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Wildman's Updated Guide to:
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A Genuine WildPhile (c) 23/06/93 21:45.52.21
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Updated: 25/07/93 11:48:12.56 Pre-Release!
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By The WildMan: Master of the Lines
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Greets to all you phreaks, death you all you pheds and narcs! Heh. As I
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am remincing through some of my older Tfiles, I noticed we need some
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updating to this file as experience allows me to do so. That and I'm bored
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and another WildPhile mearly adds to fame and glory. (not!)
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Well, the situation with blueboxes is that they're dead, you can still
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have some phun with them, but in most areas you'd need a 100W speaker
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playing the 2600 tune to get through. (amusing image forming in mind)
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Calling cards are good from payphones, but are suicide from home, and
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are increasingly more difficult to get. ANI is killing extenders, and
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PBXes are getting more and more risky. (still great from a payfone)
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What is a phreak to do?
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Well, field hacking is the answer. You can get old notebooks and laptops
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cheap now, or you can card one. (carding is also getting much more
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difficult) There are readly availible spots to jack into the network,
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free, lying all around waiting to be picked ripe from the vine. I am
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*very* *very* dissapointed with the situation of hardware phreaking in
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this country! Don't be a k0dEz kId!
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Gimmie gimmie gimmie gimmie? Well, OK. I'm sure you've noticed those
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big green boxes lying around on telephone poles, mounted on a concrete
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base, etc? Usually (but not always) with a Bell logo on them. (or 3M)
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Those are cans, or remote service boxes, and are your best friend.
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In some areas (still) you can access the lines through the underground
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cable access boxes. These are anywhere from 3 feet to 5 feet high, and
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anywheres from 6" to 12" wide. They are for use with older 1960-70's
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switching exchages, and more often than not, they are dead. I still found
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a tone on one in my area, by fucking with pairs of red and green wires.
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_LOTS_ of dead lines in there, unfortunatly. How can you tell? Well, if
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you see the other type (described above) it's highly likely these will be
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dead. In areas with multiple exhanges, it's likely SOME of these will
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be active. Another note: This type has REALLY shitty lines, horrible for
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data communication, IMPOSSIBLE without an error-correcting modem. Good
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for conferencing.
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Keep in mind that in rural areas, you can be very well concealed with
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no traffic or people to worry about. In cities this is much more difficult
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to pull off, as you'll need a spotter to watch for cars and a tarp to
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work under!
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Now, what are you going to need to enjoy this serivce? Pretty much the same
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gear as real AT&T/Bell Technicians use. Here's what to get:
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A pair of mid-size vicegrips One Portable Headset (see below)
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A pair of needlenose pliers A Portable Computer/Modem
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One sturdy flathead scredriver Phone Wire (see below)
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One UniConnect Modular Jack (see below) Roll of scotch & electrical tape
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One digital multimeter (voltage) One belt pack for above items
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A Soldering Iron/Solder One AAA Mini-Maglite Flashlight
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Alligator Clips (many) Gloves (Fingerprints, tsk)
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Ok. First: The Phone Wire. Buy a roll to work with at first, but once you
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break into the can (the pole or base-mounted large type) you'll find a spool
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you can leech all the wire you want off of from. Connect Clips to the ends
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for easy attaching.
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A UniConnect Modular Jack. What the fuck? Simple. Go out and get yourself
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a phone extention cord from Radio Shack. Chop the plug-in (female) end off.
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Strip it until you have the red and green wires exposed. Attach and solder
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to alligator clips. You can now connect this to any phone device, such as
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your portable modem. Some fuckheads call this little modification a box:
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And I laugh. Boxes are for phucking with the phone co, not adding a fucking
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hold button to your phone.
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A Portable Headset. This is what you will use to dial voice, run _HUGE_
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alliances from, etc. Don't scrimp here: I reccommend a model with a lighted
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keypad, tone/pulse selecting, flash/reset/redial buttons, a memory, and
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a kill/hold button. A what? To make this, just find where the wire from
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the jack. Clip it between the circuit board of the phone, and the jack
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itself. Strip the 3 sets of wire (the ones you are adding, the ones from
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the jack, and the ones from the circuit board). Attach ALL the RED wires
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together, and all of the GREEN wires, so you have (2) connections. (All
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the reds, and all the greens) solder this. Connect those two extra wires
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you added to a SPST Temporary (Momentary) Switch, normally open. (Push
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button). Get this at radio shack. Drill a hole in the case and poke the
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switch through. Reconnect everything. When you plug the phone in, it will
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operate normally. When you push that switch, and hold it in, the phone will
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go dead, light off, etc, but your connection will REMAIN OPEN. (On hold)
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If you want to get fancy, add the ABCD tones (mine has them) but I have
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_YET_ to find something to do with them. If anyone has any information
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on the Silver Box (ABCD) Tones, please leave me Email on the Cellar.
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(1-401-PRI-VATE), or The Crypt (1-902-PRI-VATE). You get the idea.
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A Portable Computer/Modem. Anything will do here. I myself use a Gateway
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2000 Handbook with a 2400/9600 Pocket modem, soon to be going to a Hayes
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Optima Portable. (14.4k) It should be light, rugged, and in a case where
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you can throw (hide) it somewhere if arrested. :NOTE: If you are arrested,
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all your gear is byebye, and that PC could be VALUABLE evidence. When you
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hear "FREEZE", give the gestapo a suprise and smash it off some concrete.
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HA. If you are running from techs, GET THAT BELT PACK OFF! It should have
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a good connector thing so you can throw it in the bushes and come back
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later. Someone arrested with this gear on will be in DEEP shit. Phone?
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Cords? Modem? Pliers? Multimeter? Uh, out for a walk. BZZZT
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Pliers/ViceGrips/Screwdriver. These are your tools to get into the can.
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Use the vicegrips to defeat the stainless steel latches like are on most
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cans, just turn the bolt in the direction of the arrow etched onto it.
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Handy, no? It'll pop open.
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If it is locked (always with Master Padlocks) saw the lock and go put
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another identical one on. Of course, you will be the only one WITH such
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a key. Heh. If you are a decent lockpick, do that, but can get tendious.
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(And leave evidence of tampering)
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The smaller, older style cans are opened by turning a bolt for a few turns
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and then pulling open (like a door), pulling open (straight off) or sliding
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up and off. (REAL old type)
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Once you're in:
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For the newer cans, you'll notice plastic rows with millions of wires
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running into them. No biggie. On the back of the can, you'll see one or
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two sets of bolts, usually with a 4 digit number below it. (# to that line)
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These are the test lines and are to be used for dialing out. The prefix
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will be whatever is local to the can. Connect the clips to here and
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go FAR away (200 feet) closing the can, so you can phreak in quiet.
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Be sure to check that you have the ring (red) and tip (green) wires on
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and connected properly, or it won't work. Use this for standard LD calling
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BUT DO NOT CALL 900's FROM THESE LINES!
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Customer lines can be accessed (bugged, heh) from the plastic, high tech
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connectors. There will be a test instrument, ususally with a phone right
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there for you to use! There are instructions printed on the side of the
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can, with pictures of course. Flip the plastic connector open and slide it
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in. The wires will lead to bolts on the side, connect your phone here
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and determine if there is a valid line. Use these lines for 900's.
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Sometimes it's useful to know the number you are calling from. (Carding,
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Collect Calls made to you at a specified time, etc) Dial ANI at 711 for
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the number, or 1-800-555-55555 (yep, 8 5's) IF these do not work, you'll
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be stuck with the test line, which will have the number written below it.
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One note: DO NOT VOICE PHREAK YOUR PHRIENDS AT HOME! Your calls may be
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logged, which is NO problem for LD BBS's, but voice calls will generate a
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lot of heat. I just arrange for my LD Phriends to call the test line
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collect at a specified time. (Account for different time zones!) And no,
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the operator will not know it's a test line. Nice, huh? When calling from
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a can, ALWAYS use _PULSE_ unless ABSOLUTELY necessary. (Alliance) Always
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dial with pulse regardless and switch to tones when you need them. Tones
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can be logged MUCH easier than pulse!
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Avoiding other problems: After you use the can once, it's no longer a virgin.
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Abuse the *hell* out of it from 11pm-6am (techs are out at 7am!) for the
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first nite, and then put the tape on the can. If nothing happens in a week,
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do it again. Techs do make regualar service calls, but if you notice a
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entry to your can, be weary. Since you have lots of cord connected, here's
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my plan: Just watch the box while you're leeching, if you see some techs
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coming, give the wire a *hard* yank, and pull it away. When they get there,
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they'll have NO idea where you are. (Running away at oluympic speed, of
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course) Also, don't vandilize the can. It's worth over $20,000, bigger ones
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a _LOT_ more. Blowing one up, for example, can knock 1000's of lines out
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for days. No ideas here or anything. <grin>
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If noticed, be sure to do SOMETHING with the cord, since it'll point RIGHT
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to you. I make sure it runs through some awkward places, and let me assure
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thee, the extra effort is WORTH IT!
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Testing for valid lines: Hook the multimeter to the wires and look for a
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voltage of about 50 VDC. (Varies between lines, around 50V though) Just
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look for anying above 6VDC and try connecting the phone to that. If someone
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calls the line while you're phucking with it, it'll go to 90V plus and
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you could get one MOTHER of a shock. Unlikely, you say? It's happened to
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me and is NOT a pleasant experience.
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Some final advice: Dress all in black or in military fatigues (best) and
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have a hankerchief you can pull over your face if need be. Wear a black
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sweater or jacket you can rip off if you have to be more normal-looking in
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a hurry.
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FIELD PHREAKING: CANNING WITH A TWIST
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What? Well, canning is _great_. With these skills you can have more phun!
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Go to someone's house that is on vacation, or that you _hate_. Look for
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where the wires enter their house. You will notice a small box there,
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usually black, and usually SMALL. Unscrew and remove. You'll see (4) screws
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with Red, Green, Yellow & Black wires. Connect to the red and green to
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dial out or bug the line.
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You may see a fone wire running down the side of the house, cut it, strip
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it, connect the two reds and greens together again, and attach your own
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little junction, and bug/dial away.
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Payfones also give you a excellent location: See my file on payfone fun
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for more information because I'm not typing another 100 lines.
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I hope this has enlightened you, and will aid you in the quest to rip the
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fucking phone company off. Keep Phreaking ALIVE! WRITE SOMETHING DOWN!
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As always, I can be reached at the Cellar, or at the Crypt.
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-- Wildman Out! 11:56:27.80 25/07/93
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