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THE MARK TABAS ENCOUNTER SERIES

PRESENTS...



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     BETTER HOMES AND BLUE BOXING

              PART III

         ADVANCED SIGNALLING

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(IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE READER HAS READ

AND UNDERSTOOD PARTS I & II BEFORE

PROCEEDING TO THIS PART).



  IN PARTS I & II, I COVERED BASIC

THEORY AND DOMESTIC SINGALLING AND

OPERATORS. IN THIS PART I WILL EXPLAIN

OVERSEAS DIRECT BOXING, THE IOCC, THE

RQS, AND SOME BASIC SCANNING METHODS.



OVERSEAS DIRECT BOXING.



  CALLING OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES

AND CANADA IS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING AN

"OVERSEAS GATEWAY." THERE ARE 7 OVER-

SEAS GATEWAYS IN THE BELL SYSTEM,

AND EACH ONE IS DESIGNATED TO SERVE A

CERTAIN REGION OF THE WORLD. TO

INITIATE AN OVERSEAS CALL, ONE MUST

FIRST ACCESS THE GATEWAY THAT THE CALL

IS TO BE SENT ON. TO DO THIS AUTO-

MATICALLY, DECIDE WHICH COUNTRY YOU ARE

CALLING AND FIND ITS COUNTRY CODE.

THEN, PAD IT TO THE LEFT WITH ZEROS AS

REQUIRED SO IT IS THREE DIGITS. [ADD





EXAMPLES:



LUXEMBOURG (352) IS 352 (STAYS THE SAME)

SPAIN (34)   BECOMES 034 (1 ZERO ADDED)

U.S.S.R. (7) BECOMES 007 (2 ZEROS ADDED)



  NEXT, SEIZE A TRUNK AND DIAL KP+011+

CC+ST. NOTE THAT CC IS THE THREE DIGIT

PADDED COUNTRY CODE THAT YOU JUST

DETERMINED BY THE ABOVE METHOD. [FOR

LUXEMBOURG, DIAL KP+011+352+ST, SPAIN

KP+011+034+ST, AND THE U.S.S.R. KP+011+

007+ST]. THIS IS DONE TO ROUTE YOU TO

THE APPROPRIATE OVERSEAS GATEWAY THAT

HANDLES THE COUNTRY YOU ARE DIALING.

EVEN THOUGH EVERY GATEWAY WILL ALLOW

YOU TO DIAL EVERY DIALABLE COUNTRY, IT

IS GOOD PRACTICE TO USE THE GATEWAY

THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR THE COUNTRY YOU

ARE CALLING.

  AFTER DIALING KP+011+CC+ST (AS CC IS

DEFINED ABOVE) YOU SHOULD BE CONNECTED

TO AN OVERSEAS GATEWAY. IT WILL

ACKNOWLEDGE BY SENDING A WINK, WHICH

IS AUDIBLE AS A <BEEP><KERCHINK> AND A

DIAL TONE. ONCE YOU RECEIVE INTERNAT-

IONAL DIAL TONE, YOU MAY ROUTE YOUR

CALL ONE OF TWO WAYS: A) AS AN

OPERATOR-ORIGINATED CALL, OR B) AS A

CUSTOMER-ORIGINATED CALL. TO GO AS A

CUSTOMER-ORIGINATED CALL, KEY KP+

COUNTRY CODE (NOT PADDED WITH ZEROS)+

CITY CODE+NUMBER+ST. YOU WILL THEN BE

CONNECTED, PROVIDING THE COUNTRY YOU

ARE CALLING CAN RECEIVE DIRECT-DIALED

CALLS. THE U.S.S.R. IS AN EXAMPLE OF





EXAMPLE OF A BOXED INT'L CALL:



TO MAKE A CALL TO THE POPE (ROME,

ITALY), FIRST OBTAIN THE COUNTRY CODE,

WHICH IS 39. PAD IT WITH ZEROS SO THAT

IT IS 039. SEIZE A TRUNK AND DIAL

KP+011+039+ST. WAIT FOR SENDER DIAL

TONE AND THEN DIAL KP+39+6+6982+ST.

39 IS THE COUNTRY CODE, 6 IS THE CITY

CODE, AND 6982 IS THE POPE'S NUMBER IN

ROME. TO GO AS AN OPERATOR-ORIGINATED

CALL, SIMPLY PLACE A ZERO IN FRONT OF

THE COUNTRY CODE WHEN DIALING ON THE

GATEWAY. THUS, KP+0+39+6+6982+ST WOULD

BE DIALED AT SENDER DIAL TONE. ROUTING

YOUR CALL AS OPERATOR-ORIGINATED DOES

NOT AFFECT MUCH UNLESS YOU ARE DIALING

AN OPERATOR IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

  TO DIAL AN OPERATOR IN A FOREIGN

COUNTRY, YOU MUST FIRST OBTAIN THE

OPERATOR ROUTING FROM RATE & ROUTE FOR

THAT COUNTRY. DIAL RATE & ROUTE AND IF

YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AN OPERATOR IN

YUGOSLAVIA, SAY NICELY, "IOTC

OPERATOR'S ROUTE, PLEASE, FOR

YUGOSLAVIA." [IN LARGER COUNTRIES IT

MAY BE NECESSARY TO SPECIFY A CITY].

RATE & ROUTE WILL RESPOND WITH,

"38 PLUS 11029". SO, DIAL YOUR OVER-

SEAS GATEWAY, KP+011+038+ST, WAIT FOR

SENDER DIAL TONE, AND KEY KP+0+38+

11029+ST. YOU SHOULD THEN GET AN

OPERATOR IN YUGOSLAVIA. NOTE THAT YOU

MUST PREFIX THE COUNTRY CODE ON THE

SENDER WITH A 0 BECAUSE PRESUMABLY

ONLY AN OPERATOR HERE CAN DIAL AN

OPERATOR IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

  WHEN YOU DIAL KP+011+CC+ST FOR AN



A 3-DIGIT SENDER CODE OF THE FORMAT

18X, DEPENDING ON WHICH SENDER IS

DESIGNATED TO HANDLE THE COUNTRY YOU

ARE DIALING. THE OVERSEAS GATEWAYS AND

THEIR 3-DIGIT CODES ARE LISTED BELOW.



  182 ..... WHITE PLAINS, NY

  183 ..... NEW YORK, NY

  184 ..... PITTSBURG, PA

  185 ..... ORLANDO, FL

  186 ..... OAKLAND, CA

  187 ..... DENVER, CO

  188 ..... NEW YORK, NY



  DIALING KP+182+ST WOULD GET YOU THE

SENDER IN WHITE PLAINS, AND KP+183+ST

WOULD GET THE SENDER IN NYC, ETC., BUT

THE KP+011+CC+ST IS HIGHLY SUGGESTED

(AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED). TO FIND OUT

WHAT SENDER YOU WERE ROUTED TO AFTER

DIALING KP+011+CC+ST, DIAL (AT INT'L

DIAL TONE): KP+0000000+ST.

  IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY IN REACHING

A SENDER, CALL RATE AND ROUTE AND ASK

FOR A NUMBERS ROUTE FOR THE COUNTRY

YOU'RE DIALING. SOMETIMES, KP+011+

PADDED COUNTRY CODE+ST WILL NOT WORK.

I HAVE FOUND THIS IN MANY 3-DIGIT

COUNTRY CODES. LEXEMBOURG, COUNTRY

CODE 352, FOR EXAMPLE, SHOULD BE

KP+011+352+ST THEORETICALLY. BUT IT

IS NOT. IN THIS CASE, DIAL KP+011+

003+ST FOR THE OVERSEAS GATEWAY. IF

YOU HAVE TROUBLE, TRY DIALING KP+011+

FIRST DIGIT OF COUNTRY CODE+ST, OR

CALL RATE AND ROUTE.



THE IOCC





ROUTE AND ASK FOR AN "IOTC NUMBERS

ROUTE" OR "IOTC OPERATORS ROUTE" FOR

A FOREIGN COUNTRY, YOU WILL GET

SOMETHING LIKE "160+700" (AS IN THE

CASE OF THE SOVIET UNION). THIS MEANS

THAT THE COUNTRY IS NOT DIALABLE

DIRECTLY AND MUST BE HANDLED THROUGH

THE INTERNATIONAL OVERSEAS COMPLETION

CENTRE (IOCC). FOR AN IOCC ROUTING,

PAD THE COUNTRY CODE TO THE RIGHT WITH

ZEROS UNTIL IT IS 3 DIGITS. THEN KP+160

IS DIALED, PLUS THE PADDED COUNTRY

CODE, PLUS ST.



EXAMPLES:



THE U.S.S.R. (7) ...... KP+160+700+ST

JAPAN (81) ............ KP+160+810+ST

URAGUAY (598) ......... KP+160+598+ST



  YOU WILL THEN BE ROUTED TO THE IOCC

IN PITTSBURG, PA, WHO WILL ASK FOR

COUNTRY, CITY, AND NUMBER BEING DIALED.

MANY TIMES THEY WILL ASK FOR A RINGBACK

[THANKS TO TELENET BOB] SO HAVE A LOOP

READY. THEY WILL THEN PLACE THE CALL

AND CALL YOU BACK (OR SOMETIMES PUT

YOU THROUGH DIRECTLY). SOME CALLS, SUCH

AS TO MOSCOW, TAKE SEVERAL HOURS.



THE RATE QUOTE SYSTEM (RQS).



  THE RQS IS THE OPERATOR'S RATE/QUOTE

SYSTEM. IT IS A COMPUTER USED BY TSPS

(0+) OPERATORS TO GET RATE AND ROUTE

INFORMATION WITHOUT HAVING TO DIAL THE

RATE AND ROUTE OPERATOR. IN PART II,

I DISCUSSED GETTING AN INWARD ROUTING

FOR DIALING-ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY



OPERATORS (KP+800+141+1212+ST). THE

SAME INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FROM

RQS. SAY YOU WANT THE INWARD ROUTING

FOR 305-994. YOU WOULD SIEZE A TRUNK

AND DIAL KP+009+ST (TO ACCESS THE RQS).

SOMETIMES, IF YOU SEIZE A TRUNK IN AN

NPA NOT EQUIPPED WITH RQS, YOU NEED TO

DIAL AN NPA THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH RQS

FIRST, SUCH AS 303. ANYWAY, AFTER YOU

DIAL KP+009+ST OR KP+303+009+ST, YOU

WILL RECEIVE A WINK (<BEEP><KERCHINK>)

AND THEN RQS DIAL TONE. AT RQS DIAL

TONE, FOR AN INWARD ROUTING FOR 305-994

YOU WOULD DIAL KP+06+305+994+ST. THAT

IS, KP+06+NPA+EXCHANGE+ST. RQS WILL

RESPOND WITH "305 PLUS 033 PLUS". THIS

MEANS YOU WOULD DIAL KP+305+033+121+ST

FOR AN INWARD THAT SERVICES 305-994.

IF NO SPECIAL ROUTING WERE REQUIRED,

RQS WOULD HAVE RESPONDED WITH "305

PLUS" AND YOU WOULD SIMPLY DIAL:

KP+305+121+ST FOR AN INWARD.

  ANOTHER RQS FEATURE IS THE ECHO

FEATURE. YOU CAN USE IT TO TEST YOUR

BLUE BOX. DIAL RQS (KP+009+ST) AND

THEN KEY KP+07+1234567890+ST. RQS WILL

RESPOND WITH VOICE IDENTIFICATION OF

THE DIGITS IT RECOGNIZED, BETWEEN THE

KP+07 AND ST.

  RQS CAN ALSO BE USED FOR RATES AND

DIRECTORY ROUTINGS, BUT THOSE ARE

SELDOM NEEDED, SO THEY HAVE BEEN

OMITTED HERE.



SIMPLE SCANNING.



  IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SCANNING,

TRY DIALING ON A TRUNK, ROUTINGS IN THE

FORMAT OF KP+11XX1+ST. BEGIN WITH 11001



INTERESTING THINGS TO BE FOUND THERE,

AS DOCTOR WHO (413 AREA) CAN TELL YOU.

THOSE 11XX1 ROUTINGS CAN ALSO BE

PREFIXED WITH AN NPA, SO IF YOU WANT

TO SCAN AREA CODE 212, DIAL KP+212+

11XX1+ST.



  THERE, NOW YOU KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT

BLUE BOXING AS MOST PHREAKS. IF YOU

READ AND UNDERSTAND THE MATERIAL, AND

PUT ASIDE PRECONCEIVED IDEAS OF WHAT

BLUE BOXING IS THAT YOU MAY HAVE

ACQUIRED FROM INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE OR

OTHER BULLETIN BOARDS, YOU SHOULD BE

WELL ON YOU WAY TO AN ENLIGHTENING

CAREER IN BLUE BOXING. IF YOU FOLLOW

THE GUIDELINES IN PART I TO BOX, YOU

SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE FONE

COMPANY. COMMENTS MADE BY "PHREAKS" ON

BULLETIN BOARDS THAT PROCLAIM "TRACING"

OF BLUE BOXERS ARE NONSENSE AND SHOULD

BE IGNORED (EXCEPT FOR A PASSING

CHUCKLE).



NOTE 1: CCIS AND THE DOWNFALL OF BLUE

         BOXING.



CCIS STANDS FOR COMMON CHANNEL INTER-

OFFICE SIGNALLING. IT IS A SIGNALLING

METHOD USED BETWEEN ELECTRONIC

SWITCHING SYSTEMS THAT ELIMINATES THE

USE OF 2600HZ AND 3700HZ SUPERVISORY

SIGNALS, AND MF PULSING. THIS IS WHY

MANY PLACES CANNOT BE BOXED OFF OF;

THEY EMPLOY CCIS, OR OUT-OF-BAND

SIGNALLING, WHICH WILL NOT RESPOND TO

ANY TONES THAT YOU GENERATE ON THE

LINE. EVENTUALLY, ALL EXISTING TOLL

EQUIPMENT WILL BE UPGRADED OR REPLACED



WE'LL ALL BE BOXING WITH MICROWAVE

DISHES. UNTIL THEN (ABOUT 1995 BY

CURRENT BOC/AT&T ESTIMATES), HAVE FUN!



IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS

TEXT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DROP ME A

LINE. I WILL RESPOND TO ALL MAIL,

MESSAGES, ETC. INSULTS ARE ALSO

WELCOMED. AND IF YOU DISCOVER ANYTHING

INTERESTING SCANNING, BE SURE TO LET

ME KNOW.



                  MARK TABAS

                    $LOD$



THIS TEXT WAS PREPARED IN FULL BY MARK

TABAS FOR:



K.A.O.S.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

[215-465-3593].



ANY SYSOP MAY FREELY DOWNLOAD THIS TEXT

AND USE IT ON HIS/HER BBS, PROVIDED

THAT NONE OF IT BE ALTERED IN ANY WAY.



TECHNICAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:



KARL MARX, X-MAN, HIGH-RISE JOE,

TELENET BOB, LEX LUTHOR, TUC, JOHN DOE,

DOCTOR WHO (413 AREA), THE TONE SWEEP,

MR. SILICON, K00L KAT, THE GLUMP.



REFERENCES:



1. NOTES ON THE BOC INTRA-LATA NETWORKS

   BELL SYSTEM PUBLICATION, 1983.

2. NOTES ON THE NETWORK

   BELL SYSTEM PUBLICATION, 1983.

3. BELL SYSTEM

   BELL SYSTEM PUBLICATION, 1983.

4. NOTES ON DISTANCE DIALING

   BELL SYSTEM PUBLICATION, 1968.

5. EARLY MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE.

   WARREN & CATHY BILL, HOUGHTON-

   PUBLISHING CO., 1979.




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