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66 lines
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I am writing this article to inform those of you that have a box and are
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getting bored with nothing to do or if you just aren't quite sure what you are
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doing when you play around with MF tones. First of all, when you blast out the
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2600hz tone, you are dropping a trunk and essentially, you become your own
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operator. When you place a long distance phone call, a computer usually does
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the mf tones for you and you don't hear them. In this article, I will deal with
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international calling, conferencing, emergency-break throughs and just having
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fun with the box. But now days, boxing is much more riskier than it was back
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10-15 years ago, so if you aren't cautious or you live on a modern ESS, than you
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might just get caught (but if you're not 18 yet then big deal! Go rag the hell
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out of Ma Bell!)
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Have you ever wanted to call overseas and talk to someone in another country?
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Or are you just bored of Metrofone or MCI? Then try this: When you place an
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international call, it is routed through the closest or closest unbusy
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international link. You can find these links by going KP-213-182-ST. This is
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the Los Angles link. Most major cities have them by the coast like New York
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KP-212-182-ST and even Denver KP-303-182-ST. When you call one of these links,
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you will get a tone, sometimes not, and then you have about 10 seconds to enter
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the number you are dialing in MF tones. If you make a mistake, it will tell
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you. The normal format for making a call would be: KP-212-182-ST (wait for
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tone) KP-(country code)-(phone number in country) -ST then wait for the call to
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go through.
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There two ways to do conference calls. One is to MF up KP-213-080-1050- ST.
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This gives you Aliance tele-conferencing in Los Angles. The way this one works
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is you enter KP-2130801050-ST wait till you hear it drop twice then you enter
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another number that the call is going to be billed to (usually some- one that
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you don't like). This one is totally computer controlled and you just enter the
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info needed by a normal touch tone pad. The other way for conferencing is to mf
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up your local or not so local conference operator. To do this just drop a trunk
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then go KP-(area code)-11511-ST and the lady will answer "conference operator,
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can I help you?" Now if you wanted to hook just 1-10 people together you give
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her the ph#s and she will dial them up and put everyone on together, meanwhile,
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she thinks you are the operator setting it up for someone else. One note,
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whenever you are dialing in mf tones and get an operator, they have no idea that
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you are boxing, they just think you are an operator from somewhere out of town.
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So don't be scared, give those operators hell! In fact, if you can find a good
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operator, they will even tell you how to do things.
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Now don't you all hate a busy signal? Ever try to get to someone and the line
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was busy? Well, don't fret anymore! Let's say that the phone number
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612-874-8700 was busy and you wanted to get through. First you would drop your
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trunk then go KP-612-121-ST. This will give you a local operator in the 612
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area code. When she answers (she thinks you are an operator from some- where
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else calling) you say "emergency interruption on area code 612-874-8700 and the
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party's name is Peter (or some dumb name)" Since trunk verification cannot be
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done by outside toll switching systems, you cannot do these by boxing and you
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have to let the operator do them for you. Again, she has no way of knowing that
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you aren't an operator when you call her unless you are 12 years old and sound
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like a sniveling little wimp. After the operator has cleared the line, you can
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dial it and it won't be busy. If it is out of order she may say it is OD or off
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the hook.
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Now let's say you just want to make an ordinarily phone call or call an 800
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ph#. After you drop your trunk, just do this KP-(area code)-(ph#)-ST, and
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notice that no '1' is needed.
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Now, what if you have a friend with a phone in his car? Well, you just MF up
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the mobile operator by going KP-(area code)-11521-ST. And if you would like to
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test out some Bell calling card numbers, the number is KP-(AREA CODE)-11611-ST
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or jupst plain KP-11611-ST if the city that you dropped the line in has a local
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Bellcard computer. Have phun boxing, but don't get busted!
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