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- .oO Phrack 50 Oo.
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- Volume Seven, Issue Fifty
-
- 10 of 16
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- - Skytel Paging and Voicemail -
- The PBXPhreak
- <pbx@crackhouse.com>
-
- If you weren't aware, Skytel is the largest nationwide paging and wireless
- messaging service in the United States. If you want to use this to your
- advantage, keep reading...
-
- Table of Contents
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 1. Important SkyTel Numbers
- 2. History of SkyTel
- 3. SkyPager
- 4. SkyWord Pagers
- 5. SkyTel 2-Way Pagers
- 6. SkyTel Extras . The SkyNews and SkyQuote
- 7. SkyTel SkyFax Option.
- 8. SkyTalk Option
- 9. Sending a Message
- 10. SkyTel Coverage
- 11. International Access numbers to the SkyTel system.
- 12. SkyTel accessible by Land, Sea or Air.
- 13. Overview of SkyTel
- 14. Getting Phree SkyTel Pagers
- 15. Taking over a SkyTel Mailbox
- 16. Prefixes for SkyTel Pagers and Voicemail
- 17. Conclusion
-
- 1. Important SkyTel Numbers.
-
- 800-456-3333 - Skytel Nationwide Sales Center
- 800-SKY-USER - Skytel Customer Service
- 800-SKY-PAGE - Skytel Numeric Paging
- 800-SKY-GRAM - Skytel Alpha-Numeric Paging
- 800-SKY-TALK - Skytel Voice Mail
- 800-SKY-FAXE - Skytel Faxing
- 800-SKY-8888 - Skytel System Access
-
- 2. History of SkyTel.
-
- 1987:
-
- - SkyTel founded; first nationwide paging and wireless messaging
- service.
-
- 1988:
-
- - SkyTel offers first integrated voice messaging service: SkyTalk;
- provides instant notification of voice messages.
-
- 1991:
-
- - Mtel, the parent company of SkyTel, presents the concept of two-way
- paging to the FCC.
- - SkyTel launches SkyWord - the first nationwide alphanumeric messaging
- service; subscribers can now receive text messages nationwide.
- - SkyTel goes international, offering service in Canada and Mexico.
-
- 1992:
-
- - SkyTel develops an X.400 gateway; subscribers can now integrate email
- services with paging.
- - Mtel awarded a Pioneer's Preference by the FCC guaranteeing a license
- to deploy a two-way wireless communications network.
-
- 1993:
-
- - SkyTel offers the first integrated information services - SkyNews,
- news headlines broadcast to a SkyWord pager; and SkyQuote, stock
- quotes broadcast to a SkyWord pager.
- - SkyTel expands its range of integrated email services announcing
- connectivity to Lotus cc:mail, Microsoft Mail, MCI Mail, and AT&T
- PersonaLink.
- - SkyTel expands international services to Asia Pacific and South
- America.
-
- 1994:
-
- - Mtel announces an alliance with Microsoft to co-develop products and
- services for the Mtel two-way paging network.
- - SkyTel collaborates with Toshiba to offer the first PC Card for
- wireless messaging, the Noteworthy NewsCard, and offers the first
- integrated wireless messaging solution for notebook computers,
- SkyCard(r).
- - SkyTel offers SkyFax, providing a toll-free fax-mailbox with instant
- notification of incoming faxes for subscribers.
- - Mtel purchases two nationwide licenses in FCC narrowband PCS auctions.
- - Mtel acquires U.S. Paging Corp., a reseller of paging services to
- major corporations nationwide.
- - SkyTel provides an Internet gateway; subscribers can now send messages
- to SkyTel pagers through the Internet.
-
- 1995:
-
- - SkyTel announces that MCI will resell SkyTel paging services as part
- of networkMCI products.
- - SkyTel announces agreement with SONY Electronics Inc. whereby SONY
- will distribute SkyTel pagers through retail network; this
- announcement marks the entry of SkyTel into the retail market.
- - SkyTel announces SkyTel 2-Way, the first two-way paging and wireless
- messaging service; subscribers can automatically confirm receipt of
- messages and respond directly from their pager.
-
-
- 3. SkyPager.
-
- The SkyTel System keeps you in touch with clients, colleagues and family
- members when you're on the road. Now you can receive important information
- quickly and accurately where you do business. People who need to reach you
- dial one toll-free phone number. You'll never have to leave a trail of
- telephone numbers or play another round of phone tag.
-
- SkyPager Features
-
- - SkyPager can receive numeric messages up to 20 digits long.
- This can be the telephone number of someone who needs you or a
- code (e.g., "911" if the office needs you to call in immediately).
- - Page Recall provides quick message retrieval for times when you've
- been out of coverage range or the pager has been turned off.
- - Message senders can broadcast one message to multiple subscribers,
- prioritize urgent messages and program messages for future delivery
- for time-zone differences.
- - Only SkyTel provides 24-hour a day, seven-day a week Customer Service,
- and all calls are always toll-free. Or, use SkyTel Customer Service
- Online to contact SkyTel.
-
- Hardware Features:
-
- - New FLEX technology means longer battery life -- up to 5 months on
- one AAA battery.
- - Choice of several musical tones or silent vibration alert.
- - Holds up to sixteen 20-digit messages.
-
-
- 4. SkyWord Pagers:
-
- With SkyWord, you can receive text messages accurately and quickly. You
- know what's needed immediately, without picking up the phone to return the
- call.
-
- Skyword Features
-
- - Receive text messages up to 240 characters in a hand-held unit.
- - Receive notification of e-mail messages while you're on the road.
- SkyTel e-mail integration is compatible with various e-mail systems.
- Ask your SkyTel sales rep for details.
- - SkyNews(r) news headlines are provided twice daily. Stay up to date,
- even while traveling, on the economic, political, international and
- financial news of the day.
- - Page Recall provides quick message retrieval for times when you've
- been out of range or the pager has been turned off.
-
- Sending Messages Is EASY!
-
- - Use SkyWord Access or QuickAccess software. All you need is a
- modem-equipped PC or Macintosh computer to easily send messages.
- - Your callers can dictate a text message to a SkyTel Customer Messaging
- Agent, toll-free 24-hours a day.
-
- Hardware Features:
-
- - New FLEX technology means longer battery life -- up to 5 months on
- one AA battery.
- - Choice of several musical tones or silent vibration alert.
- - Receive up to forty, 240-character messages.
-
- 5. SkyTel 2-Way Pagers.
-
- Imagine the freedom of getting a question and pushing one button to
- answer... from a pager small enough to fit in your hand. Your callers
- get answers quickly and easily by telephone, computer, e-mail or even
- on their SkyTel pager. And you reduce long-distance and cellular phone
- expenses!
-
- SkyTel 2-Way is the first and only service that allows you to respond to
- a message from a pager.
-
- The SkyTel 2-Way System acts as the clearinghouse for all outgoing and
- incoming messages.
-
- Messages to you:
- People sending you messages (senders) can do so by:
-
- - phone (numeric, voice messages, or operator-assisted text messages)
- - computer (SkyTel Access or QuickAccess software, e-mail, or palmtop
- computer connection)
-
- Messages from you:
- And senders can get your response via:
-
- - phone
- - computer
- - SkyWord or SkyTel 2-Way pagers
-
- Works with Other SkyTel Services:
-
- SkyTalk: Full-featured voice mail lets senders leave a detailed message
- and then you call back to hear the reply.
- SkyNews: Headline news provided twice daily.
-
- The answer is in the palm of your hand With SkyTel 2-Way, your senders
- become your partners in communications. They compose messages with
- multiple-choice responses for you to choose from, such as:
-
- - CLIENT WILL SIGN $80K CONTRACT IF WE CAN DELIVER BY 4/7
- - PROCEED
- - DO NOT PROCEED
- - AWAIT MY CALL
-
- Or if your sender does not define responses, select from one of your SkyTel
- 2-Way pager's 16 pre-programmed responses:
-
- - YES/OK
- - NO
- - WILL CALL LATER
- - CALL ME
- - RUNNING LATE
- - NEED MORE INFO
- - SEND # TO CALL
- - WHERE ARE YOU?
- - WILL ARRIVE 15M
- - WILL ARRIVE 30M
- - TRAFFIC DELAY
- - PICK ME UP
- - BUSY
- - FINISHED
- - CALL HOME
-
- Senders can receive your response at their convenience, 24 hours a day by
- phone, PC or SkyTel pager.
-
- Unit Features And Operations
-
- - weighs about 5-1/2 ounces
- - runs for several weeks on single AAA-size alkaline battery
- - flip-top cover protects the unit and houses the transmitter used to
- send and receive messages
- - messages can be up to 500 characters long, including customized reply
- choices
- - "Personal Folder" stores messages in the 100 kilobyte memory; message
- length determines how many messages you can store
-
- Sending Messages
-
- With SkyTel 2-Way, anyone can send a message directly to SkyTel 2-Way
- subscribers and receive their replies.
-
- Message Sending Options:
-
- - Telephone keypad: Call toll-free from any touch-tone telephone to send
- a numeric message.
- - Voice messaging: Leave a detailed message (for SkyTalk subscribers).
- - Operator-assisted text messaging: Dial the SkyTel toll-free number and
- speak to a Customer Messaging Agent who will type and send your
- message.
- - Personal computer and modem: Use SkyTel AccessTM or QuickAccess
- software to compose and transmit messages on a modem-equipped
- computer.
- - E-mail: SkyTel 2-Way messages can be created and sent through any
- Internet-based e-mail system. Replies will be directed back to the
- e-mail address.
- - Palmtop computer connections: SkyTel 2-Way subscribers can link their
- Hewlett-Packard 100 or 200LXTM or OmniGo 100 palmtop computer to a
- SkyTel 2-Way pager. Subscribers can then compose, transmit, receive,
- relay, store and reply to SkyTel 2-Way messages.
-
- Receiving Replies
-
- With SkyTel 2-Way, senders know for certain whether their message was
- received and can easily check for their reply. Check each message sent over
- The SkyTel 2-Way System using these convenient options:
-
- Message Tracking and Reply Options
-
- - Telephone: Whenever you send a message (by telephone or otherwise),
- SkyTel assigns a unique confirmation number to that message. Senders
- can call The SkyTel 2-Way System later and use the confirmation number
- to check the status of the message and/or get their reply.
- - Personal computer and a modem: Use SkyTel Access software to compose
- and transmit messages. Then use the confirmation number to check the
- status of messages and/or get your reply.
- - E-mail: When you send a message via e-mail to a SkyTel 2-Way
- subscriber, you'll receive your reply at your e-mail address.
- - Pagers: Replies can be forwarded to a SkyWord (alphanumeric) or
- SkyTel 2-Way pager.
-
- 6. SkyTel Extra Features.
-
- SkyNews Features:
-
- - Four headlines are broadcast twice each day - 12:30pm and
- 5:00pm ET Monday Friday, 2:00 and 7:00pm ET Saturday and
- Sunday.
- - Headlines are transmitted FREE to all SkyWord and SkyTel 2-Way
- pagers.
- - Headline topics include: U.S. politics, U.S. business and economic
- news, international events, Dow Jones industrial average updates and
- the performance of leading stocks.
- - In addition to the regular broadcasts, news alerts are sent as crucial
- events occur in the U.S. or abroad.
-
- SkyNews Special Editions:
-
- If you need news about your specific industry, subscribe to SkyNews Special
- Editions. Headlines are available about the following industries:
-
- Finance
- Telecommunications
- Information Highway
- Media
-
- There is an additional charge for SkyTel special editions.
-
- SkyQuote Features:
-
- Keep tabs on Wall Street with SkyQuote-the personalized financial
- news service on SkyTel text messaging units. With SkyQuote, you'll
- be alerted twice each business day with pricing updates on four stocks or
- exchange indexes. You provide us with the stocks, choose the timing of your
- updates, and SkyTel will do the rest.
-
- Your messaging unit will alert you with the price of the most recent trade
- for each of the four companies you have selected. You will also receive Dow
- Jones headline alerts when significant news breaks on your selected
- companies.
-
- 7. SkyTel SkyFax Option.
-
- Whoever invented the fax machine apparently didn't know much about doing
- business on the road. After all, you can't take the machine with you. It
- has very little interest in your schedule. And critical faxes have a way of
- arriving at the wrong place, and the wrong time.
-
- SkyFax Features:
-
- - You are assigned a personal toll-free number that people use to send
- you faxes.
- - Notification on your SkyPager or SkyWord pager that a fax has
- arrived in your mailbox.
- - Dial a toll-free number to download the fax to fax machine of your
- choice.
- - SkyFax even works with your portable computer's send/receive fax
- software.
-
- SkyFax Benefits:
-
- SkyFax offers total control over how and where people reach you with
- important fax messages.
-
- - Toll-free number reduces long-distance charges.
- - Download faxes at YOUR convenience.
- - Senders don't have to know your travel schedule in order to send you
- faxes -- you'll never miss an important fax.
- - Your documents remain confidential, because you're in control.
-
- 8. SkyTel SkyTalk Option.
-
- Now, when you travel, The SkyTel System will let you give the people who
- need to stay in touch with you one toll-free phone number where you can
- always be reached. Even if they don't know exactly where you are, they'll
- be able to call a single number and leave a voice message in your SkyTalk(r)
- voice mailbox. You'll be notified quickly that a message is waiting. Then
- you can retrieve it whenever you want.
-
- SkyTalk can also be used to send information to a whole group of people
- simultaneously with one phone call. Even if they're spread across Phoenix,
- Los Angeles, Boston and Miami, everyone will be notified in minutes.
-
- SkyTalk Features
-
- - SkyTalk is an easily-accessible toll-free voice mail system that
- notifies you when you have a message on your SkyPager, SkyWord or
- SkyTel 2-Way pager.
- - Personal toll-free access numbers are available to provide callers
- with easy access to your voice mail. You can even forward your office
- number to your toll-free Personal Access Number when you're traveling
- so every caller can leave a message for you.
- - You can access other parts of The SkyTel System easily, without
- hanging up the phone. For example, you can reply directly to messages
- from other subscribers, broadcast messages to a subscriber list and
- redirect messages to other subscribers.
-
- Additional SkyTalk Features
-
- - Personalized voice mail greeting -- your own words in your own voice.
- - Security code to prevent unauthorized access.
- - Spanish and Japanese language prompts available.
- - Messages up to 5 minutes in length.
- - Stores up to 20 messages for up to 14 days.
- - Unretrieved messages stored for 72 hours.
- - Toll-free access to your messages from over 40 countries around the
- world (surcharge may apply).
-
- 9. Sending a Message.
-
- Make it simple for your clients and colleagues to remember how to
- send you a message. Just include the instructions on your
- business card! On the front, list the SkyTel 800 number and your
- PIN along with all your other numbers. For more detailed
- instructions, use the back of your card. These instructions can
- be pre-printed on the card or printed on a sticker for attachment
- later. To get started, please see the SkyWord example below.
-
- Sending Me A Page
-
- Dial 1-800-759-8888
- Enter PIN, press #
- Numeric message--press 1, then #
- Voice message--press 2, then #
- Dictated message--press 3
- Press # to end
-
- 10. SkyTel Coverage.
-
- SkyTel is the best single source for all of your messaging needs. For
- locally, nationally and internationally. People everywhere are taking
- advantage of SkyTel coverage flexibility. Whatever your lifestyle requires,
- SkyTel will easily provide a coverage plan that works for you.
-
- SkyPager and SkyWord Coverage Plans Include:
-
- Metro Service:
-
- If your business is conducted primarily in one metro area or state, but
- requires occasional travel to other parts of the country, The SkyTel System
- with Metro Service and Nationwide Now is your cost-effective messaging
- solution.
-
- Metro Plus:
-
- A broader 2- to 6-state zone. There are 21 pre-defined Metro Plus zones,
- each with nationwide access through Nationwide Now.
-
- Regional/Region Plus:
-
- East, West, Central, Southeast, Southwest or Midwest. Two regions can be
- combined (Region Plus service) for maximum coverage. Each can include
- Nationwide Now (Region Plus service is available for SkyPager only).
-
- Nationwide:
-
- Coverage in thousands of cities and towns across the United States.
- (SkyPager only)
-
- Nationwide Now:
-
- Nationwide Now is an exclusive SkyTel coverage feature that allows you to
- access our nationwide network when you travel out of your home coverage
- area.
-
- International:
-
- SkyTel International Service can be used in conjunction with any U.S.-based
- coverage plan:
-
- - Simulcast service: Messages are always transmitted to U.S. and the
- country(ies) of your choice.
-
- - Follow-Me: Allows you to activate coverage (with a quick call into The
- SkyTel System) to receive messages while traveling abroad. You choose
- the country(ies) and length of time for international coverage.
-
- - International coverage is available in the following countries:
-
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Bermuda
- Brazil
- Canada
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Peru
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico
- Singapore
- Uruguay (coming soon)
- Venezuela
-
- In the places you travel most, SkyTel goes along with you, giving
- you reliable, efficient communications. Here's just a partial
- listing of the United States and international coverage areas.
-
- Skytel has a wide coverage area. I only listed U.S. cities with
- a population of 75,000 or more.
-
- ALABAMA
- Birmingham
- Huntsville
- Mobile
- Montgomery
- Tuscaloosa
-
- ARIZONA
- Chandler
- Glendale
- Mesa
- Phoenix
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Tucson
-
- ARKANSAS
- Little Rock
-
- CALIFORNIA
- Alameda
- Alhambra
- Anaheim
- Arden-Arcade
- Bakersfield
- Berkeley
- Burbank
- Carson
- Chula Vista
- Citrus Heights
- Compton
- Concord
- Corona
- Costa Mesa
- Daly City
- Downey
- E. Los Angeles
- El Cajon
- El Monte
- Escondido
- Fairfield
- Fremont
- Fresno
- Fullerton
- Garden Grove
- Glendade
- Hayward
- Huntington Beach
- Inglewood
- Irvine
- Lancaster
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles
- Modesto
- Moreno Valley
- Norwalk
- Oakland
- Oceanside
- Ontario
- Orange
- Oxnard
- Pasadena
- Pomona
- Rancho Cucamonga
- Richmond
- Riverside
- Sacramento
- Salinas
- San Bernadino
- San Buenaventura
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- San Mateo
- Santa Ana
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara
- Santa Clarita
- Santa Monica
- Santa Rosa
- Simi Valley
- South Gate
- Stockton
- Sunnyvale
- Thousand Oaks
- Torrance
- West Covina
- Westminster
- Whittier
-
- COLORADO
- Arvada
- Aurora
- Boulder
- Colorado Springs
- Denver
- Ft. Collins
- Lakewood
- Pueblo
-
- CONNECTICUT
- Bridgeport
- Hartford
- New Britain
- New Haven
- Norwalk
- Stamford
- Waterbury
-
- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Metro Area
-
- FLORIDA
- Clearwater
- Coral Springs
- Ft. Lauderdale
- Gainesville
- Hialeah
- Hollywood
- Jacksonville
- Kendall
- Miami
- Miami Beach
- Orlando
- St. Petersburg
- Tallahassee
- Tampa
-
- GEORGIA
- Albany
- Atlanta
- Columbus
- Macon
- Savannah
-
- HAWAII
- Honolulu
-
- IDAHO
- Boise City
-
- ILLINOIS
- Arlington Heights
- Aurora
- Chicago
- Decatur
- Elgin
- Joliet
- Naperville
- Peoria
- Rockford
- Springfield
-
- INDIANA
- Evansville
- Ft. Wayne
- Gary
- Hammond
- Indianapolis
- South Bend
-
- IOWA
- Cedar Rapids
- Davenport
- Des Moines
- Sioux City
-
- KANSAS
- Kansas City
- Overland Park
- Topeka
- Wichita
-
- KENTUCKY
- Lexington
- Louisville
-
- LOUISIANA
- Baton Rouge
- Lafayette
- Metairie
- New Orleans
- Shreveport
-
- MARYLAND
- Baltimore
- Columbia
- Silver Spring
-
- MASSACHUSETTS
- Boston
- Brockton
- Cambridge
- Fall River
- Lowell
- Lynn
- New Bedford
- Newton
- Quincy
- Somerville
- Springfield
- Worcester
-
- MICHIGAN
- Ann Arbor
- Clinton
- Dearborn
- Detroit
- Worcester
- Flint
- Grand Rapids
- Kalamazoo
- Lansing
- Livonia
- Southfield
- Sterling Heights
- Warren
- Westland
-
- MINNESOTA
- Bloomington
- Duluth
- Minneapolis
- St. Paul
-
- MISSISSIPPI
- Jackson
-
- MISSOURI
- Independence
- Kansas City
- St. Louis
- Springfield
-
- MONTANA
- Billings
-
- NEBRASKA
- Lincoln
- Omaha
-
- NEVADA
- Las Vegas
- Paradise
- Reno
- Sunrise Manor
-
- NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Manchester
- Nashua
-
- NEW JERSEY
- Camden
- Edison
- Elizabeth
- Jersey City
- Newark
- Paterson
- Trenton
-
- NEW MEXICO
- Albuquerque
-
- NEW YORK
- Albany
- Buffalo
- Cheektowaga
- New York
- Rochester
- Syracuse
- Yonkers
-
- NORTH CAROLINA
- Charlotte
- Durham
- Fayetteville
- Greensboro
- Raleigh
- Winston-Salem
-
- OHIO
- Akron
- Canton
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Columbus
- Dayton
- Parma
- Toledo
- Youngstown
-
- OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma City
- Tulsa
-
- OREGON
- Eugene
- Portland
- Salem
-
- PENNSYLVANIA
- Allentown
- Erie
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- Reading
- Scranton
-
- RHODE ISLAND
- Cranston
- Providence
- Warwick
-
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- Charleston
-
- SOUTH DAKOTA
- Sioux Falls
-
- TENNESSEE
- Chattanooga
- Clarksville
- Knoxville
- Memphis
- Nashville-Davidson
-
- TEXAS
- Abilene
- Amarillo
- Arlington
- Austin
- Beaumont
- Carrollton
- Corpus Christi
- Dallas
- El Paso
- Ft. Worth
- Garland
- Grand Prairie
- Houston
- Irving
- Laredo
- Lubbock
- McAllen
- Mesquite
- Midland
- Odessa
- Pasadena
- Plano
- San Angelo
- San Antonio
- Tyler
- Waco
- Wichita Falls
-
- UTAH
- Provo
- Salt Lake City
- West Valley City
-
- VIRGIN ISLANDS
- St. Croix
- St. Thomas
-
- VIRGINIA
- Alexandria
- Arlington
- Chesapeake
- Hampton
- Newport News
- Norfolk
- Portsmouth
- Richmond
- Roanoke
- Virginia Beach
-
- WASHINGTON
- Bellevue
- Seattle
- Spokane
- Tacoma
-
- WISCONSIN
- Green Bay
- Kenosha
- Madison
- Milwaukee
- Racine
-
- 11. International Access numbers to the SkyTel system.
-
- SkyTel US Customers can access the SkyTel System from 44 countries around
- the world! Use the chart below to find the access numbers you need.
-
- Legend for notes:
-
- * a: Pay phones may require a coin or card
- * b: Not available from pay phones
- * c: Not available from all phones
- * d: Local or in-country charges may apply
-
- Country Access Number Notes
-
- Australia 1-800-12-8078
- Bahamas 1-800-934-6451 a
- Bahamas 1-800-934-6451 a
- Barbados 1-800-534-2170 b
- Belgium 0800-1-4389 a
- Bermuda 1-800-825-0311
- Canada 800-759-8255 c
- Chile 1230-020-3220 b
- China 10-800-524-4624 c
- Colombia 980-1-52547 a, c
- Costa Rica 001800-234-4793 b
- Denmark 8001-8671 a
- El Salvador 0-1-800-234-9578 b, c
- Finland 9-800-1-59402 a
- France 05-90-3223
- Germany 0130-8-18414
- Greece 00800-12-2613 a, c,d
- Guam 1-800-671-0150 a
- Guatemala 099-0082 a
- Hong Kong 800-5688 a
- Hungary 00-800-11144
- Indonesia 001-800-011-0277
- Ireland 1-800-55-5523
- Israel 177-150-1572 a
- Italy 1678-77100 a
- Japan 0031-12-3373 a, c
- Luxembourg 0800-6170
- Malaysia 800-2652 a, d
- Mexico 95-800-759-8255 c, d
- Netherlands 06-022-7548 a, c
- Netherlands Antilles 0031-12-3373 b, d
- New Zealand 0800-447036
- Norway 800-15617
- Panama 001-800-507-0089
- Portugal 0501-12-707 a, c
- Singapore 800-1200-457 a
- South Africa 080-09-92588 a
- Sweden 020-79-3976 a
- Switzerland 155-2154 a
- Taiwan 0080-13-8341 a
- Thailand 001-800-12-066-0249 a, c
- United Kingdom 0800-89-3648
- Uraguay 000-413-598-0371 a, c,d
- Venezuela 8001-2458
-
- 12. SkyTel accessible by Land, Sea or Air.
-
- Accessibility is important in any business, but when you provide
- mobile satellite communications to maritime, aeronautical and
- land mobile customers, it's your main selling point.
-
- The folks at COMSAT Mobile Communications sell communications
- that know no bounds, so they need to keep in constant contact
- with all their customers and prospects. That's why they rely on
- SkyTel.
-
- Robert Katz, director of Mobile Data for COMSAT, says, "It's not
- just SkyTel paging that's so valuable to us. It's the whole
- spectrum of SkyTel services." As a matter of fact, the company
- depends on more than 160 SkyTel pagers, especially in the sales,
- engineering and operations divisions, as well as a variety of
- SkyTel services.
-
- Serving as much-needed administrative support, a SkyTel Corporate
- Access Number gives customers or employees toll-free access to
- sending pages - with just one easy number and without having to
- carry or remember PlNs. With a list of key COMSAT employees and
- their PlNs, the SkyTel operator sends messages like a personal
- assistant. Katz uses this service to send out important meeting
- notices or project reminders, either to individuals or an entire
- group. "It's even better than voice mail or e-mail," says Katz.
-
- SkyTel service even works with COMSAT's office systems to keep
- communications transparent to the caller. For example, when Katz
- receives a call at his desk, his office voice mail system pages
- him immediately. Wherever he is, his SkyTel pager alerts him that
- a call is waiting. Within minutes, he phones in an access code to
- be connected instantly. When he picks up the call, the caller
- doesn't know if Katz is in a meeting, driving down the highway or
- relaxing at home. All he knows is that Katz is available for him.
-
- A loyal SkyTel customer since 1990, COMSAT is currently
- integrating SkyTel 2-Way messaging into their day-to-day
- operations. Of course, you would fully expect these experts in
- satellite communications to take advantage of the best in
- satellite messaging technology. With SkyTel they're moving full
- speed ahead.
-
- 13. Overview of SkyTel.
-
- Don't sit by the phone and wait for important calls. Carry your SkyTel
- pager and stay in touch. Let your messages find you.
-
- Anyone - from customer service reps, medical personnel and sales executives
- to busy parents and teenagers - can take advantage of the easiest
- communications solution today.
-
- SkyTel has paging services and coverage options to meet your requirements.
- In town or out, SkyTel is the only service you'll need.
-
- Only The SkyTel System includes these advances:
-
- - Always Toll-free - no fumbling for spare change; no cost for calls,
- from anywhere in the United States
- - Personalized Greetings - just like an answering machine, change your
- greeting as often as you like ... easier for callers to use and
- understand
- - Page Recall - stop worrying about missed messages; call in to review
- messages from the last three days, even if your pager was turned off
-
- If you need ... Then try ...
-
- To be notified with a SkyPager for short, simple communications.
- number (phone number or
- special code) that someone
- is trying to reach you.
-
- Full written messages in SkyWord for receiving numeric and
- the palm of your hand. alphanumeric messages.
-
- SkyTel 2-Way for revolutionary two-way
- To answer questions
- immediately. Without using communications. With SkyTel 2-Way you can
- a phone. respond immediately to messages you receive,
- right from your pager.
-
- SkyTalk, giving you full-featured voice
- To know you have a voice mail and notification on your pager every
- message. time a message is left, available with all
- paging services.
-
- SkyFax so your callers can fax easily to
- Easy access to all of the your unique toll-free number. You're
- faxes that come in while notified via your pager and can download,
- you're out. save, store and forward faxes from wherever
- you are (not available with SkyTel 2-Way).
-
- To know what's going on in SkyNews and SkyQuote, providing you with
- the world and on Wall news or stock quotes twice daily, available
- Street. to SkyWord subscribers.
-
- 14. Getting Phree SkyTel Pagers
-
- To get phree SkyTel pagers you will need to get a pin. To do this
- you will have to do some scanning. Use the prefixes in section 16 of
- this article. Each pin is seven digits. If an account has a personal
- 800 number, then that is the pin. For example 800-759-9826. The pin
- is 7599826.
-
- Hint: If you find a pin with option 3# on it. Which is alpha-numeric
- paging. Call it up. The SkyTel operator will read you the name
- of the owner of the pager. Now you have the owner. All you have
- to do is goto a payphone and page the owner of the pager to the
- payphone and bull shit him into something stupid like "This is
- Michael Donaldson from SkyTel. We have lost some information on
- your SkyTel account. We need it for billing purposes." He will
- almost 99.99% of the time give it up. Your next step is to CNA
- his number and get all the information on the number. Now you
- have all the information on his SkyTel account. The best accounts
- to get phree pagers with are corporate accounts because they
- usually have many pagers under the account and will let you ship
- a large quantity of pagers out at one time.
-
- Typical Conversation with Skytel to get Phree Pagers:
-
- (if you have a UPS bin number all the better. BIN = billing identification
- number. AKA bill shipping to another company).
-
- SB=Skytel Bitch
- ME=PBXPhreak
-
- Call 800-SKY-USER
-
- ME: "Hi, I was wondering if you can help me?"
- SB: "Sure, what do you need help with"
- ME: "I would like to add a pager to my SkyTel account"
- SB: "Ok, sir. Whats your pin on your account"
- ME: (give her the pin you have info on)
- SB: (will ask for info on the account)
- ME: (give her the info)
- SB: "Ok, what type of pager and service would you like"
- ME: "A SkyTel Tango 2 Way Pager " -- $400 each
- SB: "Ok, I am filling an order for a Tango, would you like any extra
- options on this pager"
- ME: "Yes, the SkyTalk, SkyNews, SkyFax, SkyQuote and with nationwide and
- international coverage please" (one fuckin loaded pager)
- SB: "Ok, that will be shipped out tomorrow"
- ME: "Miss, one thing.. I am in Canada right now at a Business conference
- can you ship it over here."
- SB: "Sure. Whats the address you want it delivered to."
- ME: (give her the dropsite)
- SB: "Is there anything else."
- ME: "No thanks. You have yourself a good day and a Merry Christmas!!!"
-
- 15. Taking over a SkyTel Mailbox
-
- Hint: If you find a pin with option 3# on it. Which is alpha-numeric
- paging. Call it up. The SkyTel operator will read you the name
- of the owner of the pager. Now you have the owner. All you have
- to do is goto a payphone and page the owner of the pager like
- a million times and if he doesn't respond do it every day for
- a week. This usually means the pager isn't in use. So this will
- be a good SkyTel to take over.
-
- Typical Conversation with Skytel to takeover a SkyTel Mailbox:
-
- SB=Skytel Bitch
- ME=PBXPhreak
-
- Call 800-SKY-USER
-
- ME: "Hi, this is Michael Donaldson from AirTouch Paging"
- SB: "How can I help you"
- ME: "A customer was getting some options moved around when
- our computers crashed over on our system and I need to make
- some changes quickly, and our technician won't be here for
- awhile. He verified all the information correctly before the
- system crashed.
- SB: "What is the pin number on the account"
- ME: "7599823"
- SB: "OK.. What needed to be changed"
- ME: "He wanted to add SkyTalk and SkyFax and change his code to 9172"
- SB: "Ok i will do that now.."
- ME: "Who am I speaking too. So I can tell my manager." (just bullshit)
- SB: (some stupid name)
- ME: "Ok, Thank You."
- SB: "Is there anything else."
- ME: "No that is fine"
- SB: "Have a good day"
-
- That is a basic conversation that will get them to change the password,
- and add options to the account.
-
- 16. Prefixes for SkyTel Pagers and Voicemail
-
- 800-203-xxxx
- 800-213-xxxx
- 800-436-45xx
- 800-436-78xx
- 800-757-xxxx
- 800-759-xxxx (original region 759=SKY)
-
- Ways of scanning:
-
- - Scan by Hand. I would try using Substance's Random Scan program to
- generate numbers in the prefixes mentioned above.
-
- - Toneloc is available at ftp.fc.net /pub/defcon/TONELOC
-
-
- 17. Conclusion
-
- That should give you tons of infoz about Skytel and how to acquire an
- account on the Skytel system.
-
- EOF
-