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66 lines
3.7 KiB
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]^[ City of Lanhkmar ]^[
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: [215] 345/0622 :
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ARE YOU A PHREAK ? ? ?
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From the mere jokeline caller to the telecommunications wizard, one can find
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phone folks at various levels of the phone kingdom. These are not definitive
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boundaries, for even the most knowledgeable phreaks occasionally revert to
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primitive tactics:
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THE DIPPY DIALER. The person who got a Zygot Dial-A-Joke number from their
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little sister and is forever trying to get through the busy signal which other
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Dippy Dialers have caused. Not to be totally ignored, since it is this person
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who keeps the entertainment lines in business. Even though they do not know the
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difference between the prefix and the area code, they are the only people that
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find the jokes to be humorous. This brand of lowlife makes prank phone calls
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(sample: "Is your refrigerator running? Then you better go catch it!") and has
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been known to run up his parent's phone bill on long distance calls which he
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thought were local.
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CONFERENCE BRAT/LOOP IDIOT Has an interminable list of test numbers, WATS
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goodies, other phreaks' private numbers, and searches endlessly for working
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loops. Known to (ab)use the Alliance Teleconferencing mechanism. Typified by
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playing the "info exchange game" and dreams of the day that he will have his own
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phone line. This creature also calls the phone phun lines, but overstacks SPC
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and MCI trunks. Also enjoys leaving lengthy disconnects on other people's
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answering machines.
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AMATEUR PHONE PHREAK. Has 16 illegal extensions with touch tone and homemade
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hold buttons. Collects telephone directories of cities he can't spell or find
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on the map. Also accumulates Bell paraphernalia like pay phone instruction cards
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and stationery from the security division for scaring his friends. These
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mischievous types wire coin phones to always refund, harass telco installers,
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and raid the central office trash containers for research material. Has the
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cheapest measured service line, but with all the custom calling features.
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Collects coin phone refund checks from the BOC's and independent telcos,
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including 3rd rate companies like GTE. Fantasizes of working for Ma Bell
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someday.
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PHONE PHREAK EXTAORDINAIRE. Has a key system for his 4 phone lines, of which he
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only answers one. Has a pager, but still is impossible to track down. Charter
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subscriber to 2600. He knows every free call there is and talks to the East
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Coast phreaks not so much for phreaking but to laugh at their accents. Dabbles
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with computer systems, but has no respect for its security. Can answer any
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question about the telephone except why he likes it. Has at least one 3-slot
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pay phone proudly displayed on his wall, and is the only person with an
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appreciation of independent telcos, step-by- step switching, and disvestiture.
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PHONE PHREAK EMERITUS. Retired from the service after getting busted 3 times:
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For Sprinting across the country; For violating probation by blue boxing (telco
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security confiscated his blue box); and finally for hacking COSMOS. Has no phone
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line at all, as he is paranoid that the temptation would be too great. Tries
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new hobbies such as needlepoint and stamp collecting in order to lessen phone
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phreak withdrawal pains. Meticulously avoids breaking any laws: drives 55 mph
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on highways. This nasty streak of morality could probably be cured by giving
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him a butt phone and locking him in a feeder closet which contains 200
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unrestricted dial tones.
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Where do you fit in ? Tell your friends where they belong.
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Then change your phone number, quickly!
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(NOTE: This article is from 2600 Magazine.)
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