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THE WORLD OF TELECONFERENCING
BY
ERIK BLOODAXE
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-    BEING INVOLVED WITH A CONFERENCE IS ONE OF THE PHONE PHREAK'S PHUNNEST
ACTIVITIES.


AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE WERE PH REAK CONFERENCES LONG BEFORE I WAS BORN, AND
THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONFERENC ES LONG AFTER I LEAVE THE PHREAKING WORLD.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE BEST MEANS THAT I KNOW OF TO ACTUALLY HEAR AND TALK TO YOUR
PHELLOW PHREAKS.  THIS IS BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR SCC
COMING OVER TO THE RECEIVER'S HOUSE AND ASKING, "WHO IN THE PHUCK CALLED YOU
AT X:XX FROM X???" THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY BETTER THAN BULLETIN BOARDS.

THE EARLIEST CONFERENCE THAT I KNOW OF IS THE "2111" CONFERENCE.  AS RON
ROSENBAUM PUT IT, "...THE LAST BIG CONFERENCE--THE HISTORIC '2111' CONFE
RENCE--HAD BEEN ARRANGED THROUGH AN UNUSED TELEX TEST-BOARD TRUNK SOMEWHERE IN
THE INNARDS OF A 4A SWITCHING MACHINE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA.  FOR MONTHS, PHONE
PHREAKS COULD M-F THEIR WAY INTO VANCOUVER , BEEP OUT 604 (THE VANCOUVER AREA
CODE) AND THEN BEEP OUT 2111 (THE INTERNAL PHONE-COMPANY CODE FOR TELEX
TESTING), AND FIND THEMSELVES, AT ANY TIME, DAY OR NIGHT, ON AN OPEN WIRE
TALKING WITH AN ARRAY OF PHONE PHREAKS FROM COAST TO COAST, OPERATORS FROM
BERMUDA, TOKYO, AND LONDON WHO ARE PHONE PHREAK SYMPATHIZERS, AND MISCELLANEOUS
GUESTS AND TECHNICAL EXPERTS.  THE CONFERENCE WAS A MASSIVE EXCHANGE OF
INFORMATION.  PHONE PHREAKS PICKED EACH OTHER'S BRAINS CLEAN, THEN DEVELOPED
NEW WAYS TO PICK THE PHONE COMPANY'S BRAINS CLEAN..."

THIS TYPE OF CONFERENCE WAS THE STANDARD OF ALL THE EARLY CONFERENCES, SINCE
BACK THEN THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS THE NOW FAMOUS "ALLIANCE TELECONFERENCE
LINES." IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE HOW THE PHREAKS MUST HAVE FELT WHEN THE TRUNKS
WERE CLOSED.  THIS IS AGAIN ILLUSTRATED, "LAST APRIL 1, HOWEVER, THE LONG
VANCOUVER CONFERENCE WAS SHUT OFF.  THE PHONE P HREAKS KNEW IT WAS COMING.
VANCOUVER WA S IN THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING TO A STEP -BY-STEP FROM A 4A AND
THE 2111 TELEX CIRCUIT WAS TO BE WIPED OUT IN THE PROCESS .  THE PHONE PHREAKS
LEARNED THE ACTUAL DAY ON WHICH THE CONFERENCE WOULD BE ERASED ABOUT A WEEK
AHEAD OF TIME OVER THE PHONE COMPANY'S INTERNAL-NEWS-AND-SHOP-TALK RECORDING.

FOR THE NEXT FRANTIC SEVEN DAYS EVERY PHONE PHREAK IN AMERICA WAS ON AND OFF
THE 2111 CONFERENCE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY.  PHONE PHREAKS WHO WERE JUST
LEARNING THE GAME OR DIDN'T HAVE M-F CAPABILITY WERE BOOSTED UP TO THE
CONFERENCE BY MORE EXPERIENCED PHREAKS SO THEY COULD GET A GLIMPSE OF WHAT IT
WAS LIKE BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED.  TOP PHONE PHREAKS SEARCHED DISTANT AREA CODES
FOR NEW CONFERENCE POSSIBILITIES WITHOUT SUCCESS.  FINALLY IN THE EARLY MORNING
OF APRIL 1, THE END CAME.

'I COULD FEEL IT COMING A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE MIDNIGHT,' RALPH REMEMBERS.
'YOU COULD FEEL SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE LINES.  SOME STATIC BEGAN SHOWING UP,
THEN SOME WHISTLING WHEEZING SOUND.  THEN THERE WERE BREAKS.  SOME PEOPLE GOT
CUT OFF AND CALLED RIGHT BACK IN , BUT AFTER A WHILE SOME PEOPLE WERE FINDING
THEY WERE CUT OFF AND COULDN'T GET BACK IN AT ALL.  IT WAS TERRIBLE.  I LOST IT
ABOUT 1 A.M., BUT MANAGED TO SLIP IN AGAIN AND STAY ON UNTIL THE THING DIED .
.  .  I THINK IT WAS ABOUT FOUR IN THE MORNING.  THERE WERE FOUR OF US STILL
HANGING ON WHEN THE CONFERENCE DISAPPEARED INTO NOWHERE FOR GOOD.  WE ALL TRIED
TO M-F UP TO IT AGAIN OF COURSE, BUT WE GOT SILENT TERMINATION.  THERE WAS
NOTHING THERE.'"

ALMOST BRINGS TEARS TO YOUR EYES, DON'T IT?  NOW A DAYS, CONFERENCES ARE
MAJORLY BUSINESS ORIENTED.  THE MAJOR VENDOR, YOU MIGHT SAY, IS A THING CALLED
ALLIENCE TELECONFERENCING.  THIS IS A OFFSPRING OF AMERICAN BELL, WHICH IN TURN
WAS BORN OF AT&T.  IF YOU WANT TO CALL UP ALLIANCE, THEY HAVE NUMBERS IN THE
CITIES THEY HAVE CONFERENCE LINES IN:

213-481-2388 LISTED AS AMERICAN BELL TELECONFERENCING
312-938-0926 LISTED AS AT&T TELECONFERENCE
914-365-0123 LISTED AS TELECONFERENCE
713-655-2101 LISTED AS AMERICAN BELL TELECONFERENCING

*THESE NUMBERS ARE, OF COURSE,	JUST TO THE BUSINESS OFFICE*

HOW TO SET UP A CONFERENCE:

THIS IS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, NOTHING NEW, SO THOSE OF YOU WHO DO,
YOU MIGHT WANT TO SKIP OVER IT.

FIRST OF ALL YOU NEED TO FIND A NUMBER THROUGH WHICH YOU CAN BOX OUT OF, IN
OTHER WORDS A NUMBER THAT WILL ACCE PT 2600 AND RELEASE YOU ONTO AN OPERATOR
TRUNK.	THESE ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT I KNOW OF:

604-555-1212 B.C. DA
403-555-1212 ALBERTA DA
306-555-1212 SASKATCHEWAN DA
204-555-1212 MANITOBA DA
807-555-1212 ONTARIO DA
705-555-1212 ONTARIO DA
416-555-1212 DA
613-555-1212 DA
819-555-1212 QUEBEC DA
418-555-1212   "    "
514-555-1212   "    "
709-555-1212 NEW FOUNDLAND DA
506-555-1212 NEW BRUNSWICK DA
902-555-1212 NOVA SCOTIA DA

AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL, I HAVE JUST LISTED ALL OF THE DA#'S FOR CANADA AND IT
S SURROUNDING AREAS.  *NOTE* NONE OF THE U.S.  DA#'S WORK, BUT A PHEW 800'S
WORK FINE.

NOW YOU CALL UP ONE OF THE ABOVE NUMBERS.  BEFORE THE TRUNK DROPS (YOU WILL
KNOW THIS BY THE SOUND OF A CACHUNK) THERE IS STATIC WHILE THE CALL IS BEING
PLACED, NOW IS THE TIME TO BLOW 2600 AFTER DOING SO, THE LINE WILL GO SORT OF
AN "EEEE-CACHUNK." ONCE HEARING THIS, YOU CALL UP THE CONFRENCE LINE OF YOUR
CHOICE:

213-080-1050 ALLIENCE L.A.
312-001-1050 ALLIENCE CHICAGO
914-042-1050 ALLIENCE STONY POINT ?
713-033-1050 ALLIENCE HOUSTON

THIS IS DONE BY HITTING KP THEN THE NUMBER OF THE CONFERENCE LINE THEN ST.  IF
ALL GOES WELL YOU WILL HEAR A COUPLE OF CACHUNKS THEN M-F IN KP AND ANY
A/C+XXX-XXXX AS THE BILLING LINE.  AFTER DOING THIS YOU WILL HEAR A COMPUTER
GENERATED WOMAN'S VOICE THAT SAYS, "WELCOME TO ALLIANCE TELECONFERENCING IN 'X'
(X BEING THE CITY WHICH YOU CALLED TO).  YOU MAY DIAL DURING ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR
FASTER SET UP.	PLEASE ENTER THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO BE IN YOUR CONFERENCE.
DIAL NOW PLEASE." YOU DO THIS WITH YOUR REGULAR TOUCH-TONE FONE.  NO MORE
BOXING IS INVOLVED.  YOU CAN HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 59 PEOPLE ON YOUR
CONFERENCE, ALTHOUGH IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO SET IT UP FOR AROUND 25-30 PEOPLE SO
AS NOT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO YOURSELF BY SETTING UP FOR 59 OR OTHER VAST
AMOUNTS.

THIS IS IF ALL HAS GONE WELL.  SOMETIMES YOU GET A BUSY SIGNAL, MEANING THAT
ALL THE CONFERENCE LINES ARE BUSY, BUT SHOULD BE OPEN LATER, WHENEVER WHO IS
USING THEM HANGS UP.  OTHER TIMES YOU MAY GET "WE'RE SORRY, BUT YOUR CALL DID
NOT GO THROUGH, WILL YOU TRY YOUR CALL AGAIN PLEASE." I HAVE GOTTEN THAT
RECORDING JUST TRYING TO M-F THROUGH 514(QUEBEC) SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEAL
IS IF YOU GET IT BEFORE YOU ENTER THE CONFERENCE TRUNK.  WHEN YOU GET THE
'WE'RE SORRY ' THING OFF OF THE CONFERENCE TRUNK, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH SAY THAT
THAT CONFERENCE IS DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND OR FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT AS
ALLIANCE HAS BUSIED IT OUT.

ONCE YOU ARE ON THE CONFERENCE YOU CAN DIAL IN ANYONE YOU WISH NORMALLY, IE:
1+A/C+NUMBER.  ONCE YOU CONNECT YOU CAN EITHER LET THEM IN ON THE CONFERENCE BY
HITTING THE '#' OR HANG THEM UP BY HITTING '*'.  (REMEMBER POUND TO ADD, STAR
TO CANCEL (HA!)) YOU CAN ALSO TRANSFER CONTROL TO SOMEONE ON THE CONFERENCE BY
DIALING '6' THEN 1+A/C+NUMBER.

THERE ARE SOME DANGERS THAT COME WITH THIS FUN, OF COURSE.  ONE IS THE FEDERAL
LAWS THAT SETTING UP ONE LIKE THIS BREAKS.  I AM NOT SURE WHICH ONE(S) EXACTLY,
I JUST KNOW THAT THEY EXIST.  THEY ONLY COVER THE ORIGINATOR, AND THE PERSON(S)
HAVING CONTROL OVER THE CONFERENCE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT IF THE FBI
BUSTS THE ORIGINATOR THAT YOU ARE NEXT IF YOU JUST ANSWERED YOUR PHONE.

THERE IS ALSO THE FACT THAT YOU MAY BE PILING UP TROUBLE CARDS ON YOUR LINE IF
YOU WERE STUPID ENOUGH TO SET IT UP FROM YOUR HOUSE FONE.  ONE WAY AROUN D THIS
IS TO GO MOBILE WITH TAPES, OR TO SET IT UP THROUGH A CHEESE BOX, OR THROUGH A
PBX.  ESPECIALLY STUPID, JUST FLAT OUT BLITHERING WOULD BE THE PERSON WHO SET
UP A CONFERENCE ON AN ESS EXCHANGE, CAUSE, AS FLASH HOSER, THAT PHREAK FROM THE
GREAT WHITE NORTH PUT IT, "ESS IS BAD NEWS!" YOU WILL BE TRACED WITHIN A MATTER
OF SECONDS FROM THE M-F TONES REGISTERING ON YER TELCO COMP, SO DON'T THINK
THEY MIGHT NOT NOTICE IT.

ALSO, NEVER GIVE OUT NUMBERS WHILE ON A CONFERENCE.  IF YOU MUST GIVE O UT A
NUMBER, OR EVEN A FIRST NAME, FIRST HANG UP, THE HAVE THE PERSON IN CONTROL
CALL YOU BACK, AND THEN GIVE HIM-HER THE INFO BEFORE THEY ADD YOU BACK IN.  THE
REASON FOR THIS IS THAT THE CONFERENCE OPERATOR COULD VERY WELL BE LISTENING
IN.  IF YOU EVER HAPPEN UPON THIS MENACE OF AN OPERATOR, BLOW 2600 TO HER OR
SHE WILL KICK YOU OFF THE CONFERENCE LINE.

NEVER CALL FBI AGENTS!	AND IF YOU MUST, NEVER DO IT THROUGH THE CONFERENCE!!
ONCE YOU ADD THEM THEY WILL STAY ON UNTIL IT DIES!  LET SOMEONE WITH 3-WAY LET
THEM IN THROUGH A SCC OR SOMETHING.  IF A FED DOES HAPPEN TO GET ON YOUR LINE,
THEY WILL TRY ALL THEY CAN TO GET AN YTHING!  THEY ACCOMPLISH THIS BY ONE OF
THREE MEANS:

1)BEING QUIET WITH A RECORDER GOING, TO GET NUMBERS, NAMES, INFO DISCLOSED,
ETC.

2)A SECTOR TAP PLACED ON THE LINE, YOU WILL HEAR WEIRD BEEPS, BUZZES, CLICKS
EVERY NOW AND THEN.  THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT THEY WILL GET SOMETHING FROM THIS,
BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW IT USED TO WORK, BUT NOW DOESEN'T, AND BESIDES, IT IS
ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO USE ONE SO IT WOULDN'T HOLD UP IN A COURT ANYWAY.

3)THE THIRD WAY, AND MOST DEADLY, IS SOMETHING FOUND BY AND STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION BY THE RESEARCHER AND {}MOB RULES{}.  IT CONSISTS OF KP AND TWO O
THER M-F TONES PLAYED INTO THE CONFERENCE LINE.  IT CAUSES A PHONE NUMBER AND
ST TO BE SPILLED BACK, IN OTHER WORDS YOU HEAR SOME ONE ON THE CONFERENCE'S
TELEPHONE NUMBER PLAYED BACK FOR YOU IN M-F TONES.  IT IS NOT YET KNOWN WHOSE
NUMBER GETS SPILLED BACK, NOR IS IT KNOWN FROM WHERE IT IS SPILLED FROM,
ALTHOUGH IT IS PROBABLY FROM ALLIANCE.	ALL THAT IS KNOWN IS THAT A NUMBER DOES
GET SPILLED BACK, AND THAT IS ALL THAT THE FEDS NEED, JUST ONE NUMBER.	THE
TONES THAT THE FEDS WILL SEND FORTH ARE "KP+ A COMBINATION OF THE M-F TONES 4&6
AND 7&9" SO IT WOULD BE KP+46+79.  EXPERIMENT, AS THIS COULD REALLY HELP IN
KNOWING WHAT THEY CAN DO TO US EXACTLY.

OPERATORS ARE PHUN PEOPLE TO GET ON CONFERENCES, AS THEY ARE SO PHUCKING
STUPID.  YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LET THEM IN ON A CONFERENCE CAUSE THEY CANNOT DO
ANYTHING DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO THINK THEY CAN.  GET
A BUNCH OF DA'S ON THE LINE AND LET THEM ASK EACH OTHER, "WHAT CITY PLEASE."
ANO THER THING TO DO TO OPERATORS IS TO GET ONE ON THE LINE AND MAKE HER THINK
THAT YOU ARE ANOTHER OPERATOR, SAY SOMETHING LIKE "TSPS #125, BOSTON," AND SEE
WHAT THEY DO.  YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO CALL UP WESTERN UNION, SATELCO, OR LDS
OPERATORS AND BUG THEM.  OTHER PHUN THINGS TO GET ON THE CONFERENCES ARE TELEX
OFFICES, COMPUTER COMPANIES, STEVE WOZNIAC, WORLD-WIDE RECORDINGS, MILITARY
BASES, AND THE EVER POPULAR # OF MY OWN, THE WHITEHOUSE SIGNAL!!

HERE ARE COMPANIES YOU MIGHT WANT TO CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THEIR
TELECONFERENCING AND PICTURE PHONE SERVICES:

AT&T 212-393-9800
COLORADO VIDEO 303-444-3972
DAROME CONNECTION 203-797-1300
DAROME INC. 815-943-5481
FTC SERVICES 212-699-9730
HOLIDAY INN HI-NET 901-362-4505
INFOLINK 312-291-2900
MISAR INDUSTRIES 714-540-2477
TELECONCEPTS 212-355-7113
VIDEO STAR CONNECTIONS 404-257-0121

THESE COMPANIES ARE VENDORS OF SERVICES OR PRODUCTS OR ARE SUPPLIERS OF
EQUIPMENT TO TELECONFERENCING SERVICES.  IF SOME ARE NO LONGER IN OPERATION,
PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

LASTLY, I HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO BOXING THAT I SAW IN A MESSAGE POSTED BY JOHN
DOE.  YOU CALL UP A TSPS AND SAY "THIS IS MR.  X FROM X, AND I'D LIKE TO SET UP
A TELECONFERENCE.  TELL HER THE BILLING LINE AND PARTY, WHICH WOULD BE A FRIEND
ON A LOOP WAITING FOR THE OPERATOR TO CALL UP AND ASK IF THIS WAS KNOWN TO BE
THE BILLING LINE, HE-SHE WILL ACCEPT GLADLY.  THEN ONCE SHE PUTS YOU UP TO THE
CONFERENCE LINES, TELL HER TO GO AHEAD AND RELEASE THE LINE, AS YOU KNOW WHAT
TO DO FROM HERE ON.  IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT AS TO WHETHER IT WILL WORK OR NOT, I
AM NOT SURE.

I HOPE THAT THIS LITTLE (HA) TUTORIAL HAS BEEN OF SOME HELP AND HAS PROVIDED
YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION TO HELP FURTHER YOUR CAREERS AND THAT IT WILL COME IN
HANDY AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER.

------->ERIK BLOODAXE

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