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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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$ RUSSIA BOXING $
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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HELLO,
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LATELY, I HAVE BEEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF BOXING INTO THE SOVIET
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UNION. WHILE I AM BY NO MEANS AN EXPERT ON THIS, I HAVE PICKED UP A FEW
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THINGS.
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STANDARD DIALING TO RUSSIA WOULD 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 INTO RUSSIA AS AN OPERATOR-ASSISTED
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CALL. (BY THE WAY, THE NUMBER ABOVE IS THE KREMLIN). HOWEVER, SINCE ALL IS
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NOT WELL BETWEEN US AND THE SOVIETS, YOU WILL PROBABLY GET A RECORDING. THIS
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WILL GO SOMETHING LIKE, "INTERNATIONAL DIRECT-DIAL SERVICE IS NO LONGER
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AVAILABLE TO THE SOVIET UNION..." OR "DUE TO CIRCUT CONGESTION IN THE COUNTRY
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YOU DIALED, YOUR CALL DID NOT COMPLETE..." THESE RECORDINGS, HOWEVER, LIE.
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THEY ARE MERELY PLACED THERE TO DETER THE BLUE BOXER. HE HEARS THEM AND THEN,
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BELIEVING THEM, GIVES UP. SEE, THE LAST THING THAT AT&T AND THE U.S.
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GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL NEED IS A BUNCH OF 11-YEAR-OLD BLUE BOXERS CALL- ING
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RUSSIA AND SAYING SOMETHING LIKE: "HA HA, YOU FORNICATING COMMY PINKOS, WE'RE
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GONNA BOMB THE HELL OUT OF YOU!" SO, THEY MAKE IT *VERY* DIFFICULT TO BOX THE
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CALL. AS I SAID BEFORE, THE RECORDINGS THAT YOU GET ARE FAKES. WHEN NORMAL
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TSPS PLACE A CALL TO RUSSIA (LEGALLY), THEY MUST CONTEND WITH THE SAME
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RECORDING, ONLY INTERNATIONAL HAS THIS NEAT EQUIPMENT THAT KEEPS DIALING THE
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NUMBER OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL THE CALL GOES THROUGH. THIS NORMALLY TAKES
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A FEW HOURS. IT WOULD TAKE YOU A YEAR ON A BLUE BOX. THIS IS WHY WHEN YOU
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ATTEMPT TO PLACE A LEGAL CALL TO THE U.S.S.R., IOCC (TSPS) WILL TELL YOU THAT
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THERE IS A 2-3 HOUR DELAY. OFTEN IT IS MORE THAN THAT, IF THEY HAVE A LINE OF
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CALLS. TO HAVE IOCC PLACE A CALL, ONE WOULD BOX KP+160+700+ST FOR RUSSIA.
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THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IOCC OPERATOR WHO ASKS FOR COUNTRY, CITY AND NUMBER, AND
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A BILLING NUMBER (THINKING THAT YOU ARE TSPS YOURSELF). THEN THEY WANT A
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CUSTOMER RINGBACK NUMBER (LOOP OR PAYFONE, IF YOU PLAN TO HANG AROUND FOR A FEW
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HOURS OR SO). HOWEVER, ON CALLS TO OTHER COUNTRIES, THEY WILL CONNECT YOU
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DIRECTLY AND DO NOT REQUIRE RINGBACK. IOCC COUNTRY ROUTINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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KP+011+XXX+ST, WHERE XXX IS THE COUNTRY CODE PADDED TO THE *RIGHT* WITH ZEROS.
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TO CONTINUE ABOUT IOCC ROUTINGS, THE COUNTRY CODE IS PADDED TO THE RIGHT WITH
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ZEROS. THUS, AUSTRALIA (COUNTRY CODE OF 61) WOULD BECOME 610, AND THE ROUTING
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WOULD BE KP+160+610+ST. THIS MESSAGE HASN'T SAID MUCH SINCE I HAVEN'T TOLD HOW
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TO BOX A CALL TO RUSSIA, I'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH CALLING
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THERE. THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DO. UNLESS YOU ARE VERY
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PATIENT AND FEEL LIKE TRYING TO BOX IT ABOUT 5000 TIMES BEFORE YOU FINALLY GET
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THROUGH (IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD BE BUSY ANYWAY) THEN YOU NEED THE HELP OF THE
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BELL SYSTEM OR POSSIBLY SOME INFERIORS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE IRON CURTAIN. TO
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PLACE A CALL TO RUSSIA, OTHER THAN GOING THROUGH IOCC, ONE MIGHT TRY TO CONTACT
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SOME SORT OF INWARD SOMEWHERE, LIKE YUOGSLAVIA (KARL MARX'S SUGGES- TION), OR
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MAYBE EAST GERMANY. TO BEGIN WITH, CALL RATE & ROUTE FOR THE IOTC ROUTING (SAY
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YOU ARE ON CORDBOARD) FOR INWARD IN YUGOSLAVIA. SHE'LL SAY SOME- THING LIKE
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"038 PLUS BLAH-BLAH-BLAH" SO YOU WOULD BOX KP+011+038+ST, WAIT FOR INT'L TONE,
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THEN DIAL KP+0+38+BLAH BLAH BLAH+121+ST. THAT SHOULD GET YOU INWARD,
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YUGOSLAVIA, WHO SPEAKS LITTLE OR NO ENGLISH AND IS AT BEST UNPLEASANT TO DEAL
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WITH. THAT'S ALL I KNOW. IF YOU HAVE A 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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THE LEGION OF DOOM!
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RUSSIA CORRECTIONS!
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THERE ARE TWO MINOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN MY THREE MESSAGE SERIES ON BLUE
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BOXING INTO RUSSIA ABOVE. THE FIRST ONE IS IN THE FIRST MESSAGE WHEN I MENTION
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ROUTING INTO RUSSIA FROM THE OVERSEAS SENDER (KP+011+007+ ST). I WROTE
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"KP+0+95+295+9051+ST", BUT I LEFT OUT THE COUNTRY CODE. SO, THE ACTUAL ROUTING
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IS KP+07+95+295+9051+ST. THIS IS NO BIG DEAL BECAUSE ANYONE WOULD FIGURE THIS
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OUT. NEXT, AT THE END OF THE SECOND MESSAGE, I GIVE THE ROUTING FOR IOCC AS
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KP+011+XXX+ST. THIS IS SENDER ROUTING, NOT IOCC ROUTING. THE CORRECT ROUTING
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FOR IOCC IS KP+160+XXX+ST (XXX=COUNTRY CODE PADDED TO RIGHT WITH ZEROS). THIS
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IS NO BIG DEAL EITHER, BECAUSE I GAVE THE CORRECT ROUTING IN MY EXAMPLE.
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