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- )( Diverters: What They Are And How To Use Them )(
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- What is a diverter?
- A diverter is an device that the phone company hooks up to a phone
- line to re-route calls from a telephone thats rings and does'nt answer to
- another phone that should be answered. It is similar to call forwarding.
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- How Are Diverters Used?
- Let's say you have a number that you know has a diverter on it.
- When you call the number, first you will hear three or four rings, and then
- a click, and fainter ringing. This is the diverter in action, re-routing
- your call to the specified number. When the dude who has the diverter
- answers, just say you have the wrong number or something, and wait for him
- to hang up the phone. MAKE SURE YOU STAY ON THE LINE !!! You should then
- hear a pause for a little, and then a dial tone fainter than your own one.
- This dial tone is the dial tone of the diverted phone, and any call you make
- will be charged to his bill!
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- How can I find Diverters?
- The easiest way to find diverters are to whip out the good old yellow
- pages and let your fingers do the walking until you find numbers for '24 hour'
- plumbers, lawyers, doctors, or whatever. Most likely there is not someone on
- call at the office, and all calls will be diverted to the person's home phone
- number. If the doctor/lawyer/plumber has more than one phone line, call all
- of them until you get one with a diverter on it.
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- What Can I Use A Diverter For?
- Diverters, if you find one with a local exchange, can be used like an
- extender, except that you direct dial the call like you would on a normal
- non-phreaked long distance phone call. Diverters can also be used for con-
- ference calls, either through an AT&T operator or Alliance (0-700) con-
- ferencing. If you really want to get malicious, use an AT&T Calling Card
- on a diverter.
- To get you started:
- Yes, I am being a nice guy by giving you a few extenders to try out
- and use so you can get the 'pheel' of how a diverter works. These numbers
- are most likely not local calls to you so I suggest you use an extender to
- dial them with. These were all working as of the date of the writing of this
- file (July '85). Remember: Only call after business hours when the diverters
- will be turned on, or else you will just get the office answering.
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- Diverters: 201-233-6688
- 201-634-8417
- 201-752-6000
- 201-754-0550
- 617-875-9797
- 914-365-0123
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- Have phun with these and look for more text philes
- from Beowulf, coming soon to an AE line near you.
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- Disclaimer: The text files written by myself are merely informative and are
- not meant to be abused. The user of this file uses the infor-
- mation herein at their own risk. This not only applies to files
- I have written in the past, but ones I intend to write in the
- future (I don't put this in all my text files, just a few, so
- you don't get bored/pissed every time you reach the end of one
- of my files)
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