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"Loops I've Known and Loved"
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No self-respecting Phone Phreak can go through life without
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knowing what a loop is, how to use one, and the types that are
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available. The loop is a great alternate communication medium
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that has many potential uses that haven't even been tapped yet.
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In order to explain what a loop is, it would be helpful if you
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would visualize two phone numbers (lines) just floating around in
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the Telco central office. Now, if you (and a friend perhaps)
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were to call these two numbers at the same time, POOOOFFFF!!!,
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you are now connected together. I hear what you're saying out
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there ..., "Big deal" or "Why should mother bell collect two
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MSU's (message units) for one lousy phone call!?" Well ... think
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again. Haven't you ever wanted someone to call you back, but
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were reluctant to give out your home phone number (like the last
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time you tried to get your friends' unlisted number from the
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business office)? Or how about a collect call to your frie.d
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waiting on a loop, who will gladly accept the charges? Or better
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yet, stumbling a loop that you discover has multi-user capability
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(for those late-night conference). Best of all is finding a non-
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supervised loop that doesn't charge any MSU's or tolls to one or
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both parties. Example: many moons ago, a loop affectionately
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known as 'The 332 Loop' was non-sup on one 'side'. I had my
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friend in California dial the free (non-sup) side, (212) 332 -
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9906 and I dialed the side that charged, 332-9900. As you can
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see, I was charged one MSU, and my friend was charged zilch, for
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as long as we wished to talk!!!
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Ahhhh .... have I perked your intrest yet? If so, here is
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how to find a loop of your very own. First, do all of your loop
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searching at NIGHT! This is because the loops serve a genuine
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test function which Telco uses during the day. (We don't want to
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run into an irate lineman now, do we?) To find a loop, having
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two phone numbers is a definite plus. If not, get a friend to
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dial numbers at his location. Last resort, try dialing from two
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adjacent pay phones. Now, get your trusty white pages, and turn
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to the page where it lists Metro NY exchanges and the number of
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MSU's from your exchange. The idea is to get a loop that is only
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one MSU from your calling area so you don't go bankrupt trying to
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find a working one. So write down in a list all of these
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exchanges. The following are common loop endings (EXC stands for
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the exchange):
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Manhatten and The Bronx ---------- EXC -
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9977 & EXC - 9979
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Brooklyn and Queens -------------- EXC -
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9900 & EXC - 9906
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Armed with the preceding info, dial the tone side of a loop.
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This would be the 9906 or 9979 side. The best thing that could
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happen now is that you will be able to hear yourself, or friend
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through the loop connection. Eureka, you've found a loop!!!
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Unfortunately, this doesn't happen too often. Here are the more
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common possibilites:
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1. You can hear through the loop (not muted) but there is a 1/2
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second click every 10 seconds that interrupts the audio. Good
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for backup use, but the %&%$%%! click is super annoying.
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2. One side of the loop is busy; try it again later.
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3. The tone disappears, but you cannot hear through it (the loop
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is muted, try again in a month or so).
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4. You get "The number you have reached" recording. No more
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loop in that exchange, go on to next.
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Most loops fall into catagory #3, but they do become unmuted
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from time to time. Once you have found a loop, its uses are
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only limited to your imagination. If you discover any novel uses
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for loop lines, I am always willing to learn, so leave them for
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me here on *MOM*.
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Happy Looping
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Official Phreddy Loop -------(212) 452 - 9900, 9906
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Great for data!
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Info on the '1633' loops by special request only!!!!!!!
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*****************************************************************
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The preceding article was duplicated from one posted on Modem
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Over Manhatten (MOM). MOM is no longer in operation, however
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was one of the first bulletin boards (after 8BBS) to support
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phreeking. The original author of this article was the one and
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only Phred Phreek. Note that the comments at the end of the
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article no longer apply, as this article was written in 1981, and
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Phred Phreek has not been heard of since MOM went down.
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HERE ARE SOME NEW LOOPS. ALL ARE IN THE 212 AREA. ON ANY GIVEN
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DAY OR NITE SEVERAL MAY BE BUSY,(MORE OFTEN CASUAL USERS THAN
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TELCO PERSONNEL.) AND ON ANY GIVEN DAY OR NITE SEVERAL MAY BE
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INOPERATIVE. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHETHER TELCO MAINTENANCE PERSONELL
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REMEMBER TO 'THROW THE KEY' WHEN THEYRE DONE LINE TESTING. IF THEY
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REMEMBER TO TO TURN A LINE 'OFF', THEN IT'LL REMAIN OFF TILL THE
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NEXT MAINTENANCE TECH. FORGETS TO TURN IT OFF AFTER USING IT. DO
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NOT ASSUME THESE ARE FRREE CALLS. UNLESS THE #'S ARE IN YOUR
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PRIMARY CALLING AREA,YOU ARE BILLED EITHER MSU'S OR TOLL UNITS
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DEPENDING UPON DISTANCE. NEVERTHELESS LOOPS ARE LOTS OF FUN,AND
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YOU CAN OFTEN MEET NEW PEOPLE ON THEM. ESPECIALLY LATE ON WEEKEND
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NITES. ALSO, LATE ON WEEKEND NITES YOU WILL FIND SEVERAL OF THE
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LOOPS BEING USED BY AM, FM OR SHORTWAVE PIRATE RADIO STATIONS FOR
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CALL IN LINES. MOST OF THESE STATIONS ARE IN THE N.Y. AREA, BUT THE
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REMAINDER ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 212 LOOPS REMAIN THE BEST
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KNOWN IN THE PIRATE RADIO WORLD,AND SO ARE USED BY PIRATES EVERYWHERE.
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NOW...HERE GOES WITH THE LOOPS:
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212-529-9900/9906
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212-283-9977/9979
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212-352-9900-9906
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212-220-9977/9979
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212-365-9977/9979
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212-562-9977/9979
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212-982-9977/9979
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212-986-9977/9979
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THE LOWER NUMBER IS THE ONE WITH THE SQUEAL. IT SQUEALS (SINGING
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SWITCH) TILL SOMEONE DIALS THE OTHER NUMBER IN THE PAIR. THEN
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THE SQUEAL DIES AND YOURE CONNECTED. NOE THE HIGHER NUMBER NEVER
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DOES SQUEAL, EVEN IF THE OTHER PART OF THE PAIR IS UNUSED. SO YOU
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HAVE TO KINDA GUESS AT WHEN SOMEONE IS SWITCHED IN AFTER DIALING.
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LISTEN FOR THE CLICKS,THATLL TELL YOU. THE 982 AND 986 #'S ARE KINDA
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WIERD. NORMALLY IF YOU PARK ON A LOOP, YOU WILL HEAR WHOEVERCALLS THE
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OTHER HALF,AND WHEN THEYRE DONE,THE NEXT CALLER(IF ANY) WILL BE QUEUED
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IN, ONE AFTER THE OTHER. NOW ON THE 982 AND 986, YOU SOMETIMES CANT
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GET ANY MORE CALLERS AFTER THE FIRST. FURTHERMORE, IF YOU PARK ON
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THESE TWO LOOPS AND THE OTHER END REMAINS UNCALLED FOR 4 MINUTES,
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YOU MAY BE AUTOMATICALLY DISCONNECTED. YET THESE LOOPS ARE BETTER THAN
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NOTHING NG-ESP. ON WEEKENDS WHEN ALL OTHER LOOPS ARE BUSY.......
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IF ANY OF YOU HAVE LOOPS IN OTHER AREA CODES, PLEASE LEAVE THEM,
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EITHER IN BULL. OR LV. A MESSAGE FOR DARK PRIEST. THANKING YOU
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IN ADVANCE, AND ENJOY YOUR LOOPS.
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*******DARK PRIEST*******
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*******DARK FOREST*******
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********DARK DAY*********
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