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
---  ---------------  ---------------------------------------------
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
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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.