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327 lines
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The Mark Tabas encounter series
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presents...
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Better Homes and Blue Boxing
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Part iii
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Advanced Signalling
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(It is assumed that the reader has read
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and$understood parts i & ii before
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proceeding to this part).
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In parts i & ii, I covered basic
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theory and domestic singalling and
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operators. In this part I will explain
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overseas direct boxing, the IOCC, the
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RQS, and some basic scanning methods.
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Overseas Dipect Boxing.
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Calling outside of the United States
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and Canada is accomplished by using an
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"overseas gateway." There are 7 over-
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seas gateways in the Bell System,
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and each one is designated to serve a
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certain region of the world. To
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initiate an overseas call, one must
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first access the gateway that the call
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is to be sent on. To do this auto-
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matically, decide which country you are
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calling and find its country code.
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Then, pad it to the left with zeros as
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required so it is three digits. [Add
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1, 2, or 3 zeros as required].
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Examples:
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Luxembourg (352) is 352 (stays the
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same)
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Spain (34) becomes 034 (1 zero added)
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U.S.S.R. (7) becomes 007 (2 zeros added)
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Next, seize a trunk and dial KP+011+
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CC+ST. Note that CC is the three digit
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padded country code that you just
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determined by the above method. [For
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Luxembourg, dial KP+011+352+ST, Spain
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KP+011+034+ST, and the U.S.S.R. KP+011+
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007+ST]. This is done to route you to
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the appropriate overseas gateway that
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handles the country you are dialing.
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Even though every gateway will allow
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you to dial every dialable country, it
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is good practice to use the gateway
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that is designated for the country you
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are calling.
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After dialing KP+011+CC+ST (as CC is
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defined above) you should"be connected
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to an overseas gateway. It will
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acknowledge by sending a wink (which
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is audible as a <beep><kerchink> and a
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dial tone. Once you receive internat-
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ional dial tone, you may route your
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call one of two ways: a) as an
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operator-originated call, or b) as a
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customer-originated call. To go as a
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operator-originated call, key KP+
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country code (NOT padded with zeros)+
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city code+number+ST. You will then be
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connected, providing the country you
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are calling can receive direct-dialed
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calls. The U.S.S.R. is an example of
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a country that cannot.
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Example of a boxed int'l call:
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To make a call to the Pope (Rome,
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Italy), first obtain the country code,
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which is 39. Pad it with zeros so that
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it is 039. Seize a trunk and dial
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KP+011+039+ST. Wait for sender dial
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tone anf then dial KP+39+6+6982+ST.
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39 is the country code, 6 is the city
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code, and 6982 is the Pope's number in
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Rome. To go as an operator-originated
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call, simply place a zero in front of
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the country code when dialing on the
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gateway. Thus, KP+0+39+6+6982+ST woulf
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be dialed at sender dial tone. Routing
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your call as operator-originated does
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not affect much unless you are dialing
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an operator in a foreign country
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To dial an operator in a foreign
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country, you must first obtain the
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operator routing from rate & route for
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that country. Dial rate & route and if
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you're trying to get an operator in
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Yugoslavia, say nicely, "IOTC
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Operator's route, please, for
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Yugoslavia." [In larger countries it
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may be necessary to specify a city].
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Rate & route will respond with,
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"38 plus 11229". So, dial your over-
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seas gateway, KP+011+038+ST, wait for
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sender dial tone, and key KP+0+38+
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11029+ST. You should then get an
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operator in Yugoslavia. Note that you
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must prefix the country code on the
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sender with a 0 because presumably
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only an operator here can dial an
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operator in a foreign country.
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When you dial KP+011+CC+ST for an
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overseas gateway, it is translated to
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a 3-digit sender code of the format
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18X, depending on which sender is
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designated to handle the country you
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are dialing. The overseas$gateways and
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their 3-digit codes are listed below.
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182 ..... White Plains, NY
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183 ..... New York, NY
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184 ..... Pittsburg, PA
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185 ..... Orlando, FL
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186 ..... Oakland, CA
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187 ..... Denver, CO
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188 ..... New York, NY
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Dialing KP+182+ST would get you the
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sender in White Plains, and KP+183+ST
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would get the sender in NYC, etc., but
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the KP+011+CC+ST is highly suggested
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(as previously mentioned). To find out
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what sender you were routed to after
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dialing KP+011+CC+ST, dial (at int'l
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dial tone): KP+0020000+ST.
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If you have difficulty in reaching
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a sender, call rate and route and ask
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for a numbers route for the country
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you're dialing. Sometimes, KP+011+
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padded country code+ST will not work.
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I have found this in many 3-digit
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country codes. Lexembourg, country
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code 352, for example, should be
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KP+011+352+ST theoretically. But it
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is not. In this case, dial KP+011+
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003+ST for the overseas gateway. If
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you have trouble, try dialing KP+00+
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first digit of country code+ST, or
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call rate The IOCC.
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Sometimes when"you call rate and
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route and ask for an "IOTC numbers
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route" or "IOTC operators route" for
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a foreign country, you will get
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something like "160+700" (as in the
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case of the Soviet Union). This means
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that the country is not dialable
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directly and must be handled through
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the International Overseas Completion
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Centre (IOCC). For an IOCC routing,
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pad the country code to the RIGHT with
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zeros until it is 3 digits. Then KP+160
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is dialed, plus the padded country
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code, plus ST.
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Examples:
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The U.S.S.R. (7) ...... KP+160+700+ST
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Japan (81) ............ KP+160+810+ST
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Uraguay (598) ......... KP+160+598+ST
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You will then be routed to the IOCC
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in Pittsburg, PA, who will ask for
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country, city, and number being dialed.
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Many times they will ask for a ringback
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[thanks to Telenet"Bob] so have a loop
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ready. They will then place the call
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and call you back (or sometimes put
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you through directly). Some calls, such
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as to Moscow, take several hours.
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The Rate Quote System (RQS).
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The RQS is the operator's rate/quote
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system. It is a computer used by TSPS
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(0+) operators to get rate and route
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information without having to dial the
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rate and route operator. In Part ii,
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I discussed getting an inward routing
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for dialing-assistance and emergency
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interrupts from the rate and route
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operators (KP+800+141+1212+ST). The
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same information is available from
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RQS. Say you want the inward routing
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for 305-994. You would sieze a trunk
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and dial KP+009+ST (to access the RQS).
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Sometimes, if you seize a trunk in an
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NPA not equipped with RQS, you need to
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dial an NPA that is equipped with RQS
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first, such as 303. Anyway, after you
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dial KP+009+ST or KP+303+009+ST, you
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will receive a wink (<beep><kerchink>)
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and then RQS dial tone. At RQS dial
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tone, for an inward routing for 305-994
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you would dial KP+06+305+994+ST. That
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is, KP+06+NPA+exchange+ST. RQS will
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respond with "305 plus 033 plus". This
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means you would dial KP+305+033+121+ST
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for an inward that services 305-994.
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If no special routing were required,
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RQS would have responded with "305
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plus" and you would simply dian:
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KP+305+121+ST for an inward.
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Another RQS feature is the echo
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feature. You can use it to test your
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blue box. Dial RQS (KP+009+ST) and
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then key KP+07+1234567890+ST. RQS will
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respond with voice identification of
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the digits it recognized, between the
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KP+07 and ST.
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RQS can also be used for rates and
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directory routings, but those are
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seldom needed, so they have been
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omitted here.
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Simple Scanning.
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If you're interested in scanning,
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try dialing on a trunk, routings in the
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format of KP+11XX1+ST. Begin with"11001
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and scan to 11991. There are lots of
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interesting things to be found there,
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as Doctor Who (413 area) can tell you.
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Those 11XX1 routings can also be
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prefixed with an NPA, so if you want
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to scan area code 212, dial KP+212+
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11XX1+ST.
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There, now you know as much about
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blue boxing as most phreaks. If you
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read and understand the material, and
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put aside preconceived ideas of what
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blue boxing is that you may have
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aquired from inexperienced people or
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other bulletin boards, you should be
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well on you way to an enlightening
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career in blue boxing. If you follow
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the guidelines in Part i to box, you
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should have no problem with the fone
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company. Comments made by "phreaks" on
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bulletin boards that proclaim "tracing"
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of blue boxers are nonsense and should
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be ignored (except for a passing
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chuckle).
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NOTE 1: CCIS and the downfall of blue
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boxing.
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CCIS stands for Common Channel Inter-
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office Signalling. It is a signalling
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method used between electronic
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switching systems that eminiates the
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use of 2600Hz and 3700Hz"supervisory
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signals, and MF pulsing. This is why
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many places cannot be boxed off of;
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they employ CCIS, or out-of-band
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signalling, which will not respond to
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any tones that you generate on the
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line. Eventually, all existing toll
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equipment will be upgraded or replaced
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with CCIS or T-carrier. In this case,
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we'll all be boxing with microwave
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dishes. Until then (about 1995 by
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current BOC/AT&T estimates), have fun!
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If you have ANY questions about this
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text, please feel free to drop me a
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line. I will respond to anl mail,
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messages, etc. Insults are also
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welcomed. And if you discover anything
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interesting scanning, be sure to let
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me know.
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Mark Tabas
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$LOD$
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This text was prepared in full by Mark
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Tabas for:
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K.A.O.S.
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Philadelphia, PA.
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[215-xxx-xxxx].
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Any sysop may freely download this text
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and use it on his/her BBS, provided
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that none of it be altered in any way.
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Technical acknowledgements:
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Karl Marx, X-Man, High-Rise Joe,
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Telenet Bob, Lex Luthor, TUC, John Doe,
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Doctor Who (413 area), The Tone Sweep,
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Mr. Silicon, K00L KAT, The Glump.
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References:
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1. Notes on the BOC Intra-LATA Networks
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Bell System publication, 1983.
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2. Notes on the Network
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Bell System publication, 1983.
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3. Engineering and Operations in the
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Bell System
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Bell System publication, 1983.
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4. Notes on Distance Dialing
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Bell System publication, 1968.
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5. Early Medieval Architecture.
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(c) February 6, 1900 Mark Tabas
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Call 1-305-xxx-xxxx now.
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