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THE SYNDICATE REPORT
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Special Information Transmittal No. 13
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Released July 21, 1987
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Featuring:
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Dan The Operator - Exposed as an Informant for Maxfield (brwy 6\24)
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Letter in Regards of FCC Taxing Datacommunicationists (cita 66\24)
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Northwestern Bell's CAROLINE (nwb.wk 6\25)
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Contel Merger (nwb.wk 6\26)
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Calling Cards Termed 'Discriminatory' (nwb.wk 7\1)
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Restrictions on Automatic Dialing Devices (mon.am 7\1)
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*Apprehended At Last: The Sensei of The Syndicate Report*
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by The Sensei
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Exposition:
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Once again, TSReport now excepts outside sources. Anyone can write/provide
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information to the Syndicate Report. The Syndicate Report is also altering
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format. Rather than concentrating mainly on BELL orientated information,
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the Syndicate Report now has a more broad interest. Thus, TSR now handles
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all types of news gatherings.
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All articles have been presented by me unless shown at the end of the
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article as the information provider(s).
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Author's Note:
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Welcome to another issue of The Syndicate Report. This is the 13th issue
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of The Report which makes it well over a year old. At this point, I would
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like to clear up some past happenings featured in TSR #12 about Phrack Inc.
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The article concerning Mr Pez having a Phrack Account on his board, or
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assembling a Phrack Team are only rumors and not true.
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Dated: 6/14/87
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At first, I was almost forced to stop publishing the Syndicate Report due
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to legal problems. (All explained later) But I thought about the situation
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and I realized there was ways around the law. So continue to expect TSR.
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DAN THE OPERATOR - EXPOSED AS AN INFOMANT FOR MAXFIELD:
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Dan the Operator AKA Noah, was recently discovered by Phrack Inc. and
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TeleComputists Newletter as an INFORMANT to John Maxfield (BoardScan). It
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appears that Knight Lightning discovered this while Dan the Operator was
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exchanging information with Maxfield on some of the people that showed up at
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SummerCon '87.
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Some of the People that were discussed:
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Tuc, Jester Sluggo, Phucked Agent 04, Videosmith, Chesire Catalyst,
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Mark Tabas, Karl Marx, The Safe Cracker, The Marauder, Genghis Khan,
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Doc Holiday, Kloey Detect, Violet Bouregard, and Disk Jockey.
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Dan the Operator Personal Info.:
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Real Name: Noah Wallach (Info. compliments of Freeworld ][ Users)
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Address: 5200 Myer Ct.
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Rockville, MD 20853
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Here now is an exact printout of the message Dan the Operator sent
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to me on the Syndicate Newsline - 11:30 am, Monday July 6th '87.
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"This is BIG BAD Noah Wallach here, man. Like what's up? I see your
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trying to do a report on me, and I hate your fuckin' ass. I don't want you to
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say nothin' more on Havoc's Board, man. (Freeworld ][ Private) I'm gettin'
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a little pissed. I'm a little informat out ther spying on all of you. And I
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hate your god damn dick. Don't ever say anything more on Major Havoc's board,
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or I'll have to kick some anus. You little fucker for giving out my phone
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number and all that crap. You little fucker, you little fucker. See you later
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asshole." That was a complete type up of DA's msg to me via TSR Newsline.
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I heard he was a little on the homosexual side...but he sure likes to
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talk about my private parts. Right after I heard the message from Noah, I
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instantly called up Freeworld ][ Private to get a 'Previous Callers' log.
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This is was it had:
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1174, Wasteland Warrior - Acc Lv: 6
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1175, Clyde Ferndox - Acc Lv: 6
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1176, The Spiker - Acc Lv: 7
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1177, David Trader - Ac Lv: 6 (I suggested this one...name fits his style)
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1178, Samson - Acc Lv: 5
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1179, Mystical Kiler - Acc Lv: 5
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1180, Keymaster - Acc Lv: 5
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1181, Myself...etc.
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*You make the evaluation, and come a conclusion on Noah's new handle.*
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*UPDATE* This is a recent update on Noah Wallach:
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Dan the Operator sent me another message over TSR Newlines on July 14th
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at approximately 12:30 am. Read carefully, this could affect you...
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"This is big bad Noah Wallach again. I see you haven't quit reporting
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about me, man. I see you didn't take my warnings seriously. I also hear your
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in a little trouble with the Capital Interstate Cops...I hope they hang your
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fucking ass. If they don't I will. You may think you know me, but you don't
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at all. I know everything about everybody, and there's going to be a major
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sting operation. And it's going to be located by every phreak in the nation.
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Watch your back Phreak Sensei, you telephone line loser."
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I'm taking Dan's advise and am very weary about recent new boards etc...
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Keep your eyes and ears open people. Please make all reports to either TSR or
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Phrack Inc. This boy is out to get us. Thank you.
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Look for a short interview with Dan the Operator.
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LETTER IN REGARDS OF FCC TAXING DATACOMMUNICATIONISTS:
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NOTE: This is only a suggested* letter to send to the FCC. Please do
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not send a verbatim copy of this letter, because it won't do much good
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if they see 2000 copies of the same letter simply sent by different
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people. If you can come up with your own reasoning and wording to
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protest the access charge, it would have a better impact.
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Chairman Dennis R. Patrick
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1919 M Street Northwest
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Washington, DC 20554
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Dear Mr. Patrick,
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I am writing in regard to the recent proposal to charge a $4.50
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to $5.50 per hour access charge for computer users using data bases
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and computer information services. I feel that this proposed charge
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for value-added telecommunications services is unfair and overpriced,
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because the fees charged by most telecommunications services would
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rise steeply if this proposal became law. Usage of these services
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would drop dramatically if this proposal is passed.
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I can appreciate the reasoning that since people are using
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computer networks to make money, the local telephone companies deserve
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a share of this money. However, the major commercial data bases, such
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as Dow Jones, NewsNet, and Source Plus, charge $20 to $40 per hour. A
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$5.00 per hour charge would be rather substantial when added to this
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price. The situation gets worse when services used by computer
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hobbyists are considered. Computer services used by hobbyists, such
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as The Source, GEnie, and Delphi, charge only $5.00 to $15.00 per
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hour. When a $5.00 per hour access charge is added to that, the
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hourly cost would become prohibitive for subscribers.
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The hardest hit networks would be the services that are run by
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computer hobbyists for other computer hobbyists. The vast majority of
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these services charge no fee, and are run on personal computers with
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one incoming phone line. These services, popularly called Bulletin
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Board Services or BBS's, are used most often for technical discussions
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about various computer topics, discussions about musical instruments,
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or general social discussion and commentary. These hobbyist-run
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services are not providing value-added services, so it is not
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reasonable to charge an access charge if these services are not used
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to make money. If a $5.00 per hour access charge was applied to these
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bulletin board systems, hobbyists would quickly go broke or be forced
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to take down their systems.
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It should also be considered that it does not cost the telephone
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companies any more to switch a data call through the network than it
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does to switch a regular voice call through the network. If an access
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charge became law, the telephone companies would get an undeserved
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windfall from these services. This hardly seems fair to the average
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consumer.
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I urge you to reconsider the access charge. It should either be
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based on a percentage of the hourly fee charged by value-added
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services, with no access charge for systems that do not have an hourly
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charge, or dropped entirely. This would be fair for all computer
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users and telephone companies alike.
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::::::::::::::::::::::Letter Provided by Central Aloy:::::::::::::::::::::::
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NORTHWESTERN BELL'S CAROLINE:
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About a year ago, Caroline was restructed to be better postioned to
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capture residential marketing. A five-feature package billed at 10$ per month
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was trimmed to three basic features - call hold, call transfer and conference
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(three-way) calling -- and priced more affordably at 5$ monthly.
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CaroLine Features:
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* Call Hold - Besides putting a caller on hold, it can also be used to hang
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up a phone and use an extension in another room without losing
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the caller.
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* Call Transfer - Allows transfer of a call in progress to another line.
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* Conference Calling - Allows third party to be added to a a conversation.
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* Call Pick-Up - Allows a customer with two or more lines to answer from any
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phone.
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* Call waiting - Signals a second call and enables customer to put first caller
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on hold.
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* Call forwarding - Enables a customer to route incoming calls to another line.
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* Convenience dialing - Also known as speed calling, enables one and two-digit
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dialing.
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* Alternate Answer - Enables users to prearrange calls coming in on one line
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to automatically transfer to another ine after a specific
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number of rings, or when a busy signal is engaged.
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* Intra-Call - Enables customers to dail extensions.
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All of these CaroLine Features require only one peice of hardware...
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Your Standard Bell Telephone.
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CONTEL MERGER:
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Contel Corp., with 2.3 million telephone customers in 30 states,
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announced this week it will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications
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Satellite Corp., under a stock swap merger agreement. The merger is expected
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to be complete next year.
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CALLING CARDS TERMED 'DISCRIMINATORY':
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) notified the seven regional Bell
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operating companies (BOCs) July 5 that it is investigating that
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advertising and use of calling cards issued by their telephone company
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subsidiaries for interexchanging service.
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The department's concern is that BOCs may be in violation of the
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Modified Final Judgment because interexchange calls can be charged to their
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cards only if the calls are carried by AT&T. It said the same billing
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arrangements are not available to other competing carriers.
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The DOJ noted that this discrimination "appears to have been an
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unavoidable consequence of allowing AT&T and the Bocs to share a credit card
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data base" at the time of divesture and the BOCs are in the process of
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developing their own data bases.
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The DOJ has ordered that the BOCs immediately cease advertising and
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promotion of their calling cards for interexchange calling; notify calling
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card customers that the cards are intended only for interexchange calling; and
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also notify them that such calls are completed by AT&T even if the customer
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has presubscribed to another carrier.
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Bell has issued over 21 million calling cards in it's 7 Regional Bell
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Operating Companies.
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RESTRICTIONS ON AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICES:
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Your chances of being awakened by a computerized sales call will be
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substantially reduced after August 1. A bill which places restrictions on
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telemarketers using prerecorded or synthesized voice messages makes such calls
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illegal before 9 am and after 9 pm.
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The bill also requires that such devices disconnect within 10 seconds
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after the phone is hung up and specifies that the message cannot be delivered
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unless information about the caller and the purpose of the call is first
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provided by a live operator.
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Bill H.F. 124 & S.F. 184
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::::::::::::::::::::Information Provided by Tom E. Hack:::::::::::::::::::::
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*BUSTED AT LAST: THE SENSEI OF THE SYNDICATE REPORT:*
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"This may be the very last article I will write. A complete write up
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will also be released."
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Well, I finally got the axe from Bell. From all the years of loyal
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service I've given them, they were forced to finally take action. I won't
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say to much, I'm still bummed out from the visit from Capital Police. I'm
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typing this hours from the actual visit, since I don't think I'll be having
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my computer/modems etc., much longer.
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It all started on a Unix system in the 415. I don't know how they got
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to me all the way from Calif., but they did. I must have tripped an alarm, I'm
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guessing. Anyways, I'm giving this to a friend, and he'll probably leave it on
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Brewery or Freeworld ][ Private (301-668-7657). I don't want all my accounts
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deleted right away from any System Operator reading this...I may be pay for a
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call here and there to keep in touch. Mainly I'll keep it to a few select
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systems, until I find a new way of calling LD without worry of traces. My
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complete story I'd like to submit to Phrack Inc. To get in touch with me call
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my home line if you know it, or 612-829-8503 or 8504.
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Oh, they told me to get a new hobby, so I took up a new language.
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Have a good one,
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The Sensei / Syndicate Report
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If there is any question to the information in this file, contact the
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author. Now can be found on the following systems: PG CF 612-645-7132
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Osuny 914-725-4060, and Freeworld ][ 301-668-7657. Local Police Station.
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This concludes this transmittal No. 13 provided by:
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The Sensei of The Syndicate Report
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Released July 21, 1987
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