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HOW TO 'BLUE BOX' INTO 'RUSSIA'
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BY: MARK TABAS
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HELLO,
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LATELY, I HAVE BEEN QUESTIONED ABOUT
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THE SUBJECT OF BOXING INTO THE SOVIET
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UNION. WHILE I AM BY NO MEANS AN EXPERT
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ON THIS, I HAVE PICKED UP A FEW THINGS.
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STANDARD DIALING TO RUSSIA WOULD
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BEGIN SOMETING LIKE THIS:
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KP+011+007+ST (FOR INT'L SENDER)
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KP+0+95+295+9051+ST (FOR NUMBER)
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IF ALL WENT WELL, YOU WOULD BE ROUTED
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INTO RUSSIA AS AN OPERATOR-ASSISTED
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CALL. (BY THE WAY, THE NUMBER ABOVE IS
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THE KREMLIN). HOWEVER, SINCE ALL IS NOT
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WELL BETWEEN US AND THE SOVIETS, YOU
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WILL PROBABLY GET A RECORDING. THIS
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WILL GO SOMETHING LIKE, "INTERNATIONAL
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DIRECT-DIAL SERVICE IS NO LONGER
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AVAILABLE TO THE SOVIET UNION..." OR
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"DUE TO CIRCUT CONGESTION IN THE
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COUNTRY YOU DIALED, YOUR CALL DID NOT
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COMPLETE..."
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THESE RECORDINGS, HOWEVER, LIE. THEY
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ARE MERELY PLACED THERE TO DETER THE
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BLUE BOXER. HE HEARS THEM AND THEN,
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BELIEVING THEM, GIVES UP.
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SEE, THE LAST THING THAT AT&T AND THE
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U.S. GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL NEED IS A
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BUNCH OF 11-YEAR-OLD BLUE BOXERS
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CALLING RUSSIA AND SAYING SOMETHING
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LIKE: "HA HA, YOU FORNICATING COMMY
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PINKOS,WE'RE GONNA BOMB THE HELL OUT OF
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YOU!"
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SO, THEY MAKE IT *VERY* DIFFICULT TO
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BOX THE CALL. AS I SAID BEFORE, THE
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RECORDINGS THAT YOU GET ARE FAKES.
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WHEN NORMAL TSPS PLACE A CALL TO RUSSIA
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(LEGALLY), THEY MUST CONTEND WITH THE
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SAME RECORDING, ONLY INTERNATIONAL HAS
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THIS NEAT EQUIPMENT THAT KEEPS DIALING
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THE NUMBER OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL
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THE CALL GOES THROUGH. THIS NORMALLY
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TAKES A FEW HOURS. IT WOULD TAKE YOU
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A YEAR ON A BLUE BOX. THIS IS WHY WHEN
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YOU ATTEMPT TO PLACE A LEGAL CALL TO
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THE U.S.S.R., IOCC (TSPS) WILL TELL YOU
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THAT THERE IS A 2-3 HOUR DELAY. OFTEN
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IT IS MORE THAN THAT, IF THEY HAVE A
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LINE OF CALLS.
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TO HAVE IOCC PLACE A CALL, ONE WOULD
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BOX KP+160+700+ST FOR RUSSIA. THIS WILL
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GIVE YOU AN IOCC OPERATOR WHO ASKS FOR
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COUNTRY, CITY AND NUMBER, AND A BILLING
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NUMBER (THINKING THAT YOU ARE TSPS
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YOURSELF). THEN THEY WANT A CUSTOMER
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RINGBACK NUMBER (LOOP OR PAYFONE, IF
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YOU PLAN TO HANG AROUND FOR A FEW HOURS
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OR SO). HOWEVER, ON CALLS TO OTHER
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COUNTRIES, THEY WILL CONNECT YOU
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DIRECTLY AND DO NOT REQUIRE RINGBACK.
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IOCC COUNTRY ROUTINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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KP+011+XXX+ST, WHERE XXX IS THE COUNTRY
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CODE PADDED TO THE *RIGHT* WITH ZEROS.
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TO CONTINUE ABOUT IOCC ROUTINGS, THE
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COUNTRY CODE IS PADDED TO THE RIGHT
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WITH ZEROS. THUS, AUSTRALIA (COUNTRY
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CODE OF 61) WOULD BECOME 610, AND THE
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ROUTING WOULD BE KP+160+610+ST.
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THIS MESSAGE HASN'T SAID MUCH SINCE
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I HAVEN'T TOLD HOW TO BOX A CALL TO
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RUSSIA, I'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT ALL THE
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PROBLEMS WITH CALLING THERE. THAT'S
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BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO
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DO. UNLESS YOU ARE VERY PATIENT AND
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FEEL LIKE TRYING TO BOX IT ABOUT 5000
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TIMES BEFORE YOU FINALLY GET THROUGH
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(IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD BE BUSY ANYWAY)
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THEN YOU NEED THE HELP OF THE BELL
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SYSTEM OR POSSIBLY SOME INFERIORS
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LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE IRON CURTAIN.
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TO PLACE A CALL TO RUSSIA, OTHER THAN
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GOING THROUGH IOCC, ONE MIGHT TRY TO
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CONTACT SOME SORT OF INWARD SOMEWHERE,
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LIKE YUOGSLAVIA (KARL MARX'S SUGGESTION
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), OR MAYBE EAST GERMANY. TO BEGIN
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WITH, CALL RATE & ROUTE FOR THE IOTC
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ROUTING (SAY YOU ARE ON CORDBOARD) FOR
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INWARD IN YUGOSLAVIA. SHE'LL SAY SOME-
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THING LIKE "038 PLUS BLAH-BLAH-BLAH"
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SO YOU WOULD BOX KP+011+038+ST, WAIT
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FOR INT'L TONE, THEN DIAL KP+0+38+BLAH
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BLAH BLAH+121+ST. THAT SHOULD GET YOU
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INWARD, YUGOSLAVIA, WHO SPEAKS LITTLE
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OR NO ENGLISH AND IS AT BEST UNPLEASANT
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TO DEAL WITH.
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THAT'S ALL I KNOW. IF YOU HAVE A
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BETTER WAY (OR ANY WAY AT ALL) TO CALL
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MOTHER RUSSIA, LET ME KNOW.
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MARK TABAS
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