8 Dec
1998
8 Dec
'98
10:06 a.m.
--- "Daniel A. Seagraves" wrote:
[Can't blue box in the US anymore]
Ehehehe.... Do you know this from experience?
Has anyone here actually done this? I once tried recording the payhone
quarter tones, but it didn't work.
--- end of quote ---
Quarter tones -- that's red box territory, not blue box. Red boxing IS still possible
today, though not with most COCOT's. Bell/Nynex (well, they're the same now,
aren't they?) all happily respond to red box tones. But, operators sure don't!
(actual quote: "I can't accept that, I need REAL money.") Hee hee...
-- MB
8 Dec
8 Dec
10:20 a.m.
[Recording quarter tones is a red box]
I know that.
In the payphone next to SSI, you don't even need to do this: Just do
this:
1. Pick up payphone, dial 4-1-1.
2. Payphone sez, "Welcome to the Ameritech Automated Directory Service"
3. Push 0.
4. You'll get an operator. Give her city, state, name...
5. She'll forward you to a computer that says something along the lines of
"This number can be automagically connected for $.15"
6. Push 1
7. Phone sez, "To bill this call and service to the number you are speaking
from, push X". Push X.
8. You're done.
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.
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.
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 :)
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11:07 a.m.
New subject: OT phreaking tips
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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