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BEING INVOLVED WITH A CONFERENCE IS ONE OF THE PHONE PHREAK'S PHUNNEST
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ACTIVITIES.
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AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE WERE PHREAK CONFERENCES LONG BEFORE I WAS BORN,
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AND THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONFERENCES LONG AFTER I LEAVE THE PHREAKING
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WORLD. THEY ARE ONE OF THE BEST MEANS THAT I KNOW OF TO ACTUALLY HEAR AND
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TALK TO YOUR PHELLOW PHREAKS. THIS IS BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
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YOUR SCC COMING OVER TO THE RECEIVER'S HOUSE AND ASKING, "WHO IN THE PHUCK
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CALLED YOU AT X:XX FROM X???" THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY BETTER THAN BULLETIN BOARDS.
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THE EARLIEST CONFERENCE THAT I KNOW OF IS THE "2111" CONFERENCE.
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AS RON ROSENBAUM PUT IT, "...THE LAST BIG CONFERENCE--THE HISTORIC '2111'
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CONFERENCE--HAD BEEN ARRANGED THROUGH AN UNUSED TELEX TEST-BOARD TRUNK
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SOMEWHERE IN THE INNARDS OF A 4A SWITCHING MACHINE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA. FOR
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MONTHS, PHONE PHREAKS COULD M-F THEIR WAY INTO VANCOUVER, BEEP OUT 604 (THE
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VANCOUVER AREA CODE) AND THEN BEEP OUT 2111 (THE INTERNAL PHONE-COMPANY CODE
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FOR TELEX TESTING), AND FIND THEMSELVES, AT ANY TIME, DAY OR NIGHT, ON AN
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OPEN WIRE TALKING WITH AN ARRAY OF PHONE PHREAKS FROM COAST TO COAST,
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OPERATORS FROM BERMUDA, TOKYO, AND LONDON WHO ARE PHONE PHREAK SYMPATHIZERS,
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AND MISCELLANEOUS GUESTS AND TECHNICAL EXPERTS. THE CONFERENCE WAS A MASSIVE
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EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. PHONE PHREAKS PICKED EACH OTHER'S BRAINS CLEAN,
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THEN DEVELOPED NEW WAYS TO PICK THE PHONE COMPANY'S BRAINS CLEAN..."
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THIS TYPE OF CONFERENCE WAS THE STANDARD OF ALL THE EARLY CONFERENCES,
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SINCE BACK THEN THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS THE NOW FAMOUS "ALLIANCE
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TELECONFERENCE LINES." IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE HOW THE PHREAKS MUST HAVE FELT
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WHEN THE TRUNKS WERE CLOSED. THIS IS AGAIN ILLUSTRATED, "LAST APRIL 1,
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HOWEVER, THE LONG VANCOUVER CONFERENCE WAS SHUT OFF. THE PHONE PHREAKS KNEW
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IT WAS COMING. VANCOUVER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING TO A STEP-BY-STEP
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FROM A 4A AND THE 2111 TELEX CIRCUIT WAS TO BE WIPED OUT IN THE PROCESS. THE
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PHONE PHREAKS LEARNED THE ACTUAL DAY ON WHICH THE CONFERENCE WOULD BE ERASED
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ABOUT A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME OVER THE PHONE COMPANY'S INTERNAL-NEWS AND
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SHOP-TALK RECORDING.
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FOR THE NEXT FRANTIC SEVEN DAYS EVERY PHONE PHREAK IN AMERICA WAS ON
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AND OFF THE 2111 CONFERENCE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY. PHONE PHREAKS WHO WERE
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JUST LEARNING THE GAME OR DIDN'T HAVE M-F CAPABILITY WERE BOOSTED UP TO THE
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CONFERENCE BY MORE EXPERIENCED PHREAKS SO THEY COULD GET A GLIMPSE OF WHAT IT
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WAS LIKE BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED. TOP PHONE PHREAKS SEARCHED DISTANT AREA
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CODES FOR NEW CONFERENCE POSSIBILITIES WITHOUT SUCCESS. FINALLY IN THE EARLY
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MORNING OF APRIL 1,THE END CAME.
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'I COULD FEEL IT COMING A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE MIDNIGHT,' RALPH
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REMEMBERS. 'YOU COULD FEEL SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE LINES. SOME STATIC
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BEGAN SHOWING UP, THEN SOME WHISTLING WHEEZING SOUND. THEN THERE WERE BREAKS.
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SOME PEOPLE GOT CUT OFF AND CALLED RIGHT BACK IN , BUT AFTER A WHILE SOME
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PEOPLE WERE FINDING THEY WERE CUT OFF AND COULDN'T GET BACK IN AT ALL. IT
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WAS TERRIBLE. I LOST IT ABOUT 1 A.M., BUT MANAGED TO SLIP IN AGAIN AND STAY
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ON UNTIL THE THING DIED . . . I THINK IT WAS ABOUT FOUR IN THE MORNING. THERE
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WERE FOUR OF US STILL HANGING ON WHEN THE CONFERENCE DISAPPEARED INTO NOWHERE
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FOR GOOD. WE ALL TRIED TO M-F UP TO IT AGAIN OF COURSE, BUT WE GOT SILENT
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TERMINATION. THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.'"
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ALMOST BRINGS TEARS TO YOUR EYES, DON'T IT? NOW A DAYS, CONFERENCES
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ARE MAJORLY BUSINESS ORIENTED. THE MAJOR VENDOR, YOU MIGHT SAY, IS A THING
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CALLED ALLIENCE TELECONFERENCING. THIS IS A OFFSPRING OF AMERICAN BELL,
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WHICH IN TURN WAS BORN OF AT&T. IF YOU WANT TO CALL UP ALLIENCE, THEY HAVE
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NUMBERS IN THE CITIES THEY HAVE CONFERENCE LINES IN:
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213-481-2388 LISTED AS AMERICAN BELL TELECONFERENCING
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312-938-0926 LISTED AS AT&T TELECONFERENCE
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914-365-0123 LISTED AS TELECONFERENCE
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713-655-2101 LISTED AS AMERICAN BELL TELECONFERENCING
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*THESE NUMBERS ARE, OF COURSE, JUST TO THE BUSINESS OFFICE*
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HOW TO SET UP A CONFERENCE:
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THIS IS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, NOTHING NEW, SO THOSE OF YOU
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WHO DO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SKIP OVER IT.
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FIRST OF ALL YOU NEED TO FIND A NUMBER THROUGH WHICH YOU CAN BOX OUT
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OF, IN OTHER WORDS A NUMBER THAT WILL ACCEPT 2600 AND RELEASE YOU ONTO AN
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OPERATOR TRUNK. THESE ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT I KNOW OF:
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604-555-1212 B.C. DA
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403-555-1212 ALBERTA DA
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306-555-1212 SASKATCHEWAN DA
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204-555-1212 MANITOBA DA
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807-555-1212 ONTARIO DA
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705-555-1212 ONTARIO DA
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416-555-1212 DA
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613-555-1212 DA
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819-555-1212 QUEBEC DA
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418-555-1212 " "
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514-555-1212 " "
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709-555-1212 NEW FOUNDLAND DA
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506-555-1212 NEW BRUNSWICK DA
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902-555-1212 NOVA SCOTIA DA
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AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL, I HAVE JUST LISTED ALL OF THE DA#'S FOR CANADA AND
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ITS SURROUNDING AREAS. *NOTE* NONE OF THE U.S. DA#'S WORK, BUT A PHEW 800'S
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WORK FINE.
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NOW YOU CALL UP ONE OF THE ABOVE NUMBERS. BEFORE THE TRUNK DROPS
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(YOU WILL KNOW THIS BY THE SOUND OF A CACHUNK) THERE IS STATIC WHILE THE CALL
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IS BEING PLACED, NOW IS THE TIME TO BLOW 2600. AFTER DOING SO, THE LINE WILL
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GO SORT OF AN "EEEE-CACHUNK." ONCE HEARING THIS, YOU CALL UP THE CONFRENCE
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LINE OF YOUR CHOICE:
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213-080-1050 ALLIENCE L.A.
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312-001-1050 ALLIENCE CHICAGO
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914-042-1050 ALLIENCE STONY POINT ?
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713-033-1050 ALLIENCE HOUSTON
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THIS IS DONE BY HITTING KP THEN THE NUMBER OF THE CONFERENCE LINE THEN
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ST. IF ALL GOES WELL YOU WILL HEAR A COUPLE OF CACHUNKS THEN M-F IN KP AND ANY
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A/C+XXX-XXXX AS THE BILLING LINE. AFTER DOING THIS YOU WILL HEAR A COMPUTER
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GENERATED WOMAN'S VOICE THAT SAYS, "WELCOME TO ALLIANCE TELECONFERENCING IN
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'X' (X BEING THE CITY WHICH YOU CALLED TO). YOU MAY DIAL DURING ANNOUNCEMENTS
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FOR FASTER SET UP. PLEASE ENTER THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO BE IN YOUR
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CONFERENCE.
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DIAL NOW PLEASE." YOU DO THIS WITH YOUR REGULAR TOUCH-TONE FONE. NO MORE
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BOXING IS INVOLVED. YOU CAN HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 59 PEOPLE ON YOUR
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CONFERENCE, ALTHOUGH IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO SET IT UP FOR AROUND 25-30 PEOPLE
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SO AS NOT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO YOURSELF BY SETTING UP FOR 59 OR OTHER VAST
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AMOUNTS.
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THIS IS IF ALL HAS GONE WELL. SOMETIMES YOU GET A BUSY SIGNAL, MEANING
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THAT ALL THE CONFERENCE LINES ARE BUSY, BUT SHOULD BE OPEN LATER, WHENEVER WHO
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IS USING THEM HANGS UP. OTHER TIMES YOU MAY GET "WE'RE SORRY, BUT YOUR CALL
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DID NOT GO THROUGH, WILL YOU TRY YOUR CALL AGAIN PLEASE." I HAVE GOTTEN THAT
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RECORDING JUST TRYING TO M-F THROUGH 514(QUEBEC) SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEAL
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IS IF YOU GET IT BEFORE YOU ENTER THE CONFERENCE TRUNK. WHEN YOU GET THE
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'WE'RE SORRY' THING OFF OF THE CONFERENCE TRUNK, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH SAY THAT
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THAT CONFERENCE IS DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND OR FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT AS
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ALLIANCE HAS BUSIED IT OUT.
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ONCE YOU ARE ON THE CONFERENCE YOU CAN DIAL IN ANYONE YOU WISH
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NORMALLY, IE: 1+A/C+NUMBER. ONCE YOU CONNECT YOU CAN EITHER LET THEM IN ON
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THE CONFERENCE BY HITTING THE '#' OR HANG THEM UP BY HITTING '*'. (REMEMBER
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POUND TO ADD, STAR TO CANCEL (HA!)) YOU CAN ALSO TRANSFER CONTROL TO SOMEONE
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ON THE CONFERENCE BY DIALING '6' THEN 1+A/C+NUMBER.
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THERE ARE SOME DANGERS THAT COME WITH THIS FUN, OF COURSE. ONE IS
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THE FEDERAL LAWS THAT SETTING UP ONE LIKE THIS BREAKS. I AM NOT SURE WHICH
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ONE(S) EXACTLY, I JUST KNOW THAT THEY EXIST. THEY ONLY COVER THE ORIGINATOR,
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AND THE PERSON(S) HAVING CONTROL OVER THE CONFERENCE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO
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WORRY THAT IF THE FBI BUSTS THE ORIGINATOR THAT YOU ARE NEXT IF YOU JUST
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ANSWERED YOUR PHONE.
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THERE IS ALSO THE FACT THAT YOU MAY BE PILING UP TROUBLE CARDS ON YOUR
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LINE IF YOU WERE STUPID ENOUGH TO SET IT UP FROM YOUR HOUSE FONE. ONE WAY
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AROUND THIS IS TO GO MOBILE WITH TAPES, OR TO SET IT UP THROUGH A CHEESE BOX,
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OR THROUGH A PBX. ESPECIALLY STUPID, JUST FLAT OUT BLITHERING WOULD BE THE
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PERSON WHO SET UP A CONFERENCE ON AN ESS EXCHANGE, CAUSE, AS FLASH HOSER,
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THAT PHREAK FROM THE GREAT WHITE NORTH PUT IT, "ESS IS BAD NEWS!" YOU WILL
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BE TRACED WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS FROM THE M-F TONES REGISTERING ON YER
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TELCO COMP, SO DON'T THINK THEY MIGHT NOT NOTICE IT.
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ALSO, NEVER GIVE OUT NUMBERS WHILE ON A CONFERENCE. IF YOU MUST GIVE
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OUT A NUMBER, OR EVEN A FIRST NAME, FIRST HANG UP, THEN HAVE THE PERSON IN
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CONTROL CALL YOU BACK, AND THEN GIVE HIM-HER THE INFO BEFORE THEY ADD YOU
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BACK IN. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT THE CONFERENCE OPERATOR COULD VERY WELL
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BE LISTENING IN. IF YOU EVER HAPPEN UPON THIS MENACE OF AN OPERATOR, BLOW
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2600 TO HER OR SHE WILL KICK YOU OFF THE CONFERENCE LINE.
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NEVER CALL FBI AGENTS! AND IF YOU MUST, NEVER DO IT THROUGH THE
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CONFERENCE!! ONCE YOU ADD THEM THEY WILL STAY ON UNTIL IT DIES! LET SOMEONE
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WITH 3-WAY LET THEM IN THROUGH A SCC OR SOMETHING. IF A FED DOES HAPPEN TO
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GET ON YOUR LINE, THEY WILL TRY ALL THEY CAN TO GET ANYTHING! THEY ACCOMPLISH
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THIS BY ONE OF THREE MEANS:
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1)BEING QUIET WITH A RECORDER GOING, TO GET NUMBERS, NAMES, INFO
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DISCLOSED, ETC.
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2)A SECTOR TAP PLACED ON THE LINE, YOU WILL HEAR WEIRD BEEPS, BUZZES,
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CLICKS EVERY NOW AND THEN. THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT THEY WILL GET SOMETHING
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FROM THIS, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW IT USED TO WORK, BUT NOW DOESN'T, AND BESIDES,
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IT IS ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO USE ONE SO IT WOULDN'T HOLD UP IN A COURT ANYWAY.
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3)THE THIRD WAY, AND MOST DEADLY, IS SOMETHING FOUND BY AND STILL
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UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE RESEARCHER AND {}MOB RULES{}. IT CONSISTS OF KP
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AND TWO OTHER M-F TONES PLAYED INTO THE CONFERENCE LINE. IT CAUSES A PHONE
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NUMBER AND ST TO BE SPILLED BACK, IN OTHER WORDS YOU HEAR SOME ONE ON THE
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CONFERENCE'S TELEPHONE NUMBER PLAYED BACK FOR YOU IN M-F TONES. IT IS NOT
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YET KNOWN WHOSE NUMBER GETS SPILLED BACK, NOR I IT KNOWN FROM WHERE IT IS
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SPILLED FROM, ALTHOUGH IT IS PROBABLY FROM ALLIANCE. ALL THAT IS KNOWN IS
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THAT A NUMBER DOES GET SPILLED BACK, AND THAT IS ALL THAT THE FEDS NEED, JUST
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ONE NUMBER. THE TONES THAT THE FEDS WILL SEND FORTH ARE "KP+ A COMBINATION
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OF THE M-F TONES 4&6 AND 7&9" SO IT WOULD BE KP+46+79. EXPERIMENT, AS THIS
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COULD REALLY HELP IN KNOWING WHAT THEY CAN DO TO US EXACTLY.
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OPERATORS ARE PHUN PEOPLE TO GET ON CONFERENCES, AS THEY ARE SO
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PHUCKING STUPID. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LET THEM IN ON A CONFERENCE CAUSE THEY
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CANNOT DO ANYTHING DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO THINK
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THEY CAN. GET A BUNCH OF DA'S ON THE LINE AND LET THEM ASK EACH OTHER, "WHAT
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CITY PLEASE." ANOTHER THING TO DO TO OPERATORS IS TO GET ONE ON THE LINE AND
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MAKE HER THINK THAT YOU ARE ANOTHER OPERATOR, SAY SOMETHING LIKE "TSPS #125,
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BOSTON," AND SEE WHAT THEY DO. YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO CALL UP WESTERN UNION,
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SATELCO, OR LDS OPERATORS AND BUG THEM. OTHER PHUN THINGS TO GET ON THE
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CONFERENCES ARE TELEX OFFICES, COMPUTER COMPANIES, STEVE WOZNIAC, WORLD-WIDE
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RECORDINGS, MILITARY BASES, AND THE EVER POPULAR # OF MY OWN, THE WHITEHOUSE
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SIGNAL!!
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HERE ARE COMPANIES YOU MIGHT WANT TO CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
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THEIR TELECONFERENCING AND PICTURE PHONE SERVICES:
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AT&T 212-393-9800
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COLORADO VIDEO 303-444-3972
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DAROME CONNECTION 203-797-1300
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DAROME INC. 815-943-5481
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FTC SERVICES 212-699-9730
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HOLIDAY INN HI-NET 901-362-4505
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INFOLINK 312-291-2900
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MISAR INDUSTRIES 714-540-2477
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TELECONCEPTS 212-355-7113
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VIDEO STAR CONNECTIONS 404-257-0121
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THESE COMPANIES ARE VENDORS OF SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OR ARE SUPPLIERS OF
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EQUIPMENT TO TELECONFERENCING SERVICES. IF SOME ARE NO LONGER IN OPERATION,
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PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
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LASTLY, I HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO BOXING THAT I SAW IN A MESSAGE POSTED
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BY JOHN DOE. YOU CALL UP A TSPS AND SAY "THIS IS MR. X FROM X, AND I'D LIKE
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TO SET UP A TELECONFERENCE. TELL HER THE BILLING LINE AND PARTY, WHICH WOULD
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BE A FRIEND ON A LOOP WAITING FOR THE OPERATOR TO CALL UP AND ASK IF THIS WAS
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KNOWN TO BE THE BILLING LINE, HE-SHE WILL ACCEPT GLADLY. THEN ONCE SHE PUTS
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YOU UP TO THE CONFERENCE LINES, TELL HER TO GO AHEAD AND RELEASE THE LINE, AS
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YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO FROM HERE ON. IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT AS TO WHETHER IT WILL
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WORK OR NOT, I AM NOT SURE.
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I HOPE THAT THIS LITTLE (HA) TUTORIAL HAS BEEN OF SOME HELP AND HAS
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PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION TO HELP FURTHER YOUR CAREERS AND THAT IT
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WILL COME IN HANDY AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER.FURTHER YOUR CAREERS AND THAT IT
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