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