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- ARE YOU A PHREAK ? ? ?
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- From the mere jokeline caller to the telecommunications wizard, one can find
- phone folks at various levels of the phone kingdom. These are not definitive
- boundaries, for even the most knowledgeable phreaks occasionally revert to
- primitive tactics:
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- THE DIPPY DIALER. The person who got a Zygot Dial-A-Joke number from their
- little sister and is forever trying to get through the busy signal which other
- Dippy Dialers have caused. Not to be totally ignored, since it is this person
- who keeps the entertainment lines in business. Even though they do not know the
- difference between the prefix and the area code, they are the only people that
- find the jokes to be humorous. This brand of lowlife makes prank phone calls
- (sample: "Is your refrigerator running? Then you better go catch it!") and has
- been known to run up his parent's phone bill on long distance calls which he
- thought were local.
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- CONFERENCE BRAT/LOOP IDIOT Has an interminable list of test numbers, WATS
- goodies, other phreaks' private numbers, and searches endlessly for working
- loops. Known to (ab)use the Alliance Teleconferencing mechanism. Typified by
- playing the "info exchange game" and dreams of the day that he will have his own
- phone line. This creature also calls the phone phun lines, but overstacks SPC
- and MCI trunks. Also enjoys leaving lengthy disconnects on other people's
- answering machines.
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- AMATEUR PHONE PHREAK. Has 16 illegal extensions with touch tone and homemade
- hold buttons. Collects telephone directories of cities he can't spell or find
- on the map. Also accumulates Bell paraphernalia like pay phone instruction cards
- and stationery from the security division for scaring his friends. These
- mischievous types wire coin phones to always refund, harass telco installers,
- and raid the central office trash containers for research material. Has the
- cheapest measured service line, but with all the custom calling features.
- Collects coin phone refund checks from the BOC's and independent telcos,
- including 3rd rate companies like GTE. Fantasizes of working for Ma Bell
- someday.
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- PHONE PHREAK EXTAORDINAIRE. Has a key system for his 4 phone lines, of which he
- only answers one. Has a pager, but still is impossible to track down. Charter
- subscriber to 2600. He knows every free call there is and talks to the East
- Coast phreaks not so much for phreaking but to laugh at their accents. Dabbles
- with computer systems, but has no respect for its security. Can answer any
- question about the telephone except why he likes it. Has at least one 3-slot
- pay phone proudly displayed on his wall, and is the only person with an
- appreciation of independent telcos, step-by- step switching, and disvestiture.
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- PHONE PHREAK EMERITUS. Retired from the service after getting busted 3 times:
- For Sprinting across the country; For violating probation by blue boxing (telco
- security confiscated his blue box); and finally for hacking COSMOS. Has no phone
- line at all, as he is paranoid that the temptation would be too great. Tries
- new hobbies such as needlepoint and stamp collecting in order to lessen phone
- phreak withdrawal pains. Meticulously avoids breaking any laws: drives 55 mph
- on highways. This nasty streak of morality could probably be cured by giving
- him a butt phone and locking him in a feeder closet which contains 200
- unrestricted dial tones.
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- Where do you fit in ? Tell your friends where they belong.
- Then change your phone number, quickly!
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- (NOTE: This article is from 2600 Magazine.)
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