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- THE SYNDICATE REPORT
- Special Information Transmittal No. 13
-
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- Released July 21, 1987
- Featuring:
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- Dan The Operator - Exposed as an Informant for Maxfield (brwy 6\24)
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- Letter in Regards of FCC Taxing Datacommunicationists (cita 66\24)
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- Northwestern Bell's CAROLINE (nwb.wk 6\25)
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- Contel Merger (nwb.wk 6\26)
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- Calling Cards Termed 'Discriminatory' (nwb.wk 7\1)
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- Restrictions on Automatic Dialing Devices (mon.am 7\1)
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- *Apprehended At Last: The Sensei of The Syndicate Report*
-
- by The Sensei
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- Exposition:
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- Once again, TSReport now excepts outside sources. Anyone can write/provide
- information to the Syndicate Report. The Syndicate Report is also altering
- format. Rather than concentrating mainly on BELL orientated information,
- the Syndicate Report now has a more broad interest. Thus, TSR now handles
- all types of news gatherings.
-
- All articles have been presented by me unless shown at the end of the
- article as the information provider(s).
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- Author's Note:
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- Welcome to another issue of The Syndicate Report. This is the 13th issue
- of The Report which makes it well over a year old. At this point, I would
- like to clear up some past happenings featured in TSR #12 about Phrack Inc.
- The article concerning Mr Pez having a Phrack Account on his board, or
- assembling a Phrack Team are only rumors and not true.
-
- Dated: 6/14/87
-
- At first, I was almost forced to stop publishing the Syndicate Report due
- to legal problems. (All explained later) But I thought about the situation
- and I realized there was ways around the law. So continue to expect TSR.
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- DAN THE OPERATOR - EXPOSED AS AN INFOMANT FOR MAXFIELD:
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- Dan the Operator AKA Noah, was recently discovered by Phrack Inc. and
- TeleComputists Newletter as an INFORMANT to John Maxfield (BoardScan). It
- appears that Knight Lightning discovered this while Dan the Operator was
- exchanging information with Maxfield on some of the people that showed up at
- SummerCon '87.
-
- Some of the People that were discussed:
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- Tuc, Jester Sluggo, Phucked Agent 04, Videosmith, Chesire Catalyst,
- Mark Tabas, Karl Marx, The Safe Cracker, The Marauder, Genghis Khan,
- Doc Holiday, Kloey Detect, Violet Bouregard, and Disk Jockey.
-
- Dan the Operator Personal Info.:
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- Real Name: Noah Wallach (Info. compliments of Freeworld ][ Users)
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- Address: 5200 Myer Ct.
- Rockville, MD 20853
-
- Here now is an exact printout of the message Dan the Operator sent
- to me on the Syndicate Newsline - 11:30 am, Monday July 6th '87.
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- "This is BIG BAD Noah Wallach here, man. Like what's up? I see your
- trying to do a report on me, and I hate your fuckin' ass. I don't want you to
- say nothin' more on Havoc's Board, man. (Freeworld ][ Private) I'm gettin'
- a little pissed. I'm a little informat out ther spying on all of you. And I
- hate your god damn dick. Don't ever say anything more on Major Havoc's board,
- or I'll have to kick some anus. You little fucker for giving out my phone
- number and all that crap. You little fucker, you little fucker. See you later
- asshole." That was a complete type up of DA's msg to me via TSR Newsline.
-
- I heard he was a little on the homosexual side...but he sure likes to
- talk about my private parts. Right after I heard the message from Noah, I
- instantly called up Freeworld ][ Private to get a 'Previous Callers' log.
- This is was it had:
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- 1174, Wasteland Warrior - Acc Lv: 6
- 1175, Clyde Ferndox - Acc Lv: 6
- 1176, The Spiker - Acc Lv: 7
- 1177, David Trader - Ac Lv: 6 (I suggested this one...name fits his style)
- 1178, Samson - Acc Lv: 5
- 1179, Mystical Kiler - Acc Lv: 5
- 1180, Keymaster - Acc Lv: 5
- 1181, Myself...etc.
-
- *You make the evaluation, and come a conclusion on Noah's new handle.*
-
- *UPDATE* This is a recent update on Noah Wallach:
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- Dan the Operator sent me another message over TSR Newlines on July 14th
- at approximately 12:30 am. Read carefully, this could affect you...
-
- "This is big bad Noah Wallach again. I see you haven't quit reporting
- about me, man. I see you didn't take my warnings seriously. I also hear your
- in a little trouble with the Capital Interstate Cops...I hope they hang your
- fucking ass. If they don't I will. You may think you know me, but you don't
- at all. I know everything about everybody, and there's going to be a major
- sting operation. And it's going to be located by every phreak in the nation.
- Watch your back Phreak Sensei, you telephone line loser."
-
- I'm taking Dan's advise and am very weary about recent new boards etc...
- Keep your eyes and ears open people. Please make all reports to either TSR or
- Phrack Inc. This boy is out to get us. Thank you.
-
- Look for a short interview with Dan the Operator.
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- LETTER IN REGARDS OF FCC TAXING DATACOMMUNICATIONISTS:
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- NOTE: This is only a suggested* letter to send to the FCC. Please do
- not send a verbatim copy of this letter, because it won't do much good
- if they see 2000 copies of the same letter simply sent by different
- people. If you can come up with your own reasoning and wording to
- protest the access charge, it would have a better impact.
-
- Chairman Dennis R. Patrick
- 1919 M Street Northwest
- Washington, DC 20554
-
-
- Dear Mr. Patrick,
-
- I am writing in regard to the recent proposal to charge a $4.50
- to $5.50 per hour access charge for computer users using data bases
- and computer information services. I feel that this proposed charge
- for value-added telecommunications services is unfair and overpriced,
- because the fees charged by most telecommunications services would
- rise steeply if this proposal became law. Usage of these services
- would drop dramatically if this proposal is passed.
-
- I can appreciate the reasoning that since people are using
- computer networks to make money, the local telephone companies deserve
- a share of this money. However, the major commercial data bases, such
- as Dow Jones, NewsNet, and Source Plus, charge $20 to $40 per hour. A
- $5.00 per hour charge would be rather substantial when added to this
- price. The situation gets worse when services used by computer
- hobbyists are considered. Computer services used by hobbyists, such
- as The Source, GEnie, and Delphi, charge only $5.00 to $15.00 per
- hour. When a $5.00 per hour access charge is added to that, the
- hourly cost would become prohibitive for subscribers.
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- The hardest hit networks would be the services that are run by
- computer hobbyists for other computer hobbyists. The vast majority of
- these services charge no fee, and are run on personal computers with
- one incoming phone line. These services, popularly called Bulletin
- Board Services or BBS's, are used most often for technical discussions
- about various computer topics, discussions about musical instruments,
- or general social discussion and commentary. These hobbyist-run
- services are not providing value-added services, so it is not
- reasonable to charge an access charge if these services are not used
- to make money. If a $5.00 per hour access charge was applied to these
- bulletin board systems, hobbyists would quickly go broke or be forced
- to take down their systems.
-
- It should also be considered that it does not cost the telephone
- companies any more to switch a data call through the network than it
- does to switch a regular voice call through the network. If an access
- charge became law, the telephone companies would get an undeserved
- windfall from these services. This hardly seems fair to the average
- consumer.
-
- I urge you to reconsider the access charge. It should either be
- based on a percentage of the hourly fee charged by value-added
- services, with no access charge for systems that do not have an hourly
- charge, or dropped entirely. This would be fair for all computer
- users and telephone companies alike.
-
- ::::::::::::::::::::::Letter Provided by Central Aloy:::::::::::::::::::::::
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- NORTHWESTERN BELL'S CAROLINE:
-
- About a year ago, Caroline was restructed to be better postioned to
- capture residential marketing. A five-feature package billed at 10$ per month
- was trimmed to three basic features - call hold, call transfer and conference
- (three-way) calling -- and priced more affordably at 5$ monthly.
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- CaroLine Features:
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- * Call Hold - Besides putting a caller on hold, it can also be used to hang
- up a phone and use an extension in another room without losing
- the caller.
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- * Call Transfer - Allows transfer of a call in progress to another line.
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- * Conference Calling - Allows third party to be added to a a conversation.
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- * Call Pick-Up - Allows a customer with two or more lines to answer from any
- phone.
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- * Call waiting - Signals a second call and enables customer to put first caller
- on hold.
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- * Call forwarding - Enables a customer to route incoming calls to another line.
-
- * Convenience dialing - Also known as speed calling, enables one and two-digit
- dialing.
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- * Alternate Answer - Enables users to prearrange calls coming in on one line
- to automatically transfer to another ine after a specific
- number of rings, or when a busy signal is engaged.
-
- * Intra-Call - Enables customers to dail extensions.
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- All of these CaroLine Features require only one peice of hardware...
- Your Standard Bell Telephone.
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- CONTEL MERGER:
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- Contel Corp., with 2.3 million telephone customers in 30 states,
- announced this week it will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications
- Satellite Corp., under a stock swap merger agreement. The merger is expected
- to be complete next year.
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- CALLING CARDS TERMED 'DISCRIMINATORY':
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- The Department of Justice (DOJ) notified the seven regional Bell
- operating companies (BOCs) July 5 that it is investigating that
- advertising and use of calling cards issued by their telephone company
- subsidiaries for interexchanging service.
- The department's concern is that BOCs may be in violation of the
- Modified Final Judgment because interexchange calls can be charged to their
- cards only if the calls are carried by AT&T. It said the same billing
- arrangements are not available to other competing carriers.
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- The DOJ noted that this discrimination "appears to have been an
- unavoidable consequence of allowing AT&T and the Bocs to share a credit card
- data base" at the time of divesture and the BOCs are in the process of
- developing their own data bases.
- The DOJ has ordered that the BOCs immediately cease advertising and
- promotion of their calling cards for interexchange calling; notify calling
- card customers that the cards are intended only for interexchange calling; and
- also notify them that such calls are completed by AT&T even if the customer
- has presubscribed to another carrier.
- Bell has issued over 21 million calling cards in it's 7 Regional Bell
- Operating Companies.
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- RESTRICTIONS ON AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICES:
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- Your chances of being awakened by a computerized sales call will be
- substantially reduced after August 1. A bill which places restrictions on
- telemarketers using prerecorded or synthesized voice messages makes such calls
- illegal before 9 am and after 9 pm.
- The bill also requires that such devices disconnect within 10 seconds
- after the phone is hung up and specifies that the message cannot be delivered
- unless information about the caller and the purpose of the call is first
- provided by a live operator.
-
- Bill H.F. 124 & S.F. 184
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- ::::::::::::::::::::Information Provided by Tom E. Hack:::::::::::::::::::::
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- *BUSTED AT LAST: THE SENSEI OF THE SYNDICATE REPORT:*
-
- "This may be the very last article I will write. A complete write up
- will also be released."
-
- Well, I finally got the axe from Bell. From all the years of loyal
- service I've given them, they were forced to finally take action. I won't
- say to much, I'm still bummed out from the visit from Capital Police. I'm
- typing this hours from the actual visit, since I don't think I'll be having
- my computer/modems etc., much longer.
-
- It all started on a Unix system in the 415. I don't know how they got
- to me all the way from Calif., but they did. I must have tripped an alarm, I'm
- guessing. Anyways, I'm giving this to a friend, and he'll probably leave it on
- Brewery or Freeworld ][ Private (301-668-7657). I don't want all my accounts
- deleted right away from any System Operator reading this...I may be pay for a
- call here and there to keep in touch. Mainly I'll keep it to a few select
- systems, until I find a new way of calling LD without worry of traces. My
- complete story I'd like to submit to Phrack Inc. To get in touch with me call
- my home line if you know it, or 612-829-8503 or 8504.
-
- Oh, they told me to get a new hobby, so I took up a new language.
-
- Have a good one,
-
- The Sensei / Syndicate Report
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- If there is any question to the information in this file, contact the
- author. Now can be found on the following systems: PG CF 612-645-7132
- Osuny 914-725-4060, and Freeworld ][ 301-668-7657. Local Police Station.
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- This concludes this transmittal No. 13 provided by:
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- The Sensei of The Syndicate Report
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- Released July 21, 1987
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