
             Zen and the Art of Fone Phreaking `97 
 bi: C¯beRpHreAk and DTMF of 4matt producti0nz

b4 i get started, just remember i did not rite this phile 
so you people can learn preform telecommunications fraud!
contrary to popular beleafs phreaking is still an art form.
phreaking is a form of intelectual advancement. is just like
hacking, if u think of it this way: when hacking you type
certain commands in phreaking, you play certain MHz tones.
blue boxing is just like gaining r00t access of a unix sys.
by gaining r00t access you be come the 'system operator'.
the blue box utelizes 'system operator' tones. see what i'm sayn? 
just cuz phreaking is intelectual it dousnt mean it cant be fun. 

_`'-.,_,.-'`_`'-.,_,.-> [ definitions ] <-.,_,.-'`_`'-.,_,.-'`_

Phreak    ["free"k]  Verb--1. The act of "Phreaking"  
2. The act of making telephone calls without paying money 
[the word phreak is a combination of phone, freak, and free]

Phreaker ["free"-k-er]  Noun--1. One who engages in the act of 
"Phreaking" 2.One who makes telephone calls without paying 
money 

_`'-.,_,.-'`_`'-.,_,.-> [fone systems in the world today] <-.,_,.-'`_`'-.,_,.-'`_

               [1] Step by Step
               [2] Crossbar
               [3] ESS Electronic Switching System
 
 
                         Step by Step
                         ~~~~~~~~~~
 
First switching system used in America, adopted in 1918 and until 
1978 Bell had over 53% of all exchanges using Step by Step [SxS].  
A long,and confusing train of switches is used for SxS switching.
 
                         [> Disadvantages <]

 [A] The switch train may become jammed : Blocking call.
 [B] No DTMF [Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency]["Touch-tone"].
 [C] Much maintanance and much electricity.
 [D] Everything is hardwired
 
                        +> Identification<+

 [A] No pulsing digits after dialing or DTMF.
 [B] Phone Company sounds like many typewriters.
 [C] No:  Speed calling, Call forwarding, and other services.
 [D] Pay-phone wants money first before dial-tone.
 
 
                           Crossbar 
                           ~~~~~~~

Crossbar has been Bell's primary switcher after 1960.  Three 
types of Crossbar switching exist:  Number 1 Crossbar [1XB], 
Number 4 Crossbar [4XB], and Number 5 Crossbar [5XB].  A 
switching matrix is used for all the phones in an area.When 
someone calls, the route is determined and is met up with the 
othr fone.The matrix is set-up in horizontal and vertical paths.  
There are no definite distinguishing features of Crossbar 
switching.
 

                           ESS
                           ~~~

ESS is the big brother of the Bell family. Its very name strikes 
fear and apprehension into the hearts of most who have this
knowlege, for a good reason. ESS [electronic switching System]
knows the full story on every telephone hooked into it. While
it may be paranoid to say that all telecomunications loop holes 
may come to a screeching hault under ESS, it is certainly 
realistic to think that everyone must be a little more careful
under ESS. Heres why:

With ESS, every single digit dialed is recorded. This is useful
not only for nailing telecomunications frauders but settling
billing disputes. In the past, there has been no easy way for
the phone company to show you what numbers you have dialed locally.
If you protested long enough, and loud enough, they might have put
a pen register on your line to record everything and prove it to 
you. Under ESS, the actual printout [which will be dragged out of 
of a vault somewhere if needed] shows every last digit you dialed,
Every 800 call, every directory assistance, repair service, the
operator, every rendation of the 1812 overture, everything! Here
is a typical example of an ESS print out, which shows time of 
connect, and a number called:

      DATE   TIME   LENGTH  UNITS  NUMBER        NOTE
      ----          ----       ------          -----        ------                  ----
      0403       1517     3                1            264-9021          none
      0403       1523     5                3            576-1303          H,P,V,C,A
      0403       1600     1                0            800-555-1212   none
      0403       1612     10              2.25*     716-221-3184   none
      0403       01629   1                0            000-000-0000   O 
      [TSPS]    

Now your probally asking, "What are those letters under
"NOTE?" Well, those letters stand for cretain words or 
phrases that the Telco/phone company serches for. For 
instance: O may stand for Overthrow. From here on, every 
time you dial that number, the ESS may tap the line! And 
this IS Legal! It is legal because they may think you are 
planning to "Overthrow" the Government or something! 
You never know. 

A thousand calls to "800" will show up on the Ess print out.
Every touch tone or pulse is kept track off along with every
foreign signal. A traffic engineer did an exhausting study of 800 calls
over the past few years and came to these conclusions:

1] Legit made calls to 800 numbers last up to an average 
   of three minutes or less. Of the illegal calls via 800
   lines, more than 80% lasted 5 minutes or longer.

2] The average residential telephone subscriber dials five
   calls per month to an 800 number. Persons making illegal
   calls via 800 numbers average significantly higher number. 


Under ESS, one simply does not place a 2600 MHz on the line,
unless of course, they want a Telco security representative
and a FBI/Police man at their door with in the hour!    

Tracing calls, for reasons such as fraud or abusive calls, is done
from a computer terminal in a security department.  Within Ess,
nothing is hidden or concealed in electromechanical frames, etc.
It is merely a software program designed for ease in operation by the 
Telco.  Call tracing has become very sophisticated and immediate.
There is no more "running in the frames" or looking for long periods
of time. ROM Chips in ESS computers work quickly.  That's what ESS
is all about.

Minimizing telecommunications fraud is not the only reason for ESS,
but is a very important one.  The first and foremost reason for the
ESS is to provide the Teleco with better control on billing and
equipment records, faster handling of calls [i.e. less equipment
tied up in the office at one time], and to help agencies such as
the F.B.I. keep better account of who was calling who from where.
When the F.B.I. finds out that someone who's calls they want to trace
is on an ESS exchange, they are thrilled because it is so much easier
for them to trace.  

The United States won't be 100% ESS until sometime around 2010.
But, in real practice, phone offices in almost every city, are getting
some of the basic modifications brought about by ESS. "911" service
is an ESS function.  So is ANI [ Automatic Number Identification] on
long distance calls. "Dial Tone First" payphones are also an ESS
function.  None of these things were available prior to ESS.  The
amount of pure fraud calling via bogess calling card numbers,
third party dialing, colored boxing, etc. on the ESS lines led to
the decision to rapidly install the ANI, for example, even if the
rest of the ESS was several years away in some cases.

Depending on how you you choose to look at the whole concept of ESS,
it can be either one of the most advantageous inventions of all time,
or one of the terrifying.  The system is good for consumers in that
it can take a lot of activity and do lots of things that older
systems could never do.  Features such as direct dialing overseas,
call forwarding, and call holding are steps forward without question.
But at the same time, what do all of the nasty implications mentioned
further back mean to the average person on the sidewalk? This system
is perfectly capable of monitoring anyone , not just telecommunication
frauders. What would happen if the nice, friendly government we have
somehow got overthrown and a mean nasty one took its place?  With ESS,
they wouldn't have to do much work, just come up with some new software.
Imagine a phone system that could tell authorities how many calls you
placed to certain types of people: i.e. African Americans, Hispanics,
Communists, known Anacharists, laundromat service employees....ESS
could do it if so programmed.

_`'-.,_,.-'`_`'-.,_,.-> [ History of the Art of phreaking ] <-.,_,.-'`_`'-.,_,.-'`_

the age of blue boxing began, not with a bang, but with a whistle. In 
1972,a man named John Draper, a slightly scraggly engineer at a national
semiconductor, found a small blue whistle in a box of "Captain Crunch" 
Cereal. The whistle was deformed and had an odd extra hole. Draper found 
that when the regular hole was covered the whistle created a perfect 2600hz 
cycle. Draper, who now refers to himself as "Cap'n Crunch", toyed with the 
whistle until he created his first basic PCI-Board construction of the Blue box. 
After receiving a university file which contained information on all operator 
tones, the Cap'n created the new version of the blue box which utilizes all
operator tones.

_`'-.,_,.-'`_`'-.,_,.-> [ Colored Boxing ] <-.,_,.-'`_`'-.,_,.-'`_

The bulk of phreaking was (and still is to some extent) committed
by a technological piece known as a colored box.  Most colored boxes
function by using certain Megahurtz tones/ combinations of Megahurtz
tones . The next section gives a list and short description of all colored boxes. 

What is a Red Box?

When a coin is inserted into a payphone, the payphone emits a set of
tones to ACTS (Automated Coin Toll System).  Red boxes work by fooling
ACTS into believing you have actually put money into the phone.  The
red box simply plays the ACTS tones into the telephone microphone.
ACTS hears those tones, and allows you to place your call.  The actual
tones are:

Nickel Signal      1700+2200hz  0.060s on
Dime Signal        1700+2200hz  0.060s on, 0.060s off, twice repeating
Quarter Signal     1700+2200hz  33ms on, 33ms off, 5 times repeating

Canada uses a variant of ACTSD called N-ACTS.  N-ACTS uses different
tones than ACTS.  In Canada, the tones to use are:

Nickel Signal      2200hz       0.060s on
Dime Signal        2200hz       0.060s on, 0.060s off, twice repeating
Quarter Signal    2200hz       33ms on, 33ms off, 5 times repeating

How do I build a Red Box?

Red boxes are commonly manufactured from modified Radio Shack tone
dialers, Hallmark greeting cards, or made from scratch from readily
available electronic components.

To make a Red Box from a Radio Shack 43-141 or 43-146 tone dialer, open
the dialer and replace the crystal with a new one. The purpose of the
new crystal is to cause the * button on your tone dialer to create a
1700Mhz and 2200Mhz tone instead of the original 941Mhz and 1209Mhz
tones.  The exact value of the replacement crystal should be 6.466806 to
create a perfect 1700Mhz tone and 6.513698 to create a perfect 2200mhz
tone.  A crystal close to those values will create a tone that easily
falls within the loose tolerances of ACTS. The most popular choice is
the 6.5536Mhz crystal, because it is the easiest to procure.  The old
crystal is the large shiny metal component labeled "3.579545Mhz."  When
you are finished replacing the crystal, program the P1 button with five
*'s.  That will simulate a quarter tone each time you press P1.

Where can I get a 6.5536Mhz crystal?

Your best bet is a local electronics store.  Radio Shack sells them, but
they are overpriced and the store must order them in.  This takes
approximately two weeks.  In addition, many Radio Shack employees do not
know that this can be done.

Or, you could order the crystal mail order.  This introduces Shipping
and Handling charges, which are usually much greater than the price of
the crystal.  It's best to get several people together to share the S&H
cost.  Or, buy five or six yourself and sell them later.  Some of the
places you can order crystals are:

Digi-Key
701 Brooks Avenue South
P.O. Box 677
Thief River Falls, MN 56701-0677
(800)344-4539
Part Number:X415-ND    /* Note: 6.500Mhz and only .197 x .433 x .149! *\
Part Number:X018-ND

JDR Microdevices:
2233 Branham Lane
San Jose, CA 95124
(800)538-5000
Part Number: 6.5536MHZ

Tandy Express Order Marketing
401 NE 38th Street
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(800)241-8742
Part Number: 10068625

Alltronics
2300 Zanker Road
San Jose CA 95131
(408)943-9774 Voice
(408)943-9776 Fax
(408)943-0622 BBS
Part Number: 92A057

Mouser
(800)346-6873
Part Number: 332-1066

Blue Saguaro
P.O. Box 37061
Tucson, AZ 85740
Part Number: 1458b

Unicorn Electronics
10000 Canoga Ave, Unit c-2
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Phone: 1-800-824-3432
Part Number: CR6.5

Which payphones will a Red Box work on?

Red Boxes will work on telco owned payphones, but not on COCOT's
COCOT is an acronym for Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephones.
COCOT's are the payphones that you see in front/inside of restraunts
that don't dial directly into the ESS, they first dial into the
operating phone system of the store/restraunt in which it is located. 

Red boxes work by fooling ACTS (Automated Coin Toll System) into
believing you have put money into the pay phone.  ACTS is the
telephone company software responsible for saying "Please deposit XX
cents" and listening for the coins being deposited.

COCOT's do not use ACTS.  On a COCOT, the pay phone itself is
responsible for determining what coins have been inserted.

How do I make local calls with a Red Box?

Payphones do not use ACTS for local calls.  To use your red box for
local calls, you have to fool ACTS into getting involved in the call.

One way to do this, in some areas, is by dialing 10288-xxx-xxxx.  This
makes your call a long distance call, and brings ACTS into the
picture.

In other areas, you can call Directory Assistance and ask for the
number of the person you are trying to reach.  The operator will give
you the number and then you will hear a message similar to "Your call
can be completed automatically for an additional 35 cents."  When this
happens, you can then use ACTS tones.

What is a Blue Box?

Blue boxes use a 2600hz tone to size control of telephone switches
that use in-band signaling.  The caller may then access special
switch functions, with the usual purpose of making free long distance
phone calls, using the tones provided by the Blue Box.
 
Do Blue Boxes still work?

This FAQ answer is excerpted from a message posted to Usenet by
Marauder of the Legion of Doom:

        Somewhere along the line I have seen reference to something
        similar to "Because of ESS Blue boxing is impossible".  This is
        incorrect.  When I lived in Connecticut I was able to blue box
        under Step by Step, #1AESS, and DMS-100.  The reason is simple,
        even though I was initiating my call to an 800 number from a
        different exchange (Class 5 office, aka Central Office) in each
        case, when the 800 call was routed to the toll network it would
        route through the New Haven #5 Crossbar toll Tandem office.  It
        just so happens that the trunks between the class 5 (CO's) and
        the class 4 (toll office, in this case New Haven #5 Xbar),
        utilized in-band (MF) signalling, so regardless of what I
        dialed, as long as it was an Inter-Lata call, my call would
        route through this particular set of trunks, and I could Blue
        box until I was blue in the face.  The originating Central
        Offices switch (SXS/ESS/Etc..) had little effect on my ability
        to box at all.  While the advent of ESS (and other electronic
        switches) has made the blue boxers task a bit more difficult,
        ESS is not the reason most of you are unable to blue box.  The
        main culprit is the "forward audio mute" feature of CCIS (out of
        band signalling).  Unfortunately for the boxer 99% of the Toll
        Completion centers communicate using CCIS links, This spells
        disaster for the blue boxer since most of you must dial out of
        your local area to find trunks that utilize MF signalling, you
        inevitably cross a portion of the network that is CCIS equipped,
        you find an exchange that you blow 2600hz at, you are rewarded
        with a nice "winkstart", and no matter what MF tones you send at
        it, you meet with a re-order.  This is because as soon as you
        seized the trunk (your application of 2600hz), your Originating
        Toll Office sees this as a loss of supervision at the
        destination, and Mutes any further audio from being passed to
        the destination (ie: your waiting trunk!).  You meet with a
        reorder because the waiting trunk never "hears" any of the MF
        tones you are sending, and it times out.  So for the clever
        amongst you, you must somehow get yourself to the 1000's of
        trunks out there that still utilize MF signalling but
        bypass/disable the CCIS audio mute problem.  (Hint: Take a close
        look at WATS extenders).

What is a Black Box?

A Black Box is a resistor (and often capacitor in parallel) placed in
series across your phone line to cause the phone company equipment to be
unable to detect that you have answered your telephone.  People who call
you will then not be billed for the telephone call.  Black boxes do not
work under ESS.

What do all the colored boxes do?

Acrylic            Steal Three-Way-Calling, Call Waiting and programmable
                         Call Forwarding on old 4-wire phone systems
Aqua               Drain the voltage of the FBI lock-in-trace/trap-trace
Beige               Lineman's hand set
Black               Allows the calling party to not be billed for the call
                         placed
Blast                Phone microphone amplifier
Blotto              Supposedly shorts every phone out in the immediate area
Blue                 Emulate a true operator by seizing a trunk with a 2600hz
                         tone
Brown              Create a party line from 2 phone lines
Bud                  Tap into your neighbors phone line
Chartreuse      Use the electricity from your phone line
Cheese            Connect two phones to create a diverter
Chrome           Manipulate Traffic Signals by Remote Control
Clear                A telephone pickup coil and a small amp used to make free
                         calls on Fortress Phones
Color                Line activated telephone recorder
Copper            Cause crosstalk interference on an extender
Crimson          Hold button
Dark                 Re-route outgoing or incoming calls to another phone
Dayglo            Connect to your neighbors phone line
Diverter          Re-route outgoing or incoming calls to another phone
DLOC             Create a party line from 2 phone lines
Gold                Dialout router
Green              Emulate the Coin Collect, Coin Return, and Ringback tones
Infinity           Remotely activated phone tap
Jack                Touch-Tone key pad
Light               In-use light
Lunch            AM transmitter
Magenta        Connect a remote phone line to another remote phone line
Mauve           Phone tap without cutting into a line
Neon              External microphone
Noise             Create line noise
Olive              External ringer
Party              Create a party line from 2 phone lines
Pearl               Tone generator
Pink                Create a party line from 2 phone lines
Purple            Telephone hold button
Rainbow        Kill a trace by putting 120v into the phone line (joke)
Razz                Tap into your neighbors phone
Red                Make free phone calls from pay phones by generating
                       quarter tones
Rock              Add music to your phone line
Scarlet           Cause a neighbors phone line to have poor reception
Silver             Create the DTMF tones for A, B, C and D
Static             Keep the voltage on a phone line high
Switch           Add hold, indicator lights, conferencing, etc..
Tan                Line activated telephone recorder
Tron              Reverse the phase of power to your house, causing your
                      electric meter to run slower
TV Cable      "See" sound waves on your TV
Urine             Create a capacitative disturbance between the ring and
                       tip wires in another's telephone headset
Violet            Keep a payphone from hanging up
White            Portable DTMF keypad
Xero              Portable silver box
Yellow          Add an extension phone

What is an ANAC number?

An ANAC (Automatic Number Announcement Circuit) number is a telephone
number that plays back the number of the telephone that called it. ANAC
numbers are convenient if you want to know the telephone number of a pair
of wires.

What is the ANAC number for my area?

How to find your ANAC number:

Look up your NPA (Area Code) and try the number listed for it. If that
fails, try 1 plus the number listed for it. If that fails, try the common
numbers like 311, 958 and 200-222-2222. If you find the ANAC number for
your area, please let us know.

Note that many times the ANAC number will vary for different switches insame city. The geographic naming on the list is not intended to be an
accurate reference for coverage patterns, it is for convenience only.

Many companies operate 800 number services which will read back to you the
number from which you are calling. Many of these require navigating a
series of menus to get the phone number you are looking for.

(800)238-4959   A voice mail system
(800)328-2630   A phone sex line
(800)568-3197   Info Access Telephone Company's Automated Blocking Line
(800)571-8859   A phone sex line
(800)692-6447   (800)MY-ANI-IS
(800)455-3256   Unknown

An non-800 ANAC that works nationwide is 404-988-9664. The one catch with
this number is that it must be dialed with the AT&T Carrier Access Code
10732.

Another non-800 nationwide ANAC is Glen Robert of Full Disclosure
Magazine's number, 10555-1-708-356-9646.

Please use local ANAC numbers if you can, as abuse or overuse kills 800
ANAC numbers.

NPA  ANAC number      Geographic area
---  ---------------  ---------------------------------------------
201  958              Hackensack/Jersey City/Newark/Paterson, NJ
202  811              District of Columbia
203  970              CT
205  300-222-2222     Birmingham, AL
205  300-555-5555     Many small towns in AL
205  300-648-1111     Dora, AL
205  300-765-4321     Bessemer, AL
205  300-798-1111     Forestdale, AL
205  300-833-3333     Birmingham
205  557-2311         Birmingham, AL
205  811              Pell City/Cropwell/Lincoln, AL
205  841-1111         Tarrant, AL
205  908-222-2222     Birmingham, AL
206  411              WA (Not US West)
207  958              ME
209  830-2121         Stockton, CA
209  211-9779         Stockton, CA
210  830              Brownsville/Laredo/San Antonio, TX
212  958              Manhattan, NY
213  114              Los Angeles, CA (GTE)
213  1223             Los Angeles, CA (Some 1AESS switches)
213  211-2345         Los Angeles, CA (English response)
213  211-2346         Los Angeles, CA (DTMF response)
213  760-2???         Los Angeles, CA (DMS switches)
213  61056            Los Angeles, CA
214  570              Dallas, TX
214  790              Dallas, TX (GTE)
214  970-222-2222     Dallas, TX
214  970-611-1111     Dallas, TX (Southwestern Bell)
215  410-xxxx         Philadelphia, PA
215  511              Philadelphia, PA
215  958              Philadelphia, PA
216  200-XXXX         Akron/Canton/Cleveland/Lorain/Youngstown, OH
216  331              Akron/Canton/Cleveland/Lorain/Youngstown, OH
216  959-9892         Akron/Canton/Cleveland/Lorain/Youngstown, OH
217  200-xxx-xxxx     Champaign-Urbana/Springfield, IL
219  550              Gary/Hammond/Michigan City/Southbend, IN
219  559              Gary/Hammond/Michigan City/Southbend, IN
301  958-9968         Hagerstown/Rockville, MD
310  114              Long Beach, CA (On many GTE switches)
310  1223             Long Beach, CA (Some 1AESS switches)
310  211-2345         Long Beach, CA (English response)
310  211-2346         Long Beach, CA (DTMF response)
312  200              Chicago, IL
312  290              Chicago, IL
312  1-200-8825       Chicago, IL (Last four change rapidly)
312  1-200-555-1212   Chicago, IL
313  200-200-2002     Ann Arbor/Dearborn/Detroit, MI
313  200-222-2222     Ann Arbor/Dearborn/Detroit, MI
313  200-xxx-xxxx     Ann Arbor/Dearborn/Detroit, MI
313  200200200200200  Ann Arbor/Dearborn/Detroit, MI
314  410-xxxx#        Columbia/Jefferson City/St.Louis, MO
315  953              Syracuse/Utica, NY
315  958              Syracuse/Utica, NY
315  998              Syracuse/Utica, NY
317  310-222-2222     Indianapolis/Kokomo, IN
317  559-222-2222     Indianapolis/Kokomo, IN
317  743-1218         Indianapolis/Kokomo, IN
334  5572411          Montgomery, AL
334  5572311          Montgomery, AL
401  200-200-4444     RI
401  222-2222         RI
402  311              Lincoln, NE
404  311              Atlanta, GA
404  940-xxx-xxxx     Atlanta, GA
404  990              Atlanta, GA
405  890-7777777      Enid/Oklahoma City, OK
405  897              Enid/Oklahoma City, OK
407  200-222-2222     Orlando/West Palm Beach, FL
408  300-xxx-xxxx     San Jose, CA
408  760              San Jose, CA
408  940              San Jose, CA
409  951              Beaumont/Galveston, TX
409  970-xxxx         Beaumont/Galveston, TX
410  200-6969         Annapolis/Baltimore, MD
410  200-555-1212     Annapolis/Baltimore, MD
410  811              Annapolis/Baltimore, MD
412  711-6633         Pittsburgh, PA
412  711-4411         Pittsburgh, PA
412  999-xxxx         Pittsburgh, PA
413  958              Pittsfield/Springfield, MA
413  200-555-5555     Pittsfield/Springfield, MA
414  330-2234         Fond du Lac/Green Bay/Milwaukee/Racine, WI
415  200-555-1212     San Francisco, CA
415  211-2111         San Francisco, CA
415  2222             San Francisco, CA
415  640              San Francisco, CA
415  760-2878         San Francisco, CA
415  7600-2222        San Francisco, CA
419  311              Toledo, OH
502  2002222222       Frankfort/Louisville/Paducah/Shelbyville, KY
502  997-555-1212     Frankfort/Louisville/Paducah/Shelbyville, KY
503  611              Portland, OR
503  999              Portland, OR (GTE)
504  99882233         Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA
504  201-269-1111     Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA
504  998              Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA
504  99851-0000000000 Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA
508  958              Fall River/New Bedford/Worchester, MA
508  200-222-1234     Fall River/New Bedford/Worchester, MA
508  200-222-2222     Fall River/New Bedford/Worchester, MA
508  26011            Fall River/New Bedford/Worchester, MA
509  560              Spokane/Walla Walla/Yakima, WA
510  760-1111         Oakland, CA
512  830              Austin/Corpus Christi, TX
512  970-xxxx         Austin/Corpus Christi, TX
515  5463             Des Moines, IA
515  811              Des Moines, IA
516  958              Hempstead/Long Island, NY
516  968              Hempstead/Long Island, NY
517  200-222-2222     Bay City/Jackson/Lansing, MI
517  200200200200200  Bay City/Jackson/Lansing, MI
518  511              Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY
518  997              Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY
518  998              Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY
603  200-222-2222     NH
606  997-555-1212     Ashland/Winchester, KY
606  711              Ashland/Winchester, KY
607  993              Binghamton/Elmira, NY
609  958              Atlantic City/Camden/Trenton/Vineland, NJ
610  958              Allentown/Reading, PA
610  958-4100         Allentown/Reading, PA
612  511              Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN
614  200              Columbus/Steubenville, OH
614  571              Columbus/Steubenville, OH
615  200200200200200  Chatanooga/Knoxville/Nashville, TN
615  2002222222       Chatanooga/Knoxville/Nashville, TN
615  830              Nashville, TN
616  200-222-2222     Battle Creek/Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, MI
617  200-222-1234     Boston, MA
617  200-222-2222     Boston, MA
617  200-444-4444     Boston, MA (Woburn, MA)
617  220-2622         Boston, MA
617  958              Boston, MA
618  200-xxx-xxxx     Alton/Cairo/Mt.Vernon, IL
618  930              Alton/Cairo/Mt.Vernon, IL
619  211-2001         San Diego, CA
619  211-2121         San Diego, CA
703  811              Alexandria/Arlington/Roanoke, VA
704  311              Asheville/Charlotte, NC
707  211-2222         Eureka, CA
708  1-200-555-1212   Chicago/Elgin, IL
708  1-200-8825       Chicago/Elgin, IL (Last four change rapidly)
708  200-6153         Chicago/Elgin, IL
708  724-9951         Chicago/Elgin, IL
708  356-9646         Chicago/Elgin, IL
713  380              Houston, TX
713  970-xxxx         Houston, TX
713  811              Humble, TX
714  114              Anaheim, CA (GTE)
714  211-2121         Anaheim, CA (PacBell)
714  211-2222         Anaheim, CA (Pacbell)
716  511              Buffalo/Niagara Falls/Rochester, NY (Rochester Tel)
716  990              Buffalo/Niagara Falls/Rochester, NY (Rochester Tel)
717  958              Harrisburg/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA
718  958              Bronx/Brooklyn/Queens/Staten Island, NY
802  2-222-222-2222   Vermont
802  200-222-2222     Vermont
802  1-700-222-2222   Vermont
802  111-2222         Vermont
805  114              Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA
805  211-2345         Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA
805  211-2346         Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA (Returns DTMF)
805  830              Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA
806  970-xxxx         Amarillo/Lubbock, TX
810  200200200200200  Flint/Pontiac/Southfield/Troy, MI
812  410-555-1212     Evansville, IN
813  311              Ft. Meyers/St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL
815  200-xxx-xxxx     La Salle/Rockford, IL
815  290              La Salle/Rockford, IL
817  211              Ft. Worth/Waco, TX
817  970-611-1111     Ft. Worth/Waco, TX  (Southwestern Bell)
818  1223             Pasadena, CA (Some 1AESS switches)
818  211-2345         Pasadena, CA (English response)
818  211-2346         Pasadena, CA (DTMF response)
903  970-611-1111     Tyler, TX
904  200-222-222      Jackonsville/Pensacola/Tallahasee, FL
906  1-200-222-2222   Marquette/Sault Ste. Marie, MI
907  811              AK (All)
908  958              New Brunswick, NJ
910  200              Fayetteville/Greensboro/Raleigh/Winston-Salem, NC
910  311              Fayetteville/Greensboro/Raleigh/Winston-Salem, NC
910  988              Fayetteville/Greensboro/Raleigh/Winston-Salem, NC
914  990-1111         Peekskill/Poughkeepsie/White Plains/Yonkers, NY
915  970-xxxx         Abilene/El Paso, TX
916  211-2222         Sacramento, CA (Pac Bell)
916  461              Sacramento, CA (Roseville Telepohone)
919  200              Durham, NC
919  711              Durham, NC

Canada:
204  644-4444         Manitoba
306  115              Saskatchewan, Canada
403  311              Alberta, Yukon and N.W. Territory
403  908-222-2222     Alberta, Yukon and N.W. Territory
403  999              Alberta, Yukon and N.W. Territory
416  997-xxxx         Toronto, Ontario
506  1-555-1313       New Brunswick
514  320-xxxx         Montreal, Quebec
519  320-xxxx         London, Ontario
604  1116             British Columbia, Canada
604  1211             British Columbia, Canada
604  211              British Columbia, Canada
613  320-2232         Ottawa, Ontario
705  320-4567         North Bay/Saulte Ste. Marie, Ontario

Australia:
+61  03-552-4111      Victoria 03 area
+612 19123            All major capital cities
+612 11544

United Kingdom:
175

Israel:
110

What is a ringback number?

A ringback number is a number that you call that will immediately ring the
telephone from which it was called.

In most instances you must call the ringback number, quickly hang up the
phone for just a short moment and then let up on the switch, you will then
go back off hook and hear a different tone. You may then hang up. You will
be called back seconds later.

What is the ringback number for my area?

An 'x' means insert those numbers from the phone number from which you are
calling. A '?' means that the number varies from switch to switch in the
area, or changes from time to time. Try all possible combinations.

If the ringback for your NPA is not listed, try common ones such as
951-xxx-xxxx, 954, 957 and 958. Also, try using the numbers listed for
other NPA's served by your telephone company.

Note: These geographic areas are for reference purposes only. Ringback
numbers may vary from switch to switch within the same city.

NPA  Ringback number  Approximate Geographic area
---  ---------------  ---------------------------------------------
201  55?-xxxx         Hackensack/Jersey City/Newark/Paterson, NJ
202  958-xxxx         District of Columbia
203  99?-xxxx         CT
206  571-xxxx         WA
208  99xxx-xxxx       ID
213  1-95x-xxxx       Los Angeles, CA
215  811-xxxx         Philadelphia, PA
216  551-xxxx         Akron/Canton/Cleveland/Lorain/Youngstown, OH
219  571-xxx-xxxx     Gary/Hammond/Michigan City/Southbend, IN
219  777-xxx-xxxx     Gary/Hammond/Michigan City/Southbend, IN
301  579-xxxx         Hagerstown/Rockville, MD
301  958-xxxx         Hagerstown/Rockville, MD
303  99X-xxxx         Grand Junction, CO
304  998-xxxx         WV
305  999-xxxx         Ft. Lauderdale/Key West/Miami, FL
312  511-xxxx         Chicago, IL
312  511-xxx-xxxx     Chicago, IL
312  57?-xxxx         Chicago, IL
315  98x-xxxx         Syracuse/Utica, NY
317  777-xxxx         Indianapolis/Kokomo, IN
317  yyy-xxxx         Indianapolis/Kokomo, IN (y=3rd digit of phone number)
319  79x-xxxx         Davenport/Dubuque, Iowa
334  901-xxxx         Montgomery, AL
401  98?-xxxx         RI
404  450-xxxx         Atlanta, GA
407  988-xxxx         Orlando/West Palm Beach, FL
412  985-xxxx         Pittsburgh, PA
414  977-xxxx         Fond du Lac/Green Bay/Milwaukee/Racine, WI
414  978-xxxx         Fond du Lac/Green Bay/Milwaukee/Racine, WI
415  350-xxxx         San Francisco, CA
417  551-xxxx         Joplin/Springfield, MO
501  221-xxx-xxxx     AR
501  721-xxx-xxxx     AR
502  988              Frankfort/Louisville/Paducah/Shelbyville, KY
503  541-XXXX         OR
504  99x-xxxx         Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA
504  9988776655       Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA
505  59?-xxxx         New Mexico
512  95X-xxxx         Austin, TX
513  951-xxxx         Cincinnati/Dayton, OH
513  955-xxxx         Cincinnati/Dayton, OH
513  99?-xxxx         Cincinnati/Dayton, OH (X=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 or 9)
516  660-xxx-xxxx     Hempstead/Long Island, NY
601  777-xxxx         MS
609  55?-xxxx         Atlantic City/Camden/Trenton/Vineland, NJ
610  811-xxxx         Allentown/Reading, PA
612  511              Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN
612  999-xxx-xxxx     Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN
614  998-xxxx         Columbus/Steubenville, OH
615  920-XXXX         Chatanooga/Knoxville/Nashville, TN
615  930-xxxx         Chatanooga/Knoxville/Nashville, TN
616  946-xxxx         Battle Creek/Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, MI
619  331-xxxx         San Diego, CA
619  332-xxxx         San Diego, CA
703  958-xxxx         Alexandria/Arlington/Roanoke, VA
708  511-xxxx         Chicago/Elgin, IL
714  330?             Anaheim, CA (GTE)
714  33?-xxxx         Anaheim, CA (PacBell)
716  981-xxxx         Rochester, NY (Rochester Tel)
718  660-xxxx         Bronx/Brooklyn/Queens/Staten Island, NY
719  99x-xxxx         Colorado Springs/Leadville/Pueblo, CO
801  938-xxxx         Utah
801  939-xxxx         Utah
802  987-xxxx         Vermont
804  260              Charlottesville/Newport News/Norfolk/Richmond, VA
805  114              Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA
805  980-xxxx         Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA
810  951-xxx-xxxx     Pontiac/Southfield/Troy, MI
813  711              Ft. Meyers/St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL
817  971              Ft. Worth/Waco, TX (Flashhook, then 2#)
906  951-xxx-xxxx     Marquette/Sault Ste. Marie, MI
908  55?-xxxx         New Brunswick, NJ
908  953              New Brunswick, NJ
913  951-xxxx         Lawrence/Salina/Topeka, KS
914  660-xxxx-xxxx    Peekskill/Poughkeepsie/White Plains/Yonkers, NY

Canada:
204  590-xxx-xxxx     Manitoba
416  57x-xxxx         Toronto, Ontario
416  99x-xxxx         Toronto, Ontario
416  999-xxx-xxxx     Toronto, Ontario
506  572+xxx-xxxx     New Brunswick
514  320-xxx-xxxx     Montreal, Quebec
519  999-xxx-xxxx     London, Ontario
613  999-xxx-xxxx     Ottawa, Ontario
705  999-xxx-xxxx     North Bay/Saulte Ste. Marie, Ontario

Australia:            +61 199
Brazil:               109 or 199
Holland:              99-xxxxxx
New Zealand:          137
Sweden:               0058
United Kingdom:       174 or 1744 or 175 or 0500-89-0011

(Italic indicates updated ringbacks, while bold indicates new ringbacks.)

What is a loop?

This FAQ answer is excerpted from: ToneLoc v0.99 User Manual by Minor
Threat & Mucho Maas

Loops are a pair of phone numbers, usually consecutive, like 836-9998 and
836-9999. They are used by the phone company for testing. What good do
loops do us? Well, they are cool in a few ways. Here is a simple use of. Each loop has two ends, a 'high' end, and a 'low' end. One end gives
a (usually) constant, loud tone when it is called. The other end is silent.
Loops don't usually ring either. When BOTH ends are called, the people that
called each end can talk through the loop. Some loops are voice filtered
and won't pass anything but a constant tone; these aren't much use to you.
Here's what you can use working loops for: billing phone calls! First, call
the end that gives the loud tone. Then if the operator or someone calls the
other end, the tone will go quiet. Act like the phone just rang and you
answered it ... say "Hello", "Allo", "Chow", "Yo", or what the fuck ever.
The operator thinks that she just called you, and that's it! Now the phone
bill will go to the loop, and your local RBOC will get the bill! Use this
technique in moderation, or the loop may go down. Loops are probably most
useful when you want to talk to someone to whom you don't want to give your
phone number.

What is a loop in my area?

Many of these loops are no longer functional. If you are local to any of
these loops, please try them out an e-mail me the results of your research.

NPA    High      Low
-------   -------      ------
201  666-9929  666-9930
206  827-0018  827-0019
206  988-0020  988-0022
208  862-9996  862-9997
209  732-0044  732-0045
201  666-9929  666-9930
210  993-9929  993-9930
210  330-9929  330-9930
210  333-9929  333-9930
210  376-9929  376-9930
210  467-9929  467-9930
212  220-9977  220-9979
212  283-9977  283-9979
212  283-9977  283-9997
212  352-9900  352-9906
212  365-9977  365-9979
212  529-9900  529-9906
212  562-9977  562-9979
212  986-9977  986-9979
213  360-1118  360-1119
213  365-1118  365-1119
213  455-0002  455-xxxx
213  455-0002  455-xxxx
213  546-0002  546-xxxx
213  546-0002  546-xxxx
213  549-1118  549-1119
305  778-9952  778-9951
305  964-9951  964-9952
307  468-9999  468-9998
308  357-0004  357-0005
310  365-1118  365-1119
310  445-0002  445-????
310  455-0002  455-????
310  545-0002  545-????
310  546-0002  546-????
312  262-9902  262-9903
313  224-9996  224-9997
313  225-9996  225-9997
313  234-9996  234-9997
313  237-9996  237-9997
313  256-9996  256-9997
313  272-9996  272-9997
313  273-9996  273-9997
313  277-9996  277-9997
313  281-9996  281-9997
313  292-9996  292-9997
313  299-9996  299-9997
313  321-9996  321-9997
313  326-9996  326-9997
313  356-9996  356-9997
313  362-9996  362-9997
313  369-9996  369-9997
313  388-9996  388-9997
313  397-9996  397-9997
313  399-9996  399-9997
313  445-9996  445-9997
313  465-9996  465-9997
313  471-9996  471-9997
313  474-9996  474-9997
313  477-9996  477-9997
313  478-9996  478-9997
313  483-9996  483-9997
313  497-9996  497-9997
313  526-9996  526-9997
313  552-9996  552-9997
313  556-9996  556-9997
313  561-9996  561-9997
313  569-9996  569-9996
313  575-9996  575-9997
313  577-9996  577-9997
313  585-9996  585-9997
313  591-9996  591-9997
313  621-9996  621-9997
313  626-9996  626-9997
313  644-9996  644-9997
313  646-9996  646-9997
313  647-9996  647-9997
313  649-9996  649-9997
313  663-9996  663-9997
313  665-9996  665-9997
313  683-9996  683-9997
313  721-9996  721-9997
313  722-9996  722-9997
313  728-9996  728-9997
313  731-9996  731-9997
313  751-9996  751-9997
313  776-9996  776-9997
313  781-9996  781-9997
313  787-9996  787-9997
313  822-9996  822-9997
313  833-9996  833-9997
313  851-9996  851-9997
313  871-9996  871-9997
313  875-9996  875-9997
313  886-9996  886-9997
313  888-9996  888-9997
313  898-9996  898-9997
313  934-9996  934-9997
313  942-9996  942-9997
313  963-9996  963-9997
313  977-9996  977-9997
315  673-9995  673-9996
315  695-9995  695-9996
402  422-0001  422-0002
402  422-0003  422-0004
402  422-0005  422-0006
402  422-0007  422-0008
402  572-0003  572-0004
402  779-0004  779-0007
406  225-9902  225-9903
517  422-9996  422-9997
517  423-9996  423-9997
517  455-9996  455-9997
517  563-9996  563-9997
517  663-9996  663-9997
517  851-9996  851-9997
609  921-9929  921-9930
609  994-9929  994-9930
616  997-9996  997-9997
708  724-9951  724-????
713  224-1499  759-1799
713  324-1499  324-1799
713  342-1499  342-1799
713  351-1499  351-1799
713  354-1499  354-1799
713  356-1499  356-1799
713  442-1499  442-1799
713  447-1499  447-1799
713  455-1499  455-1799
713  458-1499  458-1799
713  462-1499  462-1799
713  466-1499  466-1799
713  468-1499  468-1799
713  469-1499  469-1799
713  471-1499  471-1799
713  481-1499  481-1799
713  482-1499  482-1799
713  484-1499  484-1799
713  487-1499  487-1799
713  489-1499  489-1799
713  492-1499  492-1799
713  493-1499  493-1799
713  524-1499  524-1799
713  526-1499  526-1799
713  555-1499  555-1799
713  661-1499  661-1799
713  664-1499  664-1799
713  665-1499  665-1799
713  666-1499  666-1799
713  667-1499  667-1799
713  682-1499  976-1799
713  771-1499  771-1799
713  780-1499  780-1799
713  781-1499  997-1799
713  960-1499  960-1799
713  977-1499  977-1799
713  988-1499  988-1799
805  528-0044  528-0045
805  544-0044  544-0045
805  773-0044  773-0045
808  235-9907  235-9908
808  239-9907  239-9908
808  245-9907  245-9908
808  247-9907  247-9908
808  261-9907  261-9908
808  322-9907  322-9908
808  328-9907  328-9908
808  329-9907  329-9908
808  332-9907  332-9908
808  335-9907  335-9908
808  572-9907  572-9908
808  623-9907  623-9908
808  624-9907  624-9908
808  668-9907  668-9908
808  742-9907  742-9908
808  879-9907  879-9908
808  882-9907  882-9908
808  885-9907  885-9908
808  959-9907  959-9908
808  961-9907  961-9908
810  362-9996  362-9997
813  385-9971  385-xxxx
908  254-9929  254-9930
908  558-9929  558-9930
908  560-9929  560-9930
908  776-9930  776-9930

What is a CNA number?

CNA stands for Customer Name and Address. The CNA number is a phone number
for telephone company personnel to call and get the name and address for a
phone number. If a telephone lineman finds a phone line he does not
recognize, he can use the ANI number to find it's phone number and then
call the CNA operator to see who owns it and where they live.

Normal CNA numbers are available only to telephone company personnel.
Private citizens may now legally get CNA information from private
companies. Two such companies are:

Unidirectory    (900)933-3330
Telename        (900)884-1212

Note that these are 900 numbers, and will cost you approximately one dollar
per minute.

If you are in 312 or 708, AmeriTech has a pay-for-play CNA service
available to the general public. The number is 796-9600. The cost is
$.35/call and can look up two numbers per call.

If you are in 415, Pacific Bell offers a public access CNA service at
(415)781-5271.

What is the telephone company CNA number for my area?

203  (203)771-8080         CT
312  (312)796-9600         Chicago, IL
506  (506)555-1313         New Brunswick
513  (513)397-9110         Cincinnati/Dayton, OH
516  (516)321-5700         Hempstead/Long Island, NY
518  (518)471-8111         Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY
614  (614)464-0123         Columbus/Steubenville, OH
813  (813)270-8711         Ft. Meyers/St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL

(Italic indicates updated CNA's, while bold indicates new CNA's.)

What are some numbers that always ring busy?

216  xxx-9887              Akron/Canton/Cleveland/Lorain/Youngstown, OH
303  431-0000              Denver, CO
303  866-8660              Denver, CO
316  952-7265              Dodge City/Wichita, KS
501  377-99xx              AR
719  472-3773              Colorado Springs/Leadville/Pueblo, CO
805  255-0699              Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA
818  885-0699              Pasadena, CA
906  632-9999              Marquette/Sault Ste. Marie, MI
906  635-9999              Marquette/Sault Ste. Marie, MI
914  576-9903              Peekskill/Poughkeepsie/White Plains/Yonkers, NY

What are some numbers that temporarily disconnect phone service?

314  511        Columbia/Jefferson City/St.Louis, MO (1 minute)
404  420        Atlanta, GA                          (5 minutes)
405  953        Enid/Oklahoma City, OK               (1 minute)
407  511        Orlando/West Palm Beach, FL          (1 minute)
512  200        Austin/Corpus Christi, TX            (1 minute)
516  480        Hempstead/Long Island, NY            (1 minute)
603  980        NH
614  xxx-9894   Columbus/Steubenville, OH
805  119        Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA        (3 minutes)
919  211 or 511 Durham, NC                           (10 min - 1 hour)

What is a Proctor Test Set?

A Proctor Test Set is a tool used by telco personell to diagnose problems
with phone lines. You call the Proctor Test Set number and press buttons on
a touch tone phone to active the tests you select.

What is a Proctor Test Set in my area?

805  111        Bakersfield/Santa Barbara, CA
909  117        Tyler, TX
913  611-1111   Lawrence/Salina/Topeka, KS

What is scanning?

Scanning is dialing a large number of telephone numbers in the hope of
finding interesting carriers (computers) or tones.

Scanning can be done by hand, although dialing several thousand telephone
numbers by hand is extremely boring and takes a long time.

Much better is to use a scanning program, sometimes called a war dialer or
a demon dialer. Currently, the best war dialer available to PC-DOS users is
ToneLoc from Minor Threat and Mucho Maas. ToneLoc can be FTPed from
ftp.paranoia.com.

A war dialer will dial a range of numbers and log what it finds at each
number. You can then only dial up the numbers that the war dialer marked as
carriers or tones.

Is scanning illegal?

Excerpt from: 2600, Spring 1990, Page 27:

In some places, scanning has been made illegal.  It would be hard,
though, for someone to file a complaint against you for scanning since
the whole purpose is to call every number once and only once.  It's
not likely to be thought of as harassment by anyone who gets a single
phone call from a scanning computer.  Some central offices have been
known to react strangely when people start scanning.  Sometimes you're
unable to get a dialtone for hours after you start scanning.  But
there is no uniform policy.  The best thing to do is to first find out
if you've got some crazy law saying you can't do it.  If, as is
likely, there is no such law, the only way to find out what happens is
to give it a try.

It should be noted that a law making scanning illegal was recently passed
in Colorado Springs, CO. It is now illegal to place a call in Colorado
Springs without the intent to communicate.

Where can I purchase a lineman's handset?

Contact East
335 Willow Street
North Andover, MA 01845-5995
(508)682-2000

Jensen Tools
7815 S. 46th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85044-5399

Time Motion Tools
12778 Brookprinter Place
Poway, CA 92064
(619)679-0303

What are the DTMF frequencies?

DTMF stands for Dual Tone Multi Frequency. These are the tones you get when
you press a key on your telephone touchpad. The tone of the button is the
sum of the column and row tones. The ABCD keys do not exist on standard
telephones.

         1209 1336 1477 1633

         697   1    2    3    A

         770   4    5    6    B

         852   7    8    9    C

         941   *    0    #    D

What are the frequencies of the telephone tones?

Type                Hz          On      Off
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Dial Tone         350 & 440     ---     ---
Busy Signal       480 & 620     0.5     0.5
Toll Congestion   480 & 620     0.2     0.3
Ringback (Normal) 440 & 480     2.0     4.0
Ringback (PBX)    440 & 480     1.5     4.5
Reorder (Local)   480 & 620     3.0     2.0
Invalid Number    200 & 400
Hang Up Warning 1400 & 2060     0.1     0.1
Hang Up         2450 & 2600     ---     ---

What are all/most of the * codes?

Local Area Signalling Services (LASS) and Custom Calling Feature Control
Codes:

(These appear to be standard, but may be changed locally)

Service                     Tone    Pulse/rotary   Notes
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Assistance/Police                *12         n/a        [1]
Cancel forwarding                *30         n/a        [C1]
Automatic Forwarding         *31         n/a        [C1]
Notify                                      *32         n/a        [C1] [2]
Intercom Ring 1 (..)                *51         1151       [3]
Intercom Ring 2 (.._)             *52         1152       [3]
Intercom Ring 3 (._.)             *53         1153       [3]
Extension Hold                       *54         1154       [3]
Call Redial                                *55        n/a         
Customer Originated Trace   *57         1157
Selective Call Rejection         *60         1160       (or Call Screen)
Selective Distinct Alert          *61         1161
Selective Call Acceptance     *62         1162
Selective Call Forwarding      *63         1163
ICLID Activation                     *65         1165
Call Return (outgoing)             *66         1166
Number Display Blocking        *67         1167       [4]
Computer Access Restriction *68         1168
Call Return (incoming)             *69         1169
Call Waiting disable                  *70         1170       [4]
No Answer Call Transfer         *71         1171
Usage Sensitive 3 way call      *71         1171
Call Forwarding: start               *72 or 72#  1172
Call Forwarding: cancel           *73 or 73#  1173
Speed Calling (8 numbers)      *74 or 74#  1174
Speed Calling (30 numbers)    *75 or 75#  1175
Anonymous Call Rejection     *77         1177       [5] [M: *58]
Call Screen Disable                   *80         1160       (or Call Screen) [M: *50]
Selective Distinct Disable        *81         1161       [M: *51]
Select. Acceptance Disable     *82         1162
Select. Forwarding Disable      *83         1163       [M: *53]
ICLID Disable                            *85         1165
Call Return (cancel out)           *86         1186       [6] [M: *56]
Anon. Call Reject (cancel)       *87         1187       [5] [M: *68]
Call Return (cancel in)              *89         1189       [6] [M: *59]

Notes:

[C1]     - Means code used for Cellular One service
[1]      - for cellular in Pittsburgh, PA A/C 412 in some areas
[2]      - indicates that you are not local and maybe how to reach you
[3]      - found in Pac Bell territory; Intercom ring causes a distinctive
           ring to be generated on the current line; Hold keeps a call
           connected until another extension is picked up
[4]      - applied once before each call
[5]      - A.C.R. blocks calls from those who blocked Caller ID
           (used in C&P territory, for instance)
[6]      - cancels further return attempts
[M: *xx] - alternate code used for MLVP (multi-line variety package)
           by Bellcore. It goes by different names in different RBOCs.
           In Bellsouth it is called Prestige. It is an arrangement of
           ESSEX like features for single or small multiple line groups.

           The reason for different codes for some features in MLVP is that
           call-pickup is *8 in MLVP so all *8x codes are reaasigned *5x

What frequencies do cordless phones operate on?

Here are the frequencies for the first generation 46/49mhz phones.

Channel    Handset Transmit    Base Transmit
-------    ----------------    -------------
   1          49.670mhz          46.610mhz
   2          49.845             46.630
   3          49.860             46.670
   4          49.770             46.710
   5          49.875             46.730
   6          49.830             46.770
   7          49.890             46.830
   8          49.930             46.870
   9          49.990             46.930
  10          49.970             46.970

The new "900mhz" cordless phones have been allocated the frequencies
between 902-228MHz, with channel spacing between 30-100KHz.

Following are some examples of the frequencies used by phones currently on
the market.

Panasonic KX-T9000 (60 Channels)
base     902.100 - 903.870 Base frequencies (30Khz spacing)
handset  926.100 - 927.870 Handset frequencies
CH   BASE    HANDSET    CH   BASE    HANDSET    CH   BASE   HANDSET
--  -------  -------    --  -------  -------    --  ------- -------
01  902.100  926.100    11  902.400  926.400    21  902.700 926.700
02  902.130  926.130    12  902.430  926.430    22  902.730 926.730
03  902.160  926.160    13  902.460  926.460    23  902.760 926.760
04  902.190  926.190    14  902.490  926.490    24  902.790 926.790
05  902.220  926.220    15  902.520  926.520    25  902.820 926.820
06  902.250  926.250    16  902.550  926.550    26  902.850 926.850
07  902.280  926.280    17  902.580  926.580    27  902.880 926.880
08  902.310  926.310    18  902.610  926.610    28  902.910 926.910
09  902.340  926.340    19  902.640  926.640    29  902.940 926.940
10  902.370  926.370    20  902.670  926.670    30  902.970 926.970
31  903.000  927.000    41  903.300  927.300    51  903.600 927.600
32  903.030  927.030    42  903.330  927.330    52  903.630 927.630
33  903.060  927.060    43  903.360  927.360    53  903.660 927.660
34  903.090  927.090    44  903.390  927.390    54  903.690 927.690
35  903.120  927.120    45  903.420  927.420    55  903.720 927.720
36  903.150  927.150    46  903.450  927.450    56  903.750 927.750
37  903.180  927.180    47  903.480  927.480    57  903.780 927.780
38  903.210  927.210    48  903.510  927.510    58  903.810 927.810
39  903.240  927.240    49  903.540  927.540    59  903.840 927.840
40  903.270  927.270    50  903.570  927.570    60  903.870 927.870

V-TECH TROPEZ DX900 (20 CHANNELS)
905.6 - 907.5   TRANSPONDER (BASE) FREQUENCIES (100 KHZ SPACING)
925.5 - 927.4   HANDSET FREQUENCIES

CH   BASE    HANDSET    CH   BASE    HANDSET    CH   BASE   HANDSET
----   ---------   --------------     ----   --------    ---------------    ----   --------   ---------------
01  905.600  925.500    08  906.300  926.200    15  907.000 926.900
02  905.700  925.600    09  906.400  926.300    16  907.100 927.000
03  905.800  925.700    10  906.500  926.400    17  907.200 927.100
04  905.900  925.800    11  906.600  926.500    18  907.300 927.200
05  906.000  925.900    12  906.700  926.600    19  907.400 927.300
06  906.100  926.000    13  906.800  926.700    20  907.500 927.400
07  906.200  926.100    14  906.900  926.800

OTHER 900 MHZ CORDLESS PHONES
AT&T #9120  - - - - - 902.0 - 905.0 & 925.0 - 928.0 MHZ
OTRON CORP. #CP-1000  902.1 - 903.9 & 926.1 - 927.9 MHZ
SAMSUNG #SP-R912- - - 903.0         &         927.0 MHZ

What is Caller-ID?

This FAQ answer is stolen from Rockwell:

Calling Number Delivery (CND), better known as Caller ID, is a telephone
service intended for residential and small business customers. It allows
the called Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) to receive a calling party's
directory number and the date and time of the call during the first 4
second silent interval in the ringing cycle.

Parameters

The data signalling interface has the following characteristics:

        Link Type:                              2-wire, simplex
        Transmission Scheme:            Analog, phase-coherent FSK
        Logical 1 (mark)                        1200 +/- 12 Hz
        Logical 0 (space)                       2200 +/- 22 Hz
        Transmission Rate:                      1200 bps
        Transmission Level:                     13.5 +/- dBm into 900 ohm load

Protocol

The protocol uses 8-bit data words (bytes), each bounded by a start bit and
a stop bit. The CND message uses the Single Data Message format shown
below.

| Channel  |  Carrier   |  Message  |  Message  |  Data          | Checksum |
| Seizure    |  Signal   |  Type          |  Length     |  Word(s)    | Word         |
| Signal      |                |  Word         |  Word       |                     |                    |

Channel Siezure Signal

The channel seizure is 30 continuous bytes of 55h (01010101) providing a
detectable alternating function to the CPE (i.e. the modem data pump).

Carrier Signal

The carrier signal consists of 130 +/- 25 mS of mark (1200 Hz) to condition
the receiver for data.

Message Type Word

The message type word indicates the service and capability associated with
the data message. The message type word for CND is 04h (00000100).

Message Length Word

The message length word specifies the total number of data words to follow.

Data Words

The data words are encoded in ASCII and represent the following
information:

   * The first two words represent the month
   * The next two words represent the day of the month
   * The next two words represent the hour in local military time
   * The next two words represent the minute after the hour
   * The calling party's directory number is represented by the remaining
     words in the data word field

If the calling party's directory number is not available to the terminating
central office, the data word field contains an ASCII "O". If the calling
party invokes the privacy capability, the data word field contains an ASCII
"P".

Checksum Word

The Checksum Word contains the twos complement of the modulo 256 sum of the
other words in the data message (i.e., message type, message length, and
data words). The receiving equipment may calculate the modulo 256 sum of
the received words and add this sum to the reveived checksum word. A result
of zero generally indicates that the message was correctly received.
Message retransmission is not supported.

Example CNS Single Data Message

An example of a received CND message, beginning with the message type word,
follows:

04 12 30 39 33 30 31 32 32 34 36 30 39 35 35 35 31 32 31 32 51

04h=  Calling number delivery information code (message type word)
12h=  18 decimal; Number of data words (date,time, and directory
      number words)
ASCII 30,39= 09; September
ASCII 33,30= 30; 30th day
ASCII 31,32= 12; 12:00 PM
ASCII 32,34= 24; 24 minutes (i.e., 12:24 PM)
ASCII 36,30,39,35,35,35,31,32,31,32= (609) 555-1212; calling
      party's directory number
51h=  Checksum Word

Data Access Arrangement (DAA) Requirements

To receive CND information, the modem monitors the phone line between the
first and second ring bursts without causing the DAA to go off hook in the
conventional sense, which would inhibit the transmission of CND by the
local central office. A simple modification to an existing DAA circuit
easily accomplishes the task.

Modem Requirements

Although the data signalling interface parameters match those of a Bell 202
modem, the receiving CPE need not be a Bell 202 modem. A V.23 1200 bps
modem receiver may be used to demodulate the Bell 202 signal. The ring
indicate bit (RI) may be used on a modem to indicate when to monitor the
phone line for CND information. After the RI bit sets, indicating the first
ring burst, the host waits for the RI bit to reset. The host then
configures the modem to monitor the phone line for CND information.

Signalling

According to Bellcore specifications, CND signalling starts as early as 300
mS after the first ring burst and ends at least 475 mS before the second
ring burst

Applications

Once CND information is received the user may process the information in a
number of ways.

  1. The date, time, and calling party's directory number can be displayed.
  2. Using a look-up table, the calling party's directory number can be
     correlated with his or her name and the name displayed.
  3. CND information can also be used in additional ways such as for:
       1. Bulletin board applications
       2. Black-listing applications
       3. Keeping logs of system user calls, or
       4. Implementing a telemarketing data base

References

For more information on Calling Number Delivery (CND), refer to Bellcore
publications TR-TSY-000030 and TR-TSY-000031.

To obtain Bellcore documents contact:

        Bellcore Customer Service
        60 New England Avenue, Room 1B252
        Piscataway, NJ   08834-4196
        (908) 699-5800

How do I block Caller-ID?

Always test as much as possible before relying on any method of blocking
Caller-ID. Some of these methods work in some areas, but not in others.

Dial *67 before you dial the number.  (141 in the United Kingdom)
Dial your local TelCo and have them add Caller-ID block to your line.
Dial the 0 Operator and have him or her place the call for you.
Dial the call using a pre-paid phone card.
Dial through Security Consultants at (900)PREVENT for U.S. calls
     ($1.99/minute) or (900)STONEWALL for international calls ($3.99/minute).
Dial from a pay phone.  :-)

What is a PBX?

A PBX is a Private Branch Exchange. A PBX is a small telephone switch owned
by a company or organization. Let's say your company has a thousand
employees. Without a PBX, you would need a thousand phone lines. However,
only 10% of your employees are talking on the phone at one time. What if
you had a computer that automatically found an outside line every time one
of your employees picked up the telephone. With this type of system, you
could get by with only paying for one hundred phone lines. This is a PBX.

What is a VMB?

A VMB is a Voice Mail Box. A VMB is a computer that acts as an answering
machine for hundreds or thousands of users. Each user will have their own
Voice Mail Box on the system. Each mail box will have a box number and a
pass code.

Without a passcode, you will usually be able to leave messages to users on
the VMB system. With a passcode, you can read messages and administer a
mailbox. Often, mailboxes will exist that were created by default or are no
longer used. These mailboxes may be taken over by guessing their passcode.
Often the passcode will be the mailbox number or a common number such as
1234.

What are the ABCD tones for?

The ABCD tones are simply additional DTFM tones that may be used in any way
the standard (0-9) tones are used. The ABCD tones are used in the U.S.
military telephone network (AutoVon), in some Automatic Call Distributor
(ACD) systems, for control messages in some PBX systems, and in some
amateur radio auto-patches.

In the AutoVon network, special telephones are equipped with ABCD keys. The
ABCD keys are defined as such:

A - Flash
B - Flash override priority
C - Priority communication
D - Priority override

Using a built-in maintenance mode of the Automatic Call Distributor (ACD)
systems once used by Directory Assistance operators, you could connect two
callers together.

The purpose of the Silver Box is to create the ABCD tones.


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           Ever get an operator who gave you a hard time, cuz u kept calling
back talking, asking dumb questionz, or cussig at her and you didn't no
what to du? Well if the operator hears you use a little Bell jargon, she might
wise up. Here is a little diagram (excuse the artwork) of the structure of
operators

/-----------\         /------\         /------\
!Operator!-- > ! S.A. ! --->! BOS !
\-----------/         \------/         \------/
   !
   !
   V
/-----------------\
! Group Chief !
\-----------------/

    Now most of the operators are not bugged, so they can curse at you, if they
do ask INSTANTLY for the "S.A." or the Service Assistant. The operator does not
report to her (95% of them are hers) but they will solve most of your problems.
She MUST give you her name as she connects & all of these calls are bugged. If
the SA gives you a rough time get her BOS (Business Office Supervisor) on the
line. S/He will almost always back her girls up, but sometimes the SA will get
tarred and feathered. The operator reports to the Group Chief, and S/He will
solve 100% of your problems, but the chances of getting S/He on the line are
nill.
    If a lineman (the guy who works out on the poles) or an installation man
gives you the works ask to speak to the Installation Foreman, that works
wonders.
    Here is some other bell jargon, that might come in handy if you are having
trouble with the line. Or they can be used to lie your way out of
situations....

     An Erling is a line busy for 1 hour, used mostly in traffic studies A
Permanent Signal is that terrible howling you get if you disconnect, but don't
hang up.
     Everyone knows what a busy signal is, but some idiots think that is the
*Actual* ringing of the phone, when it just is a tone "beeps" when the phone is
ringing, wouldn't bet on this though, it can (and does) get out of sync.
     When you get a busy signal that is 2 times as fast as the normal one, the
person you are trying to reach isn't really on the phone, (he might be), it is
actually the signal that a trunk line somewhere is busy and they haven't or
can't reroute your call. Sometimes you will get a Recording, or if you get
nothing at all (Left High & Dry in fone terms) all the recordings are being
used and the system is really overused, will probably go down in a little
while. This happened when the bomb went off @ the olimpix, the system just 
couldn't handle the calls. By the way this is called the "reorder signal" 
and the trunk line iz "blocked".
     One more thing, if an overseas call isn't completed and doesn't generate
any money for AT&T, is is called an "Air & Water Call".

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