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File: BLUE BOXING INFORMATION
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BLUE BOXING
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THIS IS THE TONE MATRIX FOR A BOX WHICH GENERATES TONES THAT OPERATORS USE TO
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DIAL..ROTARY WORKS AS WELL, ON OPERATOR LINES, BUT THIS IS TECHNOLOGICAL(!).
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NOW I AGREE WITH THE OPINION OF A WELL KNOWN PHREAK THAT 'BOXING' IS/WILL BE FOR
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THE MOST PART DEAD, BUT THIS IS TRADITION... FIRST,YOU DIAL DIR.ASST, OR AN
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OPER. ETC , THEN YOU BLAST THE LINE WITH A 2600HZ TONE. THIS GIVES YOU THE
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LINE, THIS IS ALSO HOW MA BELL TRACKS DOWN BLUE BOXERS... THERE ARE 2600HZ
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DETECTORS SY STEMS, AND EVEN ON OLD #4 CROSSBARS... ONCE ON A OPER.TRUNK LINE,
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YOU USE YOUR BLUE BOX/ROTARY TDO DIAL...
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SO, IF YOU USE 2600HZ, WHICH IS NECESSARY, UNLESS YOU ARE *VERY* CAREFUL, YOU
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WILL BE SNAGGED.
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FINALLY, THIS IS WHAT YOU READ! SO LONG AND HARD FOR:
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700 : 1 : 2 : 4 : 7 : 11 :
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900 : + : 3 : 5 : 8 : 12 :
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1100 : + : + : 6 : 9 : KP :
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1300 : + : + : + : 10 : KP2 :
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1500 : + : + : + : + : ST :
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: 900 : 1100 : 1300 : 1500 : 1700 :
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USE KP TO START A CALL, AND ST TO STOP, WITH THE BELOVED 2600HZ TONE TO
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DISCONNECT. I ALSO HEAR THAT 2600HZ RESETS SPRINT NODES AND GIVES YOU THEIR
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INITIAL TONE..
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NOW, IF YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT WHAT TO CALL FROM AN OPERATOR TRUNK, HERE ARE
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SOME GOODIES TO HELP YOU OUT:
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XXX+101 - TOLL SWITCHING
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XXX+121 - LOCAL OPERATOR
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XXX+131 - INFORMATION
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XXX+141 - RATE & ROUTE
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XXX+181 - COIN REFUND OPERATOR
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XXX+11501 - MOBILE OPERATOR
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XXX+11521 - MOBILE OPERATOR
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XXX+11511 - CONFERENCE OPERATOR
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---CONCERNING ABOVE
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FIRST THE TONES. WHILE ALL THE INFORMATION IS CORRECT, THE TIMING SPECS WERE
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NOT INCLUDED . THE TONE PAIRS ARE TO REMAIN ON FOR 1/10 SEC. WITH 1/10 SEC.
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OF SLIENCE BETWEEN DIGITS. THE 'KP' TONES SHOULD BE SENT FOR 2/10 SEC. A WAY
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TO DEFEAT THE 2600HZ TRAPS IS TO SEND ALONG WITH THE 2600HZ SOME PINK NOISE(MOST
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OF THE ENERGY IN THIS SIGNAL SHOULD BE ABOVE 3000HZ, THIS SIGNAL WON'T MAKE IT
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OVER THE TOLL NETWORK, BUT SHOULD CARRY AS FAR AS YOUR LOCAL TOLL CENTER SO THAT
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THE TRAPS WON'T FIND 'PURE' 2600HZ ON THE TRUNK. THIS IS NOT A PERFECTLY SAFE
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WAY TO BOX, BUT IT SHOULD SLOW DOWN THE DISCOVERY.
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AS TO USE, THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THERE ARE TWO(2)
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TYPES OF TOLL COMPLETING TRUNKS: INWARD AND OUTWARD. THE NAMES ARE REFERENCE
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TO THE OFFICE THAT IS SWITCHING THE CALL(THE TOLL CENTER THAT SERVES THE WATS
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LINE YOU CALLED) AND EACH TYPE OF TRUNK HAS A DIFFERENT CLASS OF SERVICE. FROM
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AN INWARD TOLL COMPLETING TRUNK, YOU CAN REACH THE DIFFERENT SERVICE OPERATORS,
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THE TOLL TEST BOARD, AND THE INWARD OPERATOR. SOME OFFICES ALSO ALLOW REMOTE
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TESTING AND IT IS IN THESE OFFICES THAT YOU CAN ACCESS THE OUTWARD TOLL
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COMPLETING TRUNKS. THE OUT WARD TRUNKS ALLOW YOU TO MAKE
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VERIFICATION(EMERGENCY) CALLS, DO SERVICE MONITORING(TAPPING), STACK TRUNKS(BUSY
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OUT ALL TRUNKS BETWEEN LA AND NYC), ENABLE AND DISABLE TSPS POSITIONS, AN D IN
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SOME CASES(ON SOME 4A'S) ISSUE TEMPORARY REROUTING INSTRUCTIONS( SEND ALL CALLS
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FROM LA TO NYC VIA MIAMI, BOSTON, OR ANY OTHER CLASS 5 OFFICE OR OFFICES). BOTH
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TYPE OF TRUNKS ALLOW YOU TO PLACE A 'STANDARD' CALL WITH A BOX.
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IN SOME OFFICES, MOSTLY THE SMALL ONES WITH A TOLL TEST BOARD THAT IS
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UNATTENDED AT NIGHT AND ON WEEKENDS, YOU CAN GET AN OUTWARD TOLL COMPLETING
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TRUNK AS WELL AS PERFORMING OTHER TEST AND ROUTING FUNCTIONS. YOU DO THIS BY
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USING THREE DIGIT CODES THAT ARE INVALID EXCHANGES(NOT OF THE PATTERN NNX[SEE
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NOTE 1]). DURING THE SIXITES THE CODES USED WERE FAIRLY STANDARD AND
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CONSISTENT, HOWEVER WHEN THE BOXES BECAME POPULAR AND THE PHREAKS STARTED DOING
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THINGS LIKE ROUTING ALL CALLS FROM DALLAS TO FT. WORTH VIA WASHINGTON D.C.
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MOTHER STARTED CHANGING THE TEST CODES ON A RANDOM(AS FAR AS I KNOW ) BASIS.
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WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT EVERYBODY INTERESTED IN DOING THIS SORT OF THING
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PICK OUT A NICE QUIET LITTLE OFFICE SOMEWHERE AND WORK ON DISCOVERING THE CODES
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ACCEPTABLE TO THAT OFFICE.
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EACH NUMBERING PLAN AREA (NPA, ALSO KNOWN AS AREA CODE) HAS AN OFFICE
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DESIIGNATED AS ITS MASTER OFFICE. THIS OFFICE CONT ROLS ALL OF THE OTHER TOLL
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OFFICES IN THE AREA AS WELL AS SERVING AS A CONCENTRATION POINT FOR MOST OUT OF
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AREA CALLS. TO ACCESS THE SERVICES OF A NON-MASTER OFFICE YOU NEED IT'S 'CITY
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CODE', THIS IS A THREE(3) DIGIT CODE THAT IS OF THE FORM 0XX, AND IS SENT AFTER
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THE AREA CODE[SEE NOTE 2 ]. AS AN EXAMPLE, THE 'CITY CODE' FOR CANTON, OHIO IS
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042; TH US TO REACH THE INWARD OPERATOR IN CANTON, YOU WOULD SEND 'KP-216
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-042-121-ST' WHERE AS IF YOU WANTED THE INWARD OPERATOR IN CLEVELA ND, YOU WOULD
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SEND 'KP-216-121- ST'. THE REASON THIS IS NECESSARY IS THAT THE OPERATOR IN
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CLEVELAND CAN'T VERIFY A NUMBER IN CANTON, SO IF YOU WANT TO VERIFY SOMEONE IN
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CANTON YOU NEED THE CITY CO DE. ALSO, MOST AREA MASTER OFFICES HAVE DEDICATED
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DATA TRUNKS TO THE NETWORK CONTROL CENTER AND THUS DON'T ACCEPT TEST AND
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REROUTING COMMANDS OVER THE SWITCHED NETWORK.
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IN CONCLUSION, THE SWITCHING NETWORK WILL DO A LOT MORE FOR YOU THEN CONNECT
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YOU TO PEOPLE AND THE SMALL OFFICES THAT REQUIRE A 'CITY CODE' ARE THE TYPE OF
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OFFICE TO TRY TO BREAK.
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NOTE 1: THE NORMAL FORMAT FOR TELEPHONE NUMBERS IS AS FOLLOWS: NYN/NNX-XXXX.
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WHERE N=ANY DIGIT EXCE PT 1 AND 0; Y=0 OR 1 , AND X=ANY DIGIT. YES I KNOW THAT
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IN SOME AREA CODES THE NNX FORMAT HAS CHANGED TO NXX. THIS IS A NEW OCCURRENCE
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AND ONLY OCCUR WHERE THERE HAS BE AN OUTRAGEOUS POPULATION INCREASE IN THE LAST
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FEW YEARS AND ALL OF THE FUNNY EXCHANGES ARE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO MASTER
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OFFICES AND THUS DON'T CONFLICT WITH THE 'CITY CODE' FORMAT.
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NOTE 2: YOU CAN OBTAIN THE 'CITY CODE' FOR A NUMBER BY CALLING RATE AND ROUTE
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AND ASKING FOR THE 'NUMBERS ROUTE' TO NYN/NNX(I.E. 914/725). OR IF YOU LEAVE
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ME A MESSAGE WITH THE AREA CODE AND FIRST THREE OF A NUMBER, I WILL GET YOU THE
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'CITY CODE'.
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