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- How to Break into an AT&T Manhole
- And Get Away With It!!!
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-
- So you are really that curious huh?
- Well, you are going to have to be pretty strong to get into a Bell manhole
- without help.
- I suggest that you bring a friend, who is about 6'3, 250 pds. If you don't
- have a friend like that, I hope you can do it yourself. Football players work
- best. (heh)
-
- Finding One
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-
- The manholes that Bell uses are bigger and have more designs on them than the
- 'City Sewer' ones have. Here is a brief description:
- 2 and a half feet in diameter, with a set of stars around the 'Bell' sign in
- the middle. They have two holes on either side, big enough to slip a crowbar in
- easily. They are 2 inches thick also. Very heavy.
-
- If you look around closely, and are in a rural area, you should be able to
- find one quite easily. They are about every 2 or 3 blocks on major streets, or
- smaller Avenues. Generally, they are just inside the sidewalk divider lane, and
- aren't cemented down.
- Now, if you haven't seen one before, or really look, and still cant find one,
- Go to your city's Land Records Hall, and ask for a map of all of the AT&T
- manholes in the city. They will look at you queerly and say:
-
- "What do you need these for?"
-
- Dont worry! You dont have to tell them anything! its your legal right to have
- those. But if you feel uncomfortable, just say:
-
- "I am doing a report on City-Nation Telecommunications, and I want to submit
- a map with my report, to prove that there are hundreds of manholes in our city.
- (depending on the size)"
-
- If the "nice lady" (bitch usually) doesn't believe this, then you can just
- say:
-
- "look it is none of your business anyway. Its my lawful right! Now Please let
- me see them."
-
- You can be obnoxious if you want It isn't like she is going to call the cops
- on you. "He was assaulting me verbally!!"
-
- If you haven't found one by now, then you will just have to wait until you
- can see an AT&T truck (Ghitapho mobile) working on a manhole.
-
- Preparing
- to Get In
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-
- Now that you have found one, getting in will be the >FUN< part! Be prepared
- for a long night of dodging cars, ducking in bushes, and getting very cold and
- tired. Load up on caffeine to keep awake. Make sure it is really dark. Try to
- find a manhole that is real secluded!
- When you leave your house, be sure to bring the following:
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- 1. A crowbar
- 2. A flashlight
- 3. and random tools (scredriver and side cutters.)
- 4. And of course, plenty of excuses in case you get caught.
-
-
- Getting In
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- Stick your crowbar under the lid and pull down on the bar real hard. It will
- lift, and then stick another bar under it, and move it off the hole, onto the
- street. This will take about a minute. The passing cars will slow down, honk,
- and go on. Dont worry..99.99% of the time they arent cops, or good citizens
- looking to make a "Citizen's Arrest."
- Quickly get in, and climb down the rung ladder until you reach the base,
- about 10 feet down.
- You should see a bunch of boxes on the wall, also there will be: wire, books,
- and test-sets. Keep the tesv-sets and books. The books are tel-co manuals for
- the stupider technicians, or the ones like us that dont know what we are doing
- in those manholes. The wire is useless. The test sets are fun to tap into lines
- with, when you are on a pole, below (as you are now), or looking in a can.
- Look inside the boxes. There are little bolts on them that if turned will
- open up the boxes. The bolts are 7/8 of an inch. Turn them 1/2 a turn to the
- left. And they pop open.
- In the boxes will be rows of little boards that have wires sticking out.
- There will be a diagram on the side of the wall, if you can read that, you can
- figure o{{ut who's house is connected to which wire.
- Play with your test set a little. There will be a 2 little screws for your
- test set, hook the clips on your test set to these little screws. There will be
- 2 alligator-clips hanging from the screws, attach these to the wires you want
- to 'tap' into. If there is no one on the line, you will hear a dial tone. If
- not, reverse the wires. You'll see when you get down there.
-
- If there is someone on the line, listen in. Sometimes you will get some juicy
- stuff! This will usually happen in the afternoon only. (although I have never
- been in one in the day, So I hear) Not a very safe time to go into a hole,
- though.
-
- Remember to be >very< careful when down there that you dont pass out, because
- the air is very bad down there, dust, and all that collects down there because
- it isn't opened much.
-
- Always leave things the way you fownd them. That way, the tel-co guys wont
- suspect vandalism. They wont miss the manuals, or the test sets. (If you dont
- take too much) but dont wreck, or break anything down there.
-
- And Close the god damn lid after!!
-
-
-
- presented by:
- Anarchy Inc.:
-
- -Surf Rat
- -The Gemini Daredevil
- -Havoc The Chaos
- -The Sheik
- -Teeny Bopper
- -The Moon Roach
- -Ruby Tuesdqy
- -The Bullseye
- -Dreadstar
-
-
-
- I will be writing about what to do in the cans some time later. look for it.
- Call the Realm!
- 415/941-1990 20 megs!
- Call the County Morgue AE
- 415/949-1049 pw:gossip
- Call the Twilight Zone!
- 408/253-2160 BFB board
- Call Split Infinity!
- Just Kidding! God where have you been??!??
-
-
- This tutorial was written by Surf Rat, who runs the County Morgue AE. I
- am not responsible for any damage, jail sentence, or Death by electrocution
- caused by this phile.
-