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                          The Joy of Boxing
                            By:The Dragyn
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I  am writting this article to inform those of you that have a box and
are getting bored with nothing to do or if you just aren't quite  sure
what  you  are doing when you play around with MF tones. First of all,
when you blast out the 2600hz tone,  you  are  dropping  a  trunk  and
essentially,  you  become  your  own  operator.  When you place a long
distance phone call, a computer usually does the mf tones for you  and
you  don't  hear them. In this article, I will deal with international
calling, conferencing, emergency-break throughs and  just  having  fun
with  the  box.  But  nowdays, boxing is much more riskier than it was
back 10-15 years ago, so if you aren't  cautious  or  you  live  on  a
modern  ESS,  than you might just get caught (but if you're not 18 yet
then big deal! Go rag the hell out of Ma Bell!)

Have you ever wanted to call overseas and talk to someone in another
 country? Or are you just bored of Metrofone or MCI?  Then  try  this:
When you place an international call, it is routed through the closest
or  closest  unbusy  international  link.  You can find these links by
going KP-213-182-ST. This is the Los Angles link.  Most  major  cities
have  them  by  the  coast like New York KP-212-182-ST and even Denver
KP-303-182-ST. When you call one of these links, you will get a  tone,
sometimes not, and then you
 have  about  10  seconds  to  enter  the number you are dialing in MF
tones. If you make a mistake, it will tell you.  The normal format for
making a call would be:  KP-212-182-ST  (wait  for  tone)  KP-(country
code)-(phone  number  in  country)  -ST  then  wait for the call to go
through. 

There  two  ways  to  do  conference  calls.   One   is   to   MF   up
KP-213-080-1050-  ST.  This gives you Aliance tele-conferencing in Los
Angles. The way this one works is you enter KP-2130801050-ST wait till
you hear it drop twice then you enter another number that the call  is
going  to  be  billed to (usually some- one that you don't like). This
one is totally computer controlled and you just enter the info  needed
by a normal touch tone pad. The other way for conferencing is to mf up
your local or not so local conference operator. To do this just drop a
trunk  then  go  KP-(area  code)-11511-ST  and  the  lady  will answer
"conference operator, can I help you?" Now if you wanted to hook  just
1-10  people  together you give her the ph#s and she will dial them up
and put everyone on  together,  meanwhile,  she  thinks  you  are  the
operator  setting  it  up for someone else. One note, whenever you are
dialing in mf tones and get an operator, they have no  idea  that  you
are  boxing, they just think you are an operator from somewhere out of
town. So don't be scared, give those operators hell! In fact,  if  you
can find a good operator, they will even tell you how to do things. 

Now  don't  you all hate a busy signal? Ever try to get to someone and
the line was busy? Well, don't fret anymore! Let's say that the  phone
number  612-874-8700 was busy and you wanted to get through. First you
would drop your trunk then go KP-612-121-ST.  This  will  give  you  a
local  operator in the 612 area code. When she answers (she thinks you
are an operator  from  somewhere  else  calling)  you  say  "emergency
interruption  on  area code 612-874-8700 and the parties name is Peter
(or some dump name)." Since  trunk  verification  cannot  be  done  by
outside  toll switching systems, you cannot do these by boxing and you
have to let the operator do them for you.  Again, she has  no  way  of
knowing  that  you aren't an operator when you call her unless you are
12 years old and sound  like  a  sniveling  little  wimp.   After  the
operator  has  cleared the line, you can dial it and it won't be busy.
If it is out of order she may say it is OD or off the hook. 

Now let's say you just want to make an ordinarily phone call  or  call
an  800  ph#.  After  you  drop  your  trunk,  just  do  this KP-(area
code)-(ph#)-ST, and notice that no '1' is needed. 

Now, what if you have a friend with a phone in his car? Well, you just
MF up the mobile operator by going KP-(area code)-11521-ST. 

Again, remember that whenever you talk to one of the  operators,  they
have  no way of knowing whether you are a real operator or not so give
them hell and don't be scared! I guess that this is all for now..... 

      Bis spater... 
             die Dragyn hat gesprechen.