997
313 888-9996 888-9997
313 898-9996 898-9997
313 934-9996 934-9997
313 942-9996 942-9997
313 963-9996 963-9997
313 977-9996 977-9997
315 673-9995 673-9996
315 695-9995 695-9996
402 422-0001 422-0002
402 422-0003 422-0004
402 422-0005 422-0006
402 422-0007 422-0008
402 572-0003 572-0004
402 779-0004 779-0007
406 225-9902 225-9903
517 422-9996 422-9997
517 423-9996 423-9997
517 455-9996 455-9997
517 563-9996 563-9997
517 663-9996 663-9997
517 851-9996 851-9997
609 921-9929 921-9930
609 994-9929 994-9930
616 997-9996 997-9997
713 224-1499 759-1799
713 324-1499 324-1799
713 342-1499 342-1799
713 351-1499 351-1799
713 354-1499 354-1799
713 356-1499 356-1799
713 442-1499 442-1799
713 447-1499 447-1799
713 455-1499 455-1799
713 458-1499 458-1799
713 462-1499 462-1799
713 466-1499 466-1799
713 468-1499 468-1799
713 469-1499 469-1799
713 471-1499 471-1799
713 481-1499 481-1799
713 482-1499 482-1799
713 484-1499 484-1799
713 487-1499 487-1799
713 489-1499 489-1799
713 492-1499 492-1799
713 493-1499 493-1799
713 524-1499 524-1799
713 526-1499 526-1799
713 555-1499 555-1799
713 661-1499 661-1799
713 664-1499 664-1799
713 665-1499 665-1799
713 666-1499 666-1799
713 667-1499 667-1799
713 682-1499 976-1799
713 771-1499 771-1799
713 780-1499 780-1799
713 781-1499 997-1799
713 960-1499 960-1799
713 977-1499 977-1799
713 988-1499 988-1799
805 528-0044 528-0045
805 544-0044 544-0045
805 773-0044 773-0045
808 235-9907 235-9908
808 239-9907 239-9908
808 245-9907 245-9908
808 247-9907 247-9908
808 261-9907 261-9908
808 322-9907 322-9908
808 328-9907 328-9908
808 329-9907 329-9908
808 332-9907 332-9908
808 335-9907 335-9908
808 572-9907 572-9908
808 623-9907 623-9908
808 624-9907 624-9908
808 668-9907 668-9908
808 742-9907 742-9908
808 879-9907 879-9908
808 882-9907 882-9908
808 885-9907 885-9908
808 959-9907 959-9908
808 961-9907 961-9908
813 385-9971
908 776-9930 776-9930
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16. What is a CNA number?
CNA stands for Customer Name and Address. The CNA number is a phone number
for telephone company personnel to call and get the name and address for a
phone number. If a telephone lineman finds a phone line he does not
recognize, he can use the ANI number to find it's phone number and then call
the CNA operator to see who owns it and where they live.
Normal CNA numbers are available only to telephone company personnel.
Private citizens may now legally get CNA information from private companies.
Two such companies are:
Unidirectory (900)933-3330
Telename (900)884-1212
Note that these are 900 numbers, and will cost you approximately one dollar
per minute.
If you are in 312 or 708, AmeriTech has a pay-for-play CNA service available
to the general public. The number is 796-9600. The cost is $.35/call and can
look up two numbers per call.
An interesting number is The House of Windsor Collection at (800)433-3210.
If you dial it and press 1 to request a catalog, it will ask for your
telephone number. If will then tell you the street name of any telephone
number you enter.
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17. What is the telephone company CNA number for my area?
203 203-771-8080 CT (All)
513 513-397-9110 Cincinnati/Dayton, OH
516 516-321-5700 Hempstead/Long Island, NY
614 614-464-0123 Columbus/Steubenville, OH
813 813-270-8711 Ft. Meyers/St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL
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18. What are some numbers that always ring busy?
216 xxx-9887 Akron/Canton/Cleveland/Lorain/Youngstown, OH
316 952-7265 Dodge City/Wichita, KS
501 377-99xx AR (All)
719 472-3773 Colorado Springs/Leadville/Pueblo, CO
719 577-6100 to 577-6200 Colorado Springs/Leadville/Pueblo, CO
818 885-0699 Pasadena, CA
906 632-9999 Marquette/Sault Ste. Marie, MI
906 635-9999 Marquette/Sault Ste. Marie, MI
914 576-9903 Peekskill/Poughkeepsie/White Plains/Yonkers, NY
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19. What are some numbers that temporarily disconnect phone service?
314 511 Columbia/Jefferson City/St.Louis, MO (1 minute)
404 420 Atlanta, GA (5 minutes)
405 953 Enid/Oklahoma City, OK (1 minute)
407 511 Orlando/West Palm Beach, FL (1 minute)
512 200 Austin/Corpus Christi, TX (1 minute)
516 480 Hempstead/Long Island, NY (1 minute)
603 980 NH (All)
919 211 or 511 Durham, NC (10 min - 1 hour)
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20. What is scanning?
Scanning is dialing a large number of telephone numbers in the hope of
finding interesting carriers (computers) or tones.
Scanning can be done by hand, although dialing several thousand telephone
numbers by hand is extremely boring and takes a long time.
Much better is to use a scanning program, sometimes called a war dialer or a
demon dialer. Currently, the best war dialer available to PC-DOS users is
ToneLoc .99b8.
A war dialer will dial a range of numbers and log what it finds at each
number. You can then only dial up the numbers that the war dialer marked as
carriers or tones.
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21. Is scanning illegal?
Excerpt from: 2600, Spring 1990, Page 27:
In some places, scanning has been made illegal. It would be hard,
though, for someone to file a complaint against you for scanning since
the whole purpose is to call every number once and only once. It's
not likely to be thought of as harassment by anyone who gets a single
phone call from a scanning computer. Some central offices have been
known to react strangely when people start scanning. Sometimes you're
unable to get a dialtone for hours after you start scanning. But
there is no uniform policy. The best thing to do is to first find out
if you've got some crazy law saying you can't do it. If, as is
likely, there is no such law, the only way to find out what happens is
to give it a try.
It should be noted that a law making scanning illegal was recently passed in
Colorado Springs, CO. It is now illegal to place a call in Colorado Springs
without the intent to communicate.
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22. Where can I purchase a lineman's handset?
Contact East
335 Willow Street
North Andover, MA 01845-5995
(508)682-2000
Jensen Tools
7815 S. 46th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85044-5399
Time Motion Tools
12778 Brookprinter Place
Poway, CA 92064
(619)679-0303
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23. What are the DTMF frequencies?
DTMF stands for Dual Tone Multi Frequency. These are the tones you get when
you press a key on your telephone touchpad. The tone of the button is the
sum of the column and row tones. The ABCD keys do not exist on standard
telephones.
1209 1336 1477 1633
697 1 2 3 A
770 4 5 6 B
852 7 8 9 C
941 * 0 # D
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24. What are the frequencies of the telephone tones?
Type Hz On Off
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Dial Tone 350 & 400 --- ---
Busy Signal 480 & 620 0.5 0.5
Toll Congestion 480 & 620 0.2 0.3
Ringback (Normal) 440 & 480 2.0 4.0
Ringback (PBX) 440 & 480 1.5 4.5
Reorder (Local) 480 & 620 3.0 2.0
Invalid Number 200 & 400
Hang Up Warning 1400 & 2060 0.1 0.1
Hang Up 2450 & 2600 --- ---
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25. What are all of the * codes?
Local Area Signalling Services (LASS) and Custom Calling Feature Control
Codes:
(These appear to be standard, but may be changed locally)
Service Tone Pulse/rotary Notes
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Assistance/Police *12 n/a [1]
Cancel forwarding *30 n/a [C1]
Automatic Forwarding *31 n/a [C1]
Notify *32 n/a [C1] [2]
Intercom Ring 1 (..) *51 1151 [3]
Intercom Ring 2 (.._) *52 1152 [3]
Intercom Ring 3 (._.) *53 1153 [3]
Extension Hold *54 1154 [3]
Customer Originated Trace *57 1157
Selective Call Rejection *60 1160 (or Call Screen)
Selective Distinct Alert *61 1161
Selective Call Acceptance *62 1162
Selective Call Forwarding *63 1163
ICLID Activation *65 1165
Call Return (outgoing) *66 1166
Number Display Blocking *67 1167 [4]
Computer Access Restriction *68 1168
Call Return (incoming) *69 1169
Call Waiting disable *70 1170 [4]
No Answer Call Transfer *71 1171
Usage Sensitive 3 way call *71 1171
Call Forwarding: start *72 or 72# 1172
Call Forwarding: cancel *73 or 73# 1173
Speed Calling (8 numbers) *74 or 74# 1174
Speed Calling (30 numbers) *75 or 75# 1175
Anonymous Call Rejection *77 1177 [5] [M: *58]
Call Screen Disable *80 1160 (or Call Screen) [M: *50]
Selective Distinct Disable *81 1161 [M: *51]
Select. Acceptance Disable *82 1162
Select. Forwarding Disable *83 1163 [M: *53]
ICLID Disable *85 1165
Call Return (cancel out) *86 1186 [6] [M: *56]
Anon. Call Reject (cancel) *87 1187 [5] [M: *68]
Call Return (cancel in) *89 1189 [6] [M: *59]
Notes:
[C1] - Means code used for Cellular One service
[1] - for cellular in Pittsburgh, PA A/C 412 in some areas
[2] - indicates that you are not local and maybe how to reach you
[3] - found in Pac Bell territory; Intercom ring causes a distinctive
ring to be generated on the current line; Hold keeps a call
connected until another extension is picked up
[4] - applied once before each call
[5] - A.C.R. blocks calls from those who blocked Caller ID
(used in C&P territory, for instance)
[6] - cancels further return attempts
[M: *xx] - alternate code used for MLVP (multi-line variety package)
by Bellcore. It goes by different names in different RBOCs.
In Bellsouth it is called Prestige. It is an arrangement of
ESSEX like features for single or small multiple line groups.
The reason for different codes for some features in MLVP is that
call-pickup is *8 in MLVP so all *8x codes are reaasigned *5x
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26. What frequencies do cordless phones operate on?
Here are the frequencies for the first generation 46/49mhz phones. The new
900mhz cordless phones are not covered.
Channel Handset Transmit Base Transmit
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1 49.670mhz 46.610mhz
2 49.845 46.630
3 49.860 46.670
4 49.770 46.710
5 49.875 46.730
6 49.830 46.770
7 49.890 46.830
8 49.930 46.870
9 49.990 46.930
10 49.970 46.970