8 Dec
1998
8 Dec
'98
2:07 p.m.
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
In the payphone next to SSI, you don't even need
to do this: Just do
this:
<...>
Oh, and I found this out by ACCIDENT. It may or may not work in your area.
I'd be interested in knowing if it does.
This "trick" works because you're calling from a privately owned payphone
that is not recognized as such at the phone company. So they think you're
just calling from a regular business line and allow the call to be billed
to that line. I do this all the time in hotels and stuff. It definitely
will NOT work from any Bell phones, and will probably not work with many
other privately owned payphones either as long as they've made sure the
phone company has programmed their line with the appropriate class of
service (a fancy telcom term which is roughly the analog of "attributes"
in the computing realm).
Another note: The phone in question here was right
next door to the CO.
I could have walked over and told them about this. I doubt this will work
outside of Ameritech territory.
As long as its not an Ameritech phone they could care less. In fact, they
would probably tell you to have at it.
A third note (because my boss is standing over my
shoulder):
I am not responsible for (ab)uses of this information! This is for
educational purposes only. Blah blah blah lawyers sue blah sue sue :)
Well, the way the Clinton administration has been pushing, even having
this information in your head is a crime. That rat bastard.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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