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A FRENCH PAYPHONE (in France!).

Photo by John Drake

ON THE COVER:
Using a special computer language created by AT&T Bell Laboratories
scientist Gerald Holzmann. two Polaroid photographs showing opposite sides
of a woman's face were combined to create this image. The two 4-inch by 5-
inch Polaroid photographs, through the use of an optical scanner. were digi­
tized so they could be processed by a computer. Using his special computer
language, Holzmann made a mirror image of one of the photograph5, then
combined the three of them to create the effect. The combination is completely
seamless, revealing no discontinuities where the three photos meet -- even
under magnification.
l/olzmann's language and techniques are the subject of a book, Bevond
PholOgravhy: The Digital Darkroom.from Prentice-Hall.
December 10, 1988
Literally for years now, we have "equal access" on that date. But
been pestering New York Telephone we're not getting a new digital
for an exact date on the cutover of switch until at least 1990. What
our ancient #5 Crossbar offICe to a we're getting now is something
more modern and efficient switch. called an "adjunct frame", a device
And recently, we were shocked to which allows a crossbar to emulate
hear that the date had been set: E.S.S. to a degree. Supposedly, it
December 1 0, 1988. We thought of causes lots of problems, so we'll
having a contest. A prize for the first have something to talk about. In this
person to call in after the cutover. way, N.Y. Tel will fulfill Judge
But this was not to be. Greene's equal access orders with­
You see, our office is going to go out spending lots of money.

STAFFBOX

Editor-In-Chief
Emmanuel Goldstein

Office Manager Cover Art


Bobby Arwatt Ken Copel

Writers: Eric Corley . Thomas Covenant. John Drake. Mr. French.


The Glitch. Chester Holmes. Lex Luthor. Phantom Phreaker. Bill from
RNOC. David Ruderman. Silent Switchman. Mike Yuhas. and the
usual anonymous bunch.

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Autumn 1988 2600 Magazine Page 3


OUTSIDE Loop DISTRIBUTION PLANT

by Phucked Agent 04 RAN D (Rural Area Network Design) plan


Introduction/Outline where often a rural S e rv i ng Area m a y
Basically, the outside local loop distri ­ cover 1 30 square miles with only a fraction
bution plant consists of a l l of t h e facilities of the number of lines). Each Serving Area
necessary to distribute telephone service m ay handle around 500-1 000 l i n e s or
from the central office (CO) out to the sub­ more for m aybe 200-400 housing u n i t s
scri bers. These facilities i nclude all wire, (typically a tract of homes) .
cable , and terminal pOi nts along the distri­ From the CO, a feeder group goes out
bution path. In this article, we shall fol low to each Serving Area. This consists of
this path from the CO to the subscriber, cable(s) which contain the wire pairs for
exam ining i n depth each m ajor point along each line i n the SA, and it is almost always
the route and how it is used. This i s espe­ underground (unless it is physically i m pos­
cially useful for checking if any "unautho­ sible). These feeder cables surface at a
rized equipment" is attached to your line, point cal l ed the Servi ng Area I n te r face
which would not be attached at the Central ( SAl) in a pede stal cabinet (or "bo x").
Office. I suppose this article can also be Fro m the S A l , the pairs (or i n d i v i d u al
interpreted to allow someone to do just the phone lines) are crossed over into one or
opposite of its intended purpose . . . . several distribution cables which h andle
Note that t h i s article is intended as a different sections of the SA (i.e . , certain
reference guide for use by persons famil­ streets) . These di stribution cables are
iar with the basics of either LMOS/MLT or either of the aerial or underground type.
the o p e ration of the ARS B/C RAS (or The modern trend i s to use buried distribu­
hopefu l l y both), because several refer­ tion cables all the way to the subscriber
ences will be made to i nformation pertain­ prem ises, but there are still a very large
ing to the above systemslbureaus. number of exi sting loop plants using aerial
Serving Area Concepts (SAC) Plan distribution cables (which we will concen­
In order to standardize the way loop trate mainl y u po n i n this article). The se
distribution plants are set up i n the Bell distribution cables are then split up i nto
System of the U.S. (and to prevent chaos), re side nce aerial drop w i r e s ( o n e p e r
a reference standard deSign was created. phone l i n e ) a t a pol e clo sure ( i n aerial
For urban and suburban areas, this plan plant) , or at a cable pair to se rvice wire
was called the Servi ng Area Co ncepts cross box (in buried plant). The cable pairs
(SAC) plan. Basically, i n the SAC plan, then end up at the station protector at the
each city is divided into one or more Wire custo m e r's pre m i s e s , where they are
Centers (WC) which are each handled by spliced into the pre m i se "inside wire" ( IW)
a local central office switch. A typical WC which services each phone in the cus­
will handle 4 1 ,000 subscriber lines. Each tomer's pre m i se s (and i s also the c u s­
WC is divided into about 1 0 or so Serving tomer's responsibility)
Areas (depending on the size and popula­ Although thi s is the "standard" de sign,
tion of the city) , with an average size of 1 2 it i s by no m e ans the only onel Every telco
square miles each (com pare this to the makes its own modification s to thi s stan-

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OR HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE

dard, depending on the geographic area ing is d iffe rent h owever, e specially in older
or age of the network, so it's good to keep offices; typic al F 1 pair numbe rs range
your eyes and your m ind open. from 0000 to 9999 . Keep in m ind that the
At thi s paint, we will detail each point pair number is not concrete -- it is merely
along the Loop Di stribution Plant. nominal, it can change , and it doesn't nec­
Cable Facility F1 CO Feeder
• e ssarily h ave a n y spe cial me an in g (in
The F1 cable is the feeder cable which som e well organized offices, h owever, the
originates at the Main Distribution Frame cables and pairs may be arrange d in a
(MDF) and cable vault at the local CO and certai n way wh ere you can de te rmin e
terminates at the SAL This cable can con­ what area it serves by its num ber ...such
tain from 600 to over 2000 pairs, and often as i n m y area, heh heh). In any case , it's
more than one physical F1 cable is need­ up to you to figure out your area's layout.
ed to service a single Serving Area (at an The cable-pair number i s usually written in
S A l ). The F1 is almost a lways located a form at such as 02-1495, where 02 i s the
u nderground, because the size , weight, cable and 1495 is the pair (inc identally,
and n u m ber of feeders leaving the CO since this i s the CO Feeder cable pair that
makes it impossible to put them on normal is connected to the MDF, it is the one that
telephone poles. Since it is also im practi ­ will be l isted in COS MOS) .
cal t o use o n e single piece of cable , the F1 Access Points
F1 usually consi sts of several piece s of Although the F1 is run unde rground,
l a rg e , pre s surize d , or arm o re d c a b l e there is really not a standard access point
spliced together underground (this w i l l be down there where a certain pair in a cable
covered later) i nto a single cable. can be singled out and accessed (as will
Cable Numberi ng be explained ne xt). The re is, howe ver, a
In order to m ake locating cables and point abo ve ground whe re all the pairs in
pairs easier (or possibl e, for that matter), the F1 can be accessed -- this point is
a ll of the cables i n the loop distributio n known a s t h e Se rvin g Are a In terface
plant are numbered, a n d these num bers (S Al) , and it will be de tailed later. In LMOS
are stored i n databases such as LMOS at or other assignment records, the address
the ARSB or other record s at the LAC of the SAl will be l isted as the TErm inal
(Loop Assignment Center) or maintenance Address (TEA) for the F1 cable handling a
center. When trying to locate someone's ce rtain pair in q u e stion; therefore , it is
cable pair, it helps a g reat deal to know where facility F1 stops.
the se n u m bers (although it can be done Underground Plant
without them with experience and careful The term "Underground Plant" refers to
observation). Probably the most com mon any facilities located be low the surface of
place to find these num bers is on a BOR, the e arth . Th is in clu d e s t ru ly "b u rie d "
in the ·Cable and Assignment Data" block. cable s , w h ich are loc ate d 6- or-so feet
The F1 is usually assigned a number from unde rground su rrounded b asic ally by a
00 to 99 (although 000-999 i s sometimes conduit and d irt, as we ll as cables placed
used i n large offices). Cable pair number- in underground cement tunnels along with

Autumn 1988 2600 Magazine I'age 5


eRA WLING INTO MANHOLES

other "below-ground" equipment (such as way, are ro und so that a l ineman can't
seen in most urban areas). Whereas the aCCidentally d rop the cover down the hole)
first type i s really i m possi ble to access are basically all the same , except for the
(unless, of course , you want to dig for a types known as "C" and 0 type manhole
" "

day or so and then hack into an armored, covers which util ize locking bo lts (these
jel ly-filled PIC cable -- then you should can be removed using a standard crescent
take a bit of advice from our resident Icky­ or hex socket wren C h). These covers are
PIC "Goo" advisor, The Marauder), the lat­ the sam e as the standard "B","A", a n d
t e r type can be acce s s e d t h ro u g h "SA" type c o v e r s o n c e the b o l t s a r e
manholes which lead to the underground removed. The best way t o open a cover i s
tunnel. to u se a m a n h o l e c o v e r l i f t e r ( i . e . ,
Manholes De f i a n ce C o r p . P TS - 4 9 o r B - t y p e
B e l l S yste m m an h o l e s are u s u a l l y Manhole cover lifter) , although a n ordinary
found along a main street or area where a 3/4 - 1 inch crowbar (hook-side) can be
feeder cable group passes through. Usi ng used. Put the tool i nto one of the rim slots
an underground cable location map i s the and press down on the bar u nt il the hook
best method for locating cable paths and is pressing up ag a i n st the cove r flange.
manhole appearances, although it may not Then push or lift the cover a fe w i nches up
always be available. These maps can be and slide it off the ho le. You can use a
acquired fro m the Underground Service bent sprinkler turn-off wrench on the other
Alert (USA) (at 800-422-4 1 33), but often a side to lift up if there are two of you . You
"cable locater" will be dispatched instead
(usuall y he will just m ark off how far down
"One must use good
or where you can d i g without h itting a
cabl e ), so t h i s i s not a very practical
method. Of course, you can always fol low sense when entering a
the warn i n g s i g n s on tel e ph o n e p o l e s manhole."
("call before y o u dig", etc.) a n d the spans
between SA l bridging heads until you find
a manhole. The F1 for the SAl nearest the should have no problem with two people ,
m a n h o l e s h o u l d be f o u n d down there altho ugh it can be done alone provided
along with others en route to the areas you are strong enough.
they serve. Once inside, check around for any test
There are several type s of m anhole e q u i p m e nt or papers w h i c h may h a v e
covers, both round and rectangular. The b e e n left i n s i d e . Basical ly, there i s really
recta n g u l a r o ne s are so m e t i m e s j u st no pair access down there, as it is mainly
hinged metal plates cove ring an under­ a place through which the protected feed­
ground term i na l o r cable closure , and er cables are run and spliced together.
these are easily opened by one person. A These splice poi nts are usually sealed in
non-hinged one may require two people. pressuri zed air and wate rproo f closure s
Round manhole cove rs (wh i c h , b y the which protect the open splices from corro-

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AND CLIMBING Up POLES

sion and ultra-violent rodent attack. If for ing a manhole, however, especially if you
some reason you happen to find an open don't have the right equipment. First, you
splice case or a cable with its armor and could drop the cover on your foot, or get a
sheath removed, then it may be possible crowbar or bent sprinkler tool ( the worsn
(although not easy) to match color codes in the groin. Secondly, you must take pre­
(see chart) and find a certain pair. You cautions if you stay down long, because
would have to strip the wire near the the atmosphere in the hole will become
splice, though, and this is not recommend­ oxygen depleted in a matter of minutes
ed. Don't get the bright idea to pry open, and there may be suffocating or otherwise
or (worse yet) blow open a splice case, as dangerous gases in the manhole. Third, if
they are often pressurized (see "manhole you tamper with n itro ge n - p r e s su rized
dangers"), and the telco will frown on your cables or closures, a depressurization
actions sooner or later. Anyway, the feed­ alarm signal may be set off at the mainte­
er cables generally are labelled at a point nance center, and technicians could be
near the manhole, so it is easy to find and sent out while you are still in the hole. It is
follow any certain cable. Because of this, also known that expensive electronic
the manhole access points in your neigh­ equipment mounted below · ground ( i . e . ,
borhood are good places to examine (and SLC remote terminals) may be eq u i pped
even sketch or map) the cable distribution with tamper alarms, and they are securely
plant in your area. This could be interest­ locked as well.
ing, especially if you find a lot of recently Serving Area Interface· SAl
installed groups or special service cables, T he Ser v in g Area Interface (SAl) is
etc. There could even be several types of b asically the point on the loop distribution
apparatus cases co n ta i n ing e ithe r analo g path where the F1 feeder cable is cross­
or digital carrier equipment (i.e., T1 dig ital connected over i nto one or more F2 aerial
or 0, L, or N analog), pair gain systems, (o r b u ri ed) distribution cable. This terminal
repeaters, equalizers, or loading coils can be pole, pad, or pedes ta l mo unted -­

(which help compensate for shunt losses however, for this article, we will conc en­
caused by the parasitic cap acitance trate on the pedestal mounled cabinet as it
between pairs in pressurized cable). A typ­ is b y far the most common (the other
ical underground apparatus facility is the fo rms are functionally similar, anyway).
BERT (Below ground Electronics Remote These things are seen all over .- Ihe 4-foot
Terminal). However, it's unlikely that you high gray-green "boxes". There are sever·
will find any of this special equipment al names for this terminal·· teclinically it is
down there (other than loading coils, called the SAl or FDI (Feeder Distribution
which look like metal cylinders) unless you Interface), but it is usually called a
are in a very rural or specialized area, or Bridging Head, Pedestal, B-Box (lineman
you happen to be in a manhole :;er ving an term), or just plain "Box". The standard
inter-office trurk span (smile here). cabinet is the Western Electric 40-Type
Manhole Dangers cabinet, and it comes in several sizes,
One must use good sense when enter - depending on the amount of cable pairs in

(("ontinl/cd 0/1 /)(I,f;f' 28 )


Aufumn 1988 26()() :H (lK(d I//' 1'1IK/' 7
ce{{u{ar update
by The Glitch m anufacturers, such as IFR, are co m ing
There is ri sing interest in the cell ular out with new software upgrades to faci l i­
scene, the retail and the free aspects of i t. tate testing of the newer phone s.
Here's som e insight into what's going on! For the c e l lul ar sy ste m to have the
Expanded Spectrum -- yes, the cellular ability to know if a subscri ber's phone i s
system, designed not to be overcrowded capable o f being told to move t o a higher
like the earlier m obile system s, is now get­ c h anne l , the phone must some how be
ting packed in so m e urban areas. The able to tell the ce llular switch that it can
FCC allocated 156 m ore channels to the acce pt suc h a comm a n d . Fo rtunately,
system, bringing the total num ber of chan­ when cellular came out, there were some
nel s from 666 to 832. All manufacturers in extra bytes in the progra m m ing to allow for
the current m arketplace are c o m ing out t h i s. T h i s i s cal l e d the "Station Cl a s s
with new phones (or u pgra d e s to o l der Mark" o r SCM. I t i s a 4-bit binary number.
p h o n e s ) t o c o v e r t h e new c hanne l s. Bit #1 is a "1" for 832 channels or "0" for
Uniden has u pgraded their pri m ary l ine, the old 666. Bit #2 is "1 " for voice-activat­
the CP-1000, to the CP-1100. Motorola e d transmit (used a s a battery saver i n
has a new line, the Mini-Tac, which i s fea­ portables) or "0" for a mobi le unit. Bits #3
ture-packed and m uc h smaller than their and #4 i dentify the power c l a s s of th e
previous Oyna-Tac serie s. This a l so has phone: 00=3 watts, 0 1 = 1 .2 watts, 1 0=.6
832 channel s. The NEC P-9000 portable watts, and 1 1 is currentl y undefined.
(about the size of a cordless) also has 832 So when the phone sends out a call, it
channel s with an available upgrade to the will send something to this effect:
earlier portables. Mitsubishi had designed 703-59 1 - 1 635 (sample phone number)
the radio circuits of their older model line 8EOF1234 (sample serial number)
to be able to cover extra frequencie s, so 1000 (sample SCM)
a l l it n e e d s is a c hange of s o ftware 00 (thi s i s the "group 10")
EPROMS for its upgrade. Audiovox has a 05 (thi s i s the "a c c e ss overload class")
new m odel called the BC-20 with not only M o s t c e l l ul a r s y stems wil l not b e
832 channe l capabi l i ty, but also a very upgrading their equipment for quite some
u seful "se lf-test" m ode (available to ser­ time , or at least unti l they begi n to ge t
vice technicians) which allows full manual overcrowded. But come the time that they
control of the phone, including receiving do , the c e l lular sy stem w i l l try to ke e p
any of the 832 channe l s ind ividually (for these newer phones on the upper chan­
testing purpo ses only, o f course ). I do nels when space permits so that the older
expect to see other m anufactu rers, such cel lular equi pment won't have to deal with
as Novatel, Oki, H i tach i ( a . k.a. AT&T), overcrowded conditions. If you are in the
Fujitsu, Panasonic, and m any others. m a rke t for a cel lul ar phon e , don't worry
The new channels are non-li near with a bout getting a n older or even a newer
the rest, with som e appearing "above" the phone with 666 channels, as I seriously
old cel lular band and the rest "below" the doubt they will fall inlo obsolescence for
band . Likewi se, so m e c e l l u l a r test gear many years to come.
Page 8 2600 Magazine Autumn 1988
WHO THE HELL WAS ALMON STROWGER, ANYWAY?

swi tc h i n g m ac h i n e f o r th e o p e rato r ,
I t could be fai rl y s ta ted that Almon Strowger gave subscribe rs the power to
Strowger was the first phreak ever to exist. place the i r own ca l l s . I n ove rs i m pl i fied
I t seem s he had thi s thing for operators . . . . terms, his system worked like this: A sub­
Strowger, to beg i n at the beginning, scriber who wished to call Mr. Strowger,
was an undertaker who l i ved i n Kan sas say, would punch a button on the phone a
C i ty toward the c l o s e o f the century. specific number of times. The number that
Accounts of his l ife are rather sketchy, but would be assigned to Strowger 3 per­ --

it does seem rather fair that he may have haps. Each punch would send an electri­
had something of a problem with authority. cal p u l s e to a c e n t r a l o f fi c e , w h e re
He became convi nced that the Kansas Strowger's switch was installed . A motor
C i ty Telephone Company operators had would drive the arm of the switch a num ­
conspired to force him out of business. ber of steps around a circle corresponding
They we re , he thought, swi tching cal l s to the n umbe r of ti m e s the button had
intended for him to h i s com peti tion. When been pushed. In the exam ple here , the
he tried to place call s him self, the opera­ arm would stop at Mr. Strowger's num ber,
tors always seemed to report nothing but the third step. The arm would stay there
b u s y s i g n a l s and w r o n g n u m b e r s . for the duration of the call, with the voice
Registered complaints g o t h i m nothing Signals passing back and forth throughout
and nowhere. It drove Strowger to such a the switch arm . When the parties hung up,
pitch of exasperation and inspiratio n that the switch would reset. No matter which
in 1 889 he invented what he called the subscriber wished to call Mr. Strowger, the
first "girl-l e s s , cussless tel e ph o ne", o r same number of pulses would make the
more neutrally, the Automatic Switch. The same connection in every case .
dialed call was the ultimate result. In effect, the dial pulses replaced the
Strowger first pared the defi nition of operator. The pulses worked l ike electrical
phone service to a single function: con­ trail breakers. They built the path to the
necting Party A with Party B. In the old destination phone by com manding switch­
days operators did much more than this. es to move to the proper point and free z­
They would forward cal l s to som eone's ing them in that pOSition, thus reserving
l i ke l y l o ca ti o n , to o k m e s sag e s , and those connections for the voice signals to
advised callers whom best to cal l fo r a fo l l o w a l o n g. W h e n t h e ca l l e d party
sol ution to a plum bing or m edical problem. answe red , h is "Hello?" retraced the path
To Strowger these extra services reflected the digits had built, back to the original
power that invited abuse . (He was not caller. You now know what a step-by-step,
necessarily being paranoid. I n the early or crossbar, office is, and although they
years of phone service , there were m any are very rare, anyone who's ever been in
complaints of back-talk, biased se rvice, one can tell you the noise from all those
and eavesdropping. Lily Tom lin's routi nes cross-bars mo ving and "ker-plunking" into
speak to a half-forgotten memory of those position is extremely loud.
experiences.) The more things change .... Almon Strowger Jr.
T he n , by substituting an a u t o m a t ic (No, not the real one)

Autumn 1988 2600 Magazine Page 9


What's Going On
Only Five Left no longer having to have a one or
a zero in the middle.
We've been running out of
What it basically means is
many things recently. Clean air,
that the makeup of an area code
clean water, trees, and space, to
will be as flexible as that of an
name a few. But that's minor in
exchange insofar as the number
comparison to the ultimate crisis
of variations that are possible.
facing Americans today. We've
554-556-1234 could be a phone
got a mere handful of unassigned
number with area code. Don't be
area codes left. And just what
surprised when people start
the hell are we going to do when
noticing how much phone num­
those are gone?
bers are starting to look like
Already, plans are well under­
social security numbers....
way for the splitting of the 415
(San Francisco) area code in
1992. We don't know what the The Right Choice
new area code will be. Perhaps Bugs in computer software are
they'll take suggestions from the being blamed for this summer's
public. But there are only fi ve massive failures in an AT&T
possibilities left: 708, 903, 908, System 85 phone system. The
909, and 917. And it's not very customer in this case was the
likely that 903 will be used since House of Representatives in
that used to be used as an area Washington, DC. According to
code for part of Mexico. the Washington Post, the out­
Reassigning it could cause confu­ ages have moved mysteriously
sion. Theoretically, area codes around the various House office
200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 could buildings, sometimes affecting
also be assigned. But those all of the 16, 000 lines it ties
would be such nice numbers to together and sometimes only
waste. It would also be possible affecting one building. The $16
to assign 210, 310, 410, 510, 610, million system went crazy four
710, 810, and 910. But w e times in a single week.
haven't heard an y definites.
So w hat's the s olution? Calling Morality
Fortunately, there is one. But it's
A code of practice has been
not going to be easy.
established on British Telecom's
Beginning in July of 1995, a
Callstream network covering the
brand new numbering scheme
content of the messages, as well
will begin to take effect. On the
as advertising and promotional
first of that month, area codes
material. Call stream is the
will be liberated. They will be
equivalent of America's mass
able to be any number they wish,

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With Phones/Computers
announcement (often 976) num­ supposedly developed a lock­
bers that are creating such a stir. picking device that no one has
Call stream uses phone numbers been able to figure out. Not only
beginning with 0898, 0077, 0066, that, but he has been able to stay
and 0055. They are billed at at least 24 hours ahead of whoev­
higher-than-normal rates. er has been looking for him.
Here's some of what the code Until now, that is.
says: (1) Communications must Clark was arrested in late
not encourage or incite anyone to August in Buena Park,
commit a criminal offense; create California. The 49-year-old was
racial disharmony; contain false supposedly arrested at a house in
or misleading information; which he was living. He was sup­
involve an unreasonable invasion posed to have been returned to
of privacy; or cause outrage or Akron, Ohio to face charges.
gross offense by reason of sexual Security officials have said they
or violent content. ( 2) are eager to find out his meth­
Communications aimed at audi­ ods.
ences which include children Clark had developed a kind of
must not include references to folk hero status among many,
sexual practices or contain lan­ including the FBI. They
guage that reasonable parents described him as the only person
would not want their children to in the United States capable of
hear. picking the locks on the approxi­
Speaking of reasonable par­ mately 1.8 million pay phones in
ents, it is now legal for married America.
couples to place wiretaps on their His annual salary from his
horne telephones in order to endeavors got him about $70,000
catch their spouses doing nasty before taxes. (That was a joke.)
things like having affairs. U.S. An Ohio Bell security official had
District Judge Roy Harper says said, "Unless somebody gets
it is no longer necessary in such lucky, he'll probably never get
cases for one of the parties to caught. He's well organized, he's
know they are being recorded. smart, and he's not greedy. He
only hits a few widely spaced
A Legend Apprehended spots each day. He's always look­
For eight years a man known ing over his shoulder to see if
as James Clark has been jour­ there's a police car or a telephone
neying back and forth across company vehicle." According to
Pacific Bell security, Clark's abil­
America robbing pay telephone
coinboxes. Such a feat had been ity to open the phone's coin draw­
considered impossible, but Clark er, remove the box, and close the

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The World of
drawer again meant that nobody phone company, and even threat­
would notice what he had done ening suicide. A spokesman fig­
until a company coin collector ures the callers think it's some
came around. kind of emergency hot line.
So another dangerous criminal Apparently somebody's going
is off the streets. Now if they around putting stickers on pay
could only find the people who phones telling people to call the
keep scraping "Praise God" on number 24 hours a day which is
every pay phone in N ew York exactly what they're doing. And
City. the company won't change it's
number because then they would
Mystery Hacker have to notify all of their clients,
which they say would cost them
Authorities are all upset about
even more than all of these toIl­
a hacker who penetrated the Jet
free calls they're now accepting.
Propulsion Laboratory's comput­
er system in May. The mystery
person managed to get into three AOS Happenings
computers in a single outing, You may have noticed that
including one belonging to the everyone is ranting and raving
Navy. JPL says it's going to use about AOS. That stands for
stricter security measures, a Alternative Operator Services,
move that could wind up costing w hich basically means that
them 4 million dollars. One of another company other than
the things that J PL says is at AT&T completes your AT&T call­
least theoretically possible for a ing card call from a payphone,
hacker to do on its systems is to usually without your knowledge.
send "bogus commands" to one of You become aware of the fact
the eight unmanned interplane­ when your phone bill arrives and
tary explorers they currently the price for the call is many
operate. times what you thought it would
***
be. Customer owned pay phones
Almost as upsetting are the sometimes hook into other com­
mysterious phone calls that have panies and the only clue the
started pouring into Arizona­ caller has that AT&T isn't
b ased CS C Management putting through the call is an
Corporation over the past couple operator or computer that doesn't
of months. They made the mis­ make any reference to AT&T.
take of hooking up an 800 num­ There are ways around it. You
ber. Now people are calling them can always ask to be hooked up
thinking it's a dating line, to an AT&T operator. If that
demanding money back from the doesn't work, you can try dialing

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800-950-1022 (MCI) or 800-877- being forwarded.
8000 (Sprint). Their rates are The Planum Technology
almost always lower than the Corporation of Hillside, NJ has a
AOS companies. device that waits for two sepa­
Once the ripoff artists get put rate calls within 30 seconds. (A
out of business, you may actually short ring is generated before the
see some good come out of all of call gets forwarded.) The second
this. International Telecharge is call is interpreted as a command
an AOS company that offers to disable call forwarding. The
operators who are fluent in sev­ machine then dials 73 or whatev­
eral languages. Micro Devices er the number is in that area to
and Automatic Communications disable call forwarding. The user
both have services where you can can then call back and communi­
leave a message for an unan­ cate with the machine, giving it a
swered phone. They keep redial­ new phone number to call for­
ing every few minutes and when ward to.
the phone is answered your mes­ The machine does require an
sage is played. access code, however it seems
A new trade group has been incredibly easy to disable some­
formed for AOS companies called one's call forwarding. Just call
Operator Service Providers of twice within 30 seconds and
America. About 25 of the 40 AOS hang up each time. It would be a
companies have joined. Basically, good idea to add a feature that
the group calls on the companies resets the call forwarding if the
to be more up front, to lower third "confirmation" call isn't
prices, and to not block calls to received. And hopefully the
other services. Of course, all of access code is longer than two
this is voluntary. digits.
The other invention comes
New Call Forwarding from H erbert Waldman of
Measurement Specialties Inc., in
Invention Wayne, NJ. (This guy patented
Remote call forwarding may the first remote access answering
soon be a feature for us tele­ machine, back in 1956!)
phone users. Two companies in With this system, the caller
New Jersey seem to have come dials his number and hangs up
up with the same idea. right after the short ring. The
One of the hardest parts of machine then calls the number
remote call forwarding is commu­ that the calls are being forward­
nicating with the home tele­ ed to. If it gets no answer, call
phone; remember, all calls are forwarding is disabled. The

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.14 AREA COOt kE b 7 4 bUN lOVE t . , . ' . if 7 3� WICHO"uE �kOSSBA.
6 1 5 AlI tA CIllI E .75 IIONWlJI(K I NQ ICE 735 LEV lT lOWN CROSSBA.
. I i> AlIEA CODE kE .71i bUN COYE. t. S. ,. kE 73f. SELDEN 0"5- 1 0U
6 i 7 AkEA CODE NU b77 S Y US,E t ""S - I OV ICE 737 RONKuNr.uNA 15 t . 5 . S.
b l a AREA LOD£ k£ b78 UNbkUUK D", - 1 0U 738 NONkOkK l Nb
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5 1 6 A REA CO DE
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lH=cnor.E' l I ne S T o r laSS D I a l ing
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u l =u " e < t I n w a r . u t a l ,01DI
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�23 IIOMtIilRK l h" �6j NONWOkKI �b
N�=nI!W, bUSi ness l i nes on l y
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V? = v e r y nev, Unk nown use
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1IU 9J9 H I CKSV illE E.S.S. 9�� NUII1IOkUlIIi
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NO 942 HIUSVILlE E . S . S .
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VU = v ery n e v , unused
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l l =o l o !:IUNl c en t r e x oeJnCl pnasea OUl:
94S NOMtIilkU IIIl
946 IIONWORKIJ16
947 IIOhtlilkK I II6 936 and 999 were former dia�l mass announcement services, 903 was a fOlll1er area
'l4iI NONWORK l J16 code for Mexico. 233 was an unconfirmed former exchange for Selden. 440 plus any
949 NOMtIilkK I II& four digits used to connect to police emergency (9t t ),
I S 95u LONG DISIMIC£ DIAlUPS In the 5t6 area, its currently not necessary 10 dial a one before any calls, This makes
�1 1IIJIItIOI(t( 11I6 scanning l easier, In OIher area codes, 1 plus a nurrber may do something entirely dif·
�2 N1l111101!l iJ16 ferent than the sarna nu.mer witholf a 1 in front of it Because 5t6 doesn' require a I ,
Y� 953 RIVERHEAD E . S . S .
its impossble for any number that is an area code to also be used as an exchange,
lD 'IS4 IIOIIItERE
This scan was done from our oftice in the 751 exchange, We believe l to be at least 90
CII � DUR PAll • SELDEN E . S . ' .
peIC8nI accurate. H you know of any correct ions, please forward them to us. In cases
956 1IOIIIIOI!l 1 J16
where we were not absolutely certain if an office was a .5 ES.S., a it A ES.S., or a
11 �7 LlIUlEIlllUiSI 15 E. S.S.
1£ '§8 uln IJOTif ICATl IlII DMS-l 00, the generic term "E.S.S." is printed.
H you wish to do a similar scan from your area code, we would be happy to print the
, I( m lESl EICItAJI6t
': ' 960 IIllIIIIOIl I J16 results. Btf you mUS1 be thorough. First, go through your phone book and mark down
961 IIOIIIIOint l J16 where each exchange is listed as being from. H your phone book doesn't list ewry
962 1I01ll10RlU J16 exchange in your area code. you'll haw to find the other books. This list of locations is
� lIUfIIjfJnlJ16 NOT the location of the central offices. Getting that will take some enginee ring and inge­
964 I101H101!U J16 nuity on your part,
965 1IOI1IIOil 1J16 Sometimes test numbers exist that ident�y the location and type of a central office
'" IIOIIIIORl I J16 (around here irs xxx-9901). You mUS1 also be able to 111 1 the difference between generic
967 �11I& E.S.s. and crossbar. 51 6·751 ·9970 is a crossbar busy, 51 6-360-9970 is an E.S,S, busy.
Ki � BAY SIIORE OIlS- IOU But 51 6-423-9970 is a crossbar busy, even though l sounds wry much liIe an ES,S,
96g IilIItIilR Kilo6 busy, You can tell because the relays click on both sides 01 the busy, An electronic or
910 DIAL- I T SERYICES E o S. S . digital swlch has no relays and therefore doesn' elicit
m NIlIIWORK I Io6 Once you haw a list 01 valid exchanges and where they come from, you must see what
972 IIOHWOi!K I N6 al 01 the OTHER exchanges that don' exist do when you dial them, I your area code
9H IIOIIIIORK lJ16 requires a 1 before some caJs. you mUS1 try each and fN8ry exchange with and witholf
914 1IOII1IIlKK 1J16 a I , This is how you find interesting features.
S/5 QIIilkUIo6 The final step is 10 see if the exchanges you ha't'8 logged actually show up in the phone
IIA '/i DiAl- I T SERVICES cRtlssm book , H not. odds are they are being used only by businesses or as a Direct Inward Dial
m NIlHtIilRKl Io6 (DID) for a large corporation or instllfion, DID's contain many beepers, fax machines,
'78 IIOIIIfORK I NS
CO""lf8lS. etc.
RE m Sft I THIOtiN Dft:HW
Two copies of this list, one sorted by exchange and the other sorted by central office
name, can be found on 2600 bulleti n boards.

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Unauthoriz ed Access of DOCKMASTER

Reo:e·bed �
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On 2S and 3 1 october 19 8 6 , there were success ful
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unauthoriz ed ·accesses to DOCKDSTER. The f ol l owing information has


b e en gathered to dat e :

a. The connection to DOCKMASTER was lIIade from Ii: lo cati o n


in France via the Telenet network. Telenet has determined the
netwo rk addres s of the connection po int and has requested Transpac ,
Tel enet ' s European counterp art, to determine the identi ty of the
fo r e i qn host .

b. The chr o no l o gi cal order of events is as f o l l ows :

1 0/ 2 5/ 8 6 0 9 : 5 6
SUcces s ful access was lIIade to DOCKMASTER from France .
The user was disconnected at 10 : 0 1 du e to
Tel enet/Transpac . communi cation,problems .

1 0/ 3 1/ 8 6 0 9 : 5 0
Success ful access was made to DO�� f r om France .

1 0/ 3 1/ 8 6 1 0 : 2 0
The owner of the account was denied access to DOCKMAS�-R
when he attempted to log in bec ause the account was
already active . notified his proj ect
a dministrator . who noti fi�d the
. DOCRMAsTER

1 0/3 1/ 8 6 10 : 2 7
User was bumped from the system and the userid l ocked .

1 0/ 3 1/8 6 13 : 3 5
Two attemDts from France �ere denied� due to the locked
us er i d . -

c. The u s e r ' s password was last changed o n 2 8 August


19 8 6 .

compromised.
There were no bad password attempts against this us er s ince
Ap r il , indicating that the user ' s· password was not gues s ed , but

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that a substantial amount of proprietary information was
compromised . , Based on the 3 0 time and a maxim= data
trans fer rate o f , 2 4 0 charaCters per second , the us er could have
, transferred up to 4 22 KB of data , ( 3 0min * ( 6 0 sec/mini * ( 2 4 0
char/ s ec » . ·, .. ·
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AD!! ( DOCKMASTER ' s implementation o f Mandatory Access Contro l ) since
the userid which was compromised had valid AD!! access to the data .
The use of a separate authentication/identification device , such as

syt�.
the Sytek Passport , could have :prevented this access . We are
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NOTES
DOCKMASTE R is the N SA's compute r system hooked u p to A R PA N ET . Its T e l e n et ado ress
i s 30 1 22 ( N U l req u i red ) , On I N TE R N ET it is "DOCKMASTE R . A R PA", I am sti l l wait i n g for
additional FO IA docu me nts but the NSA has asked for $ 3 . 400 to conti n u e looki n g .

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30 g o t oSUO
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t or i = l t o� : p o k es+4 , �3 : p o k es+4+ 1 , �3
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LETTE RS
The Virus
The Schematic Dear 2600:
Just a note to say thanks for
Dear 2 600: k e e p i ng a l ev e l h e a d i n a
I really enj oyed the article in warped world. Your publication
your Summer 88 i s su e ,
is w e l l w o r t h w a i t ing t h r e e
"Building a Red B ox" . I wish
months for . Unfort u nately , I
and hope in future issues you am a rather impatient sort and
publish more circuits on boxes
also a rec e nt sub scrib e r so I
and t h e sort . I ' m really glad am enclosing a request for the
you p ri n t e d t h e p a rt s l i s t
back issues from the past three
because I can't read half o f the years . Th at should keep this
c omponent s on the layout on inquiring mind b u sy for some
page 2 3 . I understand h ow in
time to c ome . Also I want to
the condensing and trying t o offe r my a p p l a u s e regarding
make i t fit o n a n 8 1 / 2" x the article "Th e D ark Side of
5 3 / 4" p age along with t ext ,
Viruses" . H aving read too many
etc . What I 'm getting a t i s articles c oncerning h ow awful
could you send m e a n enlarged
viruses are , yours was such a
and clear copy of the red b ox breath of fresh air. I t was a
plans? I would greatly appreci­
repugnant . putrid blast of air
ate it . I h o p e you are n ' t like
to be sure but it came from an
m o s t o t h e r d u mb - a s s m a g s angle that was so different from
a n d don't reply . I realize you
the masses that it was indeed
get a lot of mail, so do the b est
refreshing. I suspect that T.
you can. To make it easier, I've Plague was rather brutally mis­
enclosed a SASE . I j ust w ant to
t r e a t e d a s a c h il d . I c a n n o t
add that your magazine is
i m a g i n e c om p l e t e a m o r a l ity
great !
The Bug Brother # 1
such as h is without some form
of trauma. I do agree on certain
I
We're sony about the mess­ aspects of his dissertation such
up regarding the s chema tic. as the need for frequent back­
A n y o n e w ho s t i l l needs an ups and his lack of respect for
e n larged copy of t h a t p ag e program pirates . He is a bit of
should either write t o u s o r call a hypocrite th ough (to go along
us at (5 1 6) 75 1 -2600. In either with the rest of his conditions) ;
case, give us your s ubscriber after all . his program does its
number. b e st to c irc u mvent e v e n t h e
s afety of fre quent b acku p s . I
also don't think it is quite his

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AN D A FEW N U M B E RS
place to j u dge program pirates. b a d t h ing t o d o if s om e o n e
Q u ite frankly , h e is not bal­ really destroys data other than
anced enough to weigh proper­ in his own compu ter, but the
ly anybody's guilt or innocenc e . p h e n om e n on o f s p r e a d i ng a
It's too b a d since h e i s obvious­ viru s automatically fa sc inat e s
ly not an idiot or a fool . Nor do me a n d I think i t d o e s for a lot
I feel that he should be pitie d . of people . It would be better if
He does not deserve my or any­ those wh o write viru ses would
b o dy ' s p it y . N o n e t h e l e s s , program them not to destruct,
though I obviously do not agree but to play a tune , print silly
with Mr. Plague's article , I d id m e ssage s , o r t o d o similar
learn a lot from it . It showed a things once they are activated.
rare insight int o t h e m ind of F u rt h e rm o r e , t h e s e v i r u s e s
the virus generator, the serial s h o u l d b e t e s t e d th o r o u gh ly
killer, the child molester, or the before spreading, to avoid era­
arsonist . Take your p ick. Th e sure of data. Of course, a virus
lack of remorse or simple s h o u l d d e l e t e i t s e l f aft e r a
m o r a l s a n d t h e fe e l i n g s o f w h i l e from th e i n fe c t e d p r o ­
validity of th e ir actions seem to gram , a s in real life a flu gets
be prevalent in all these peopl e . cure d , even wh en you do noth­
I w o u l d l ike t o fe e l t h at M r . ing to cure it .
P l ag u e w o u l d r e s e n t b e i n g Greetings from the
e q u a t e d t o a c h ild mole st e r , Netherlands
b u t h e probably doesn't . M ost Paul van Hattum
of h is prey is j ust as innocent
and h elpless as a chil d . H e is Dear 2600:
j ust as guilty of taking advan­ My God, man , fifteen pages
tage of these same attributes were given to an article which
existent in a novice computer d o e s e s s e n t ially n o t h i ng b u t
user. rag o n viru s writers and pro­
In any case , I am looking for­ mote a piece of software . That's
ward to re a d ing t h r e e y e a rs almost twice as many pages as
worth of wonderfu l , controver­ t h e re once was in the whole
sia l , and informative article s . m ag ! If I write a s h a re w a r e
Keep u p the good work. viru s protection program, can I
Jonathan Porath have fifteen pages to hype it in
too? As for the actual message
Dear 2 600: in t h at artic l e , why on e arth
I very much appreciated the s h o u l d I t r u s t Ro s s M .
issue on viruses. I think it is a Greenberg after h e has basical-

A utumn 1988 2600 Magazine Page 25


AUTU M NAL
ly scared me into trusting no X R8 0 3 8 C P . XR8 0 3 8 P .
one? Let alone send h im ten XR8038AC P . and XR803 8AP .
clams? I 'll protect my own god­ EXAR also has many de alers
d am d at a . t h a n k y o u v e ry through out the U . S .A. and
much . Canada. By the way. EXAR I s
ASide from too few articles also t h e manufacturer of t h e
t h at ramb l e on too much . oth er two most pop ular blu e
2600 is still a fine publication. b ox c h ip s ; t h e XR2 2 0 7 and
I especially found the red box XR2209 .
a r t i c l e h e l p fu l . a s w e l l a s I don't understand why peo­
Thunder Seven's number list. ple will pay 8 or up to 1 5 dol­
Tommy lars a p i e c e fo r t h e s e c h i p s
Sysop, THC-J[ BBS, through private ads when they
6045950085 are availab l e everywhere for
P . S . AN I in t h e 6 0 4 N PA around 4 dollars each .
varies from CO to C O . but is Rubber Soul
usually 2 1 1 or 1 1 6 . In some Toronto, Canada
step or x-bar exc h ang e s . it 's Apparen t l y , y o u ' ve n e v e r
necessary to put a 1 in front of heard oj designer chips, have
that. you?
P . P . S . Anyone else work with
Another ANI
4Tel? 604-38 1 -37 1 7 has one of
Dear 2600:
these versatile line test b oxes
Th e ANI fo r the 2 1 3 are a
on it . . . .
code (Los Angeles) Is 6 1 056.
The Chip The Soldier
Dear 2 600: Congratulations . We've also
I wish I knew where these heard t h a t p a r t s oj 2 1 3
rumours st art . but the respond to 1 223 jor a read­
ICLS038 i s still being produced back oj your phone number. In
by GE S o l i d State (fo rm e rly sections oj 2 1 3 served by GTE.
called G E / RCA / lntersil) . G E 1 1 4 seems to work. O t hers
Solid State h a s many regular we've gotten word oj are 290
dealers in both the U . S .A. and jor parts oj Illinois , 200-xxx ­
C anad a . Never mind that the xxxx jor other parts oj Illinois,
8038 is also handled by most 760 jor the 4 08 area code,
electronic surplus c omponent 3 0 0 -xxx-xxxx in some areas,
dealers . In addition. the 8038 7 1 1 in parts oj 9 1 9, 9 70-xxxx
is also manufactured by a com­ in parts oj Texas s erved by
pany called EXAR who makes . GTE, 9 9 7 - 5 5 5 - 1 2 1 2 in area
it u n d e r th e ir p art numb e rs code 5 0 2 , 2 0 0 - 2 2 2 - 2222 in

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LETTE RS
area codes 3 1 3 , 6 1 6, 906, and in on the line . makes a tone of
5 1 7, 1 9 1 # in DMS- 1 00 switch­ 440 Hz at a 13 dBm 0 level .
-

es, 990 in the 9 1 4 area, and The first tone i s 2 seconds and
9 58 in the Ne w York me tro every 1 0 seconds there is a half
area. If you find an ANI, send it second burst .
in to us! A TSPS's verification network
BLV Tidbits is limited to 8 NPA's. A maxi­
mum of 800 l o c al offic e s in
Dear 2600:
each NPA can be served by a
I 've been d o ing s om e TS P S fo r v e rifi c a t i o n ( t h a t
r e s e arch on B u sy Line
seems like a lot t o me) .
V e rific a t i o n ( B LV ) . I f y o u
BOC's have the capability to
remember, BLV i s the technical
e xc l u d e t e l e p h o n e n u mb e rs
name for an emergency inter­
and even w h o l e offic e s from
rupt . The information I h ave
verification.
p ertains to an AT&T TSPS or
Th e B LV tru n k g ro u p i s
inward operator.
always trunk group number 35
An operator cannot make an
in every TSPS office (I thought
emergency inte rrupt without
that was neat) .
h aving a c u st o m e r o n h o ld ,
U nfo rt u n a t e ly . AT&T h a s
with one exc eption. There is a
stopped doing emergency inter­
procedure known as a service
rupts in many areas. recently.
test call used to check if the
due to local operators .
B LV c i rc u it s within a TSPS
The Zeppelin
switch are functioning proper­
ly. Th is test is done w i tho u t What� the Point?
anyone o n h old, but every time De ar 2600:
it is done a message prints on Th i s l e t t e r w o n ' t d o a ny
the security printer. good. but I will write it anyway.
Th e r e is a fe a t u re w h i c h I called several of the BBS's
prints call d etail for any emer­ you have listed . After a while . I
gency interrupt which exceeds hung u p . I don't have time to
a preset period of time on the screw with them. What is the
security printer. The threshold point? Are the u sers frustrated
can be anything from 0 to 2 5 5 hackers?
seconds. Multiple interrupts on I call a lot of BBS ' s and they
the same call are accumulated, are easy to use . My time is too
but time when the interrupted v a l u a b l e to w a s t e . and even
party is on hold is not. more s o when it is long dis­
Th e tone generator, which tance to learn some stupid sys­
beeps when an operator breaks tem j u st to use a silly BBS .
(continued on page 43)
A utumn 1988 2600 Magazine Page 2 7
(continuedfrom page 7)
OUTSIDE Loop
the Serving Area. The size and style of the inside o f the door, there should b e a circu­
cabinet is usually stenciled or m arked on lar attachment with a " O"_type test cord on
the cement pedestal at the base of the it which m akes accessing pairs with a test
cabinet (Le . , S-40-E 40 type , E size, SAl
= set easier (if you don't have a test set, I
cabinet) . These cabinets can handle any­ will describe how to m ake a basic one
thing from 400 (A size -- 200 feeder in, later i n this article). You should hook the
200 distribution out - 43"H x 1 S"W x 1 2"0) alligator clips on your test set to the two
to 1 800 (E size - 900 in, 900 out - S4"H x bolts on the attachment, and then use the
40"W x 1 2"0) , with som e newer size F, H, specialized cord to hook u p to binding
and some 3M series -- 4200 cabinets han­ posts on the panel (it is specially designed
dling up to 3600 pairs at one site ! Also to do so, whereas alligator clips aren't) .
note that 4O-type (or look-alike) cabinets There are usually also spare decals and 2
are not exclusively for use as an S A l , reels of #22 solid "F" cross-connect wire
especially i n areas using a buried F2 dis­ stored somewhere in the cabinet, either on
tribution plant. Note that all Bell System the doors in a box (along with a "788 N 1 "
(Western ElectriC) cabinets, c ross-boxes , tool for seating and trimm ing jumpe r wires)
etc. which are pedestal mounted are paint­ or m o u n te d in the s p l i ce c h a m b e r
ed a standard grey-green . (Technically, (described in the next section) .
they are painted per Munsell Color Code Locating Pairs and Cross-Connects
Standard, EIA RS-3S9 . This color is sup­ Basica l l y , the S A l cab i n e t conta i n s
posed to be the least obtrusive and most several term inal block panels (size A=1
pleasing to the eye . ) This also helps to panel, size C + O (800+ 1 200 pai rs, respec­
distinguish telco boxes fro m sprinkler and tive l y ) =2 pan e l s , s i z e E = 3 pane l s ) of
signal control boxes. Also note that there either 76-type screw b i nd in g posts (the
are still a large number of older loop plants most common) or more modern 1 08 -type
in the Bell Syste m , and the terminal boxes "quick-connect" connectors. These panels
may differ (Le., nut-bolt type binding posts, are divided up into six blocks of 1 00 cable
panel - re m oval type c a b i nets , e tc . ) i n pairs ( 2 screws = 1 binding post, per cable
appearance, but they are all functionally pair) each , with block 1 - 1 00 on the top and
similar. 50 1 -600 on the botto m . In a 2 -panel cabi­
To open a 40-type or other com m o n net, the l eft panel typical ly contains the
cabinet, o n e must use a 7/1 6" h e x wrench pairs from the F 1 (feeder) cable , and the
(also called a "canoN or " 2 1 6-" tool) . Place right panel contains the F2 distribution
the wrench on the bolt and turn it 1 /8 of a cable pairs. This i s accom plished by either
turn clockwise (you should hear a spring a harness or cable stub whose pai rs are
release inside). Holding the bolt, turn the i nternally con nected to the binding posts
handle all the way to the right and pull the on a pane l . The harness or stub i s then
d o o r o u twa rd . If you happen to see a splice d , usual l y with " 7 1 0" splicing con­
locked cabinet pried open by a crowbar nector modules, to the respective F1 o r F2
placed in the slot above the right door, you cabl e . In the case o f the harne s s , t h i s
should report it to the telco at once! On the splice is located in the back o f t h e cabinet,

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i n the splicing chamber, which can be assignment data from LMOS or equiva­
accessed by rotating the notched circular lent, there should be an F1 Binding Post
latch o n the top of the term i n a l block (B P ) number l i sted alongside the cable
asse m bly and letti ng the panel fall fo r­ numbers. This number is usually a 3 digit
ward. Often the splices are covered with number, 00 1 -999, and it will correspond to
plastic bags. Note the color code of the a binding post pair i n one of the hundred­
pairs; if you can locate the pair you want, blocks on the feeder panel side. The first
this is an excellent location to cove rtly digit of the BP is the block. and the other
access it, because thi s area is rarely seen digits represent the pair in that block.
during normal use of the cabinet (it i s usu­ The color of the pair label is important,
ally only opened during a cable cutover or also -- feeder pairs are always marked
"throw" , in which a whole section of feeder with green labels. Seco ndl y , if you don't
or di stribution cable is replaced at one have a binding post number, there may be
time). I n the case of cable stub, the splic­ a log or other chart posted on one of the
ing is usually done underground at a clo­ doors of the cabi net showi ng the cable
s u r e , b e ca u se t h e raw-e n d e d c a b l e pairs and the i r correspond i n g b i n d i n g
extends 2 0 t o 1 00 feet from the cabinet; i n posts ( o r the posts m ay i n some cases be
this case, there won't be a splicing cham ­ arranged or labelled in a way such that the
ber. Thi s type is often used for aerial pole­ cable pai r n u m be r c o u l d be d e r i ve d ) .
mounted SAl's. Also note that i n an F-size Thirdly, a s a last resort, you could connect
cabinet, you have to re move the whole a test set to each pair in the terminal, and
back panel i n order to access the splice dial your a rea's AN I number (This "AN I "
cham ber. Anyway, the pairs from the feed­ number i s usually a m ulti -digit te st code
e r panel are cross-connected with w i re which, when dialed, responds with a voice
jum pers over to the binding posts on the announcement of the D i rectory N u mber
d i stri bution pane l ; in this way , the two (ON) for the line you are dialing from ) . This
cables are connected. would have to be repeated until you hap­
There are several ways to locate a pair pen to hook up to the line you are looking
i n an SAL Fi rst, and best, i f you have for ( it's ti m e consu m i n g , but i t works ) .

T en i n a l Pane l
( Gr e en ) ( B l ue ) f l pa1 r s -- F I ----F 2--­
-- F 1 F eeder --- --- - -
- F 2 D 1 S t . ---- = = ) 00 1 - 1 00 ! t t t XIX !
fl 8 I ND I N� POS! Ixl1111111 1111111111 1 0 1 -200 � XIX lXl !
I 025 ! l XXXXlxllX SAl llX,Xl1111 20 1 -31)0 ! X l l XXX I

! XUlllXlU UXUXHH 3lJ 1 -401) � IU Xli I

- - - - - - - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ '\
40 1 -500 1
HI HX 1
( AA
c i os e UD v i ew o f f 1 r s t J o f 1 0 b 1 na 1 n g post 5U I - 6 1)1) : x u xu I
T O WS o f t h e t 1 T St hun d r e d b l o c k ( la r k e d t f t ) ---- ! ! ---------- - !

F I 8� • 1)25 : U = f 1 r s t I Ou-a l oc K , 2 = p a s s o v e r L f U l l r a w s ( g o
t o 3r o r o w G O wn ) , j = � p a I r s f r el l e f t ,

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OUTSIDE Loop
Some sam pl e AN I numbers are : rarely used simultaneously ; this would be
2 1 3 NPA - Dial 1 223 im practical , because if one of the pairs
2 1 3 NPA (GTE) - Dial 1 1 4 was discovered to be faulty, or if a sub­
408 NPA - Dial 700 scriber wanted another l ine, a whole new
9 1 4 NPA - Dial 990 feeder cable would have to be added. To
These numbers will vary from area to solve this, e xtra faci lities are left in the
area, and some areas m ay not have such loop plant as a provision for ex pansion.
a service (in this case, you may have to For e xam ple : on the feeder panel, all of
dial a TSPS operator and have her read the binding posts may be connected to F 1
off the n u m be r on h e r A N I panel -- i n cab l e pairs, b u t not a l l of the m m a y b e
som e areas, you may have to say a code crossed o v er t o distribution pairs. T hese
word or phrase in order for her to give you spare pairs are not connected t o t h e
the number) . In any case , it would be a switch, s o they won't "have dial tone", but
good idea to ask a lineman or testboard they are n u m b e red. Since t h e se l ine s
em ployee for the procedure to use in your aren't assigned, they won't be found in
area to get AN I , because it's very useful LMOS, but they will definitely be l isted in
and you'll need it sooner or later. LAC re cords. T h e s e re c o rd s a re the
Anyway, once an F1 BP is found, the D e d icated P lant A s s i gn m ent Cards
cross-connect wire can be traced over to (DPAG) / Line Cards and the Exchange
the distribution pane l , and in this way, the Cable Conductor R e c o rds ( E CCR ) , o r
F2 p a i r c a n be fo u n d . T h e se F 2 e ve n co m p u t e r i zed databa s e s ( i . e . ,
distribution pairs are always m arked with MODE) . If the numbers can b e found (or
blue labels. Note also that the binding post even noted, i f the num bers on the binding
numbe r of the cross-connected F2 pair is posts at the SAl correspond with feeder
not recorded in LMOS (the F2 BP is not in cable pair num bers), then the lines can be
the SAl , so don't confuse an F2 BP num· activated via a COSMOS service order.
ber with a BP in the SAl ) ; however, when This is aided even further by the fact that
the cables are first i nstal led, the feeder since F 1 's usually last longer than F2 facil­
pai r s and d i s t ri b u t i o n p a i r s are i n ities, there are often more spare provi sion·
sequence - - this m akes i t easy to visually al F2 facilities in the loop plant ( i . e ., 100
assume where the F2 pair is. This order feeders in, 300 F2 out (200 aren't cross­
can be upset when cable pairs are added connected to Frs)). So there is a good
or changed, however, so it can't always be chance that you will find one that is dis­
relied upon to produce valid F2 cable pair tributed to your area. Other spare facil ities
num bers (also, there may be two distribu­ i nclude "floaters", which are like spare
tion cables, with the low-numbered pairs feeder pai rs, except they are active l ines.
on the bottom and the h i gh-num bered Ofte n , a telco w i l l extend whole feeder
pairs on the top! It all depends on how the groups to more than one SAl in provision
local telco sets things up) . for future expansion, i ncluding active cabl e
Floaters / Multiples pairs. If you find a working pair o n a feeder
All of the pairs in a feeder cable are panel which is not cross·connected to a

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DISTRIBUTION PLANT
distribution pair, that pair is a floater. This terminal (SAl)). The F 2 cable is always the
is by far the best way to covertly access a lowest cable on the telephone pole, and it
certain pair, because m ost linemen will i s usually a great deal larger than the elec­
probably not be aware of the pair's pres­ tric pow e r di stri bution c a b l e s above it.
ence (it looks unused o n the surface). Often more than one F2 can be seen on a
Beware! If you think you can hook up to single pole span. In this case, the top F2
someone's floater and get free service, will usually be the one which i s being dis­
you're probably wrong ( so m any othe r tributed to the subscribers on that street,
people have been wrong, i n fact, that and the lower (and m o s t often l a rger)
Pacific Bell has a special "Form K-33" to cables are other F2's coming from an SAl
report thi s type of fraud), because the and goin g to the streets which they ser­
telco is more aware of this than you m ay vice . These c a b l e s consi s t of m u l t i p l e
think. Obviously, any toll call you make will spliced spans, and they wil l not have any
show up on the bill for that line . A do -it­ d ro p w i r e s c o m ing off t h e m ( t h e y a r e
yourself spare pair activation can avoid marked every few poles or s o a t a splicing
this problem, if done correctly. po i n t called a "bullet closure" which is fully
Cable Facility F2 - Distribution enclosed and can be quite large ( i. e . , 6"
The F2 distribution cable is the cable dia, 20" long) as com pared to the normal
which originates from the F 1 feeder in the drop spl i t te rs (i. e , or similar 4"w x 5"h x
.

SAl and distributes individual cable pairs 1 2"1) these closures are clamp pressur­
--

to each subscriber. This cable can be one i z e d and are no t m e ant to be o pened
of two types : aerial or buried. The most unless the cable is being replaced or splic­
common is the aerial distribution cable, ing work i s being done. They are not stan­
although buried cable i s the m ode rn trend. dard cable/pai r access poi nts).
In the case of aerial F 2 , the cable o r Buried F2 plant is si m i l a r to aeri a l ,
cables leave the S A l underground, and at e xc e pt t h a t t h e cab l e i s n o t v i s i b l e
the first telephone pole on the distribution because i t i s unde rgro u n d . I n stead of
span , the cable is routed up the pole . It go i n g to a pole from the S A l , the cable
then is suspended on the span, such as continue s undergro und. The dro p wires
down a street, and at each group of hous­ are also underground, and the method of
es there i s a terminal on the span. This breaking them from the distribution cable
terminal is the aerial drop splitter, and its is si m i la r to that of the aerial drop splitter,
purpose is to break off several pairs from except it is a small pedestal or box located
the distribution cable in order to distribute on the ground near the houses it serves.
them (in the form of aerial drop wires) to This address closest to this pede stal is the
each house or premise . The location or TEA for the F2.
address of the prem ise nearest th i s aer ial F2 Cable Numbering
d ro p splitter is the TErminal Add re ss of the T h e F2 distri b u t i o n cable is usual l y
F2 serving a certain pair (each group of given a 4 or 5 digit number, depending o n
pairs in the F2 will have its own term inal the office . T h e fi rst 2 or 3 digits should be
address, unlike the one address for the F 1 the num be r of the F1 that the F2 wa s

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OF PAIRS AND BOXES AND POLES

branched off of, and the last 2 or 3 digits F2), and the lowest num bered facility will
identify the distribution cable. Example : be the feeder from the CO (like a "normal"
Fl ). The extra spans will be somewhere in
F1 Cable F2 Cable between, like an intermediate feeder or
25 2531 extra distribution cable with separate cable
This F2 cable came from feeder #25. access terminals. One such facility is the
The cable pair numbers may be set in Rural Area Interlace ( RAI), which can be
a sim ilar way, with the last 3 or 4 digits used in a "feeder-in, feeder-out" arrange­
identifying the pair, and the first digit ( usu­ ment. This is usually seen on cable routes
ally a one identifying the pair as a feeder of 50 pairs or greater, with a length of
or a distribution pair. Example: longer than 30 kft (about 6 miles) . In this
case, there will be two terminal cabinets in
Fl Cable Pair F2 Cable Pair
the feeder path, labelled RAI-A and RAI-B.
25 1 748 2531 748 The RAI-A is special because it has a two­
A--slgnlfles Fl (feeder) cable pair part terminal block: the top has switching
panels with 1 08-type co nnectors which
Generally, the F1 cable pairs are num­ cross-connect feeder-i n and fe eder-out
bered higher than the F2 cable pairs, due pairs using jumper plugs, and the bottom
to the fact that a feeder cable may contain has standard 76-type binding posts which
several distribution cables' worth of cable cro s s-con nect fee d e r s to d i stribution
pairs. Note once again that all of this num­ cables for subscribers i n the local area of
bering plan is the standard, and it may be the RAI-A. The jum per plugs can only be
far from real life ! As soon as one distribu­ connected in o ne way to the swi tching
tion pai r is replace d , c ro s se d over to panels, so random cros s-connection of
another feeder pair, or taken from service, feeder-in/feeder-out pairs is prevented . In
the set order is interrupted. In real life , it is this way, the cable and pair num bers stay
most always necessary to get both F1 and the same as if the feeder cable was unin­
F2 cable assignment data. terrupted. This is used a lot in rural areas;
Facilities F3-F5, it allows part of a feeder group to be split
Rural Area Interface (RAI) off at the RA I-A like a distribution cable
Although cable facilities F3, F4, and F5 near a town along the route, and the rest
may be specified in any loop plant, they of the feeder group continues on to a town
are rarely seen anywhere except in rural further away, to the RAI-B where it is ter­
areas under the RAN D plan (Rural Area minated as in a "normal" SAL In order to
Network Design) . Basically, plants using access a pair, just use the last RAI in the
these extra facilities are similar to F1 /F2 span (whichever it is) and treat it just like
plants, except there are extra cable spans an SAL If the pair term inates at RAI-B, you
and/or term inals in the path. When locat­ can also access it at RAI-A! ( If you can
ing cables, the highest numbered facility locate the pair using color code, BP num­
will be at the end of the path, terminating ber, or (ughh) AN I , there should be te st
near the subscriber's end (like a "normal" terminals on top of the jum per plugs con-
(continued on page 34)
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(continued from page 32)
necting the 1 08's o n the switchi ng panel i n an SAl . So , i n order to access a pair i n
where you can hook your test set -- you a system like this, y o u m ust do so on the
can 't hook onto a raw 1 08 connector very distribution s id e, because you can't hook
easily.) Anyway, the RAI term i nal is usual­ an an a l og test set to a 1 .544 Mbps digital
ly a ground pede stal with a cabinet such T -carrier line! (or worse yet, a fiber optic
as a 40-type , but it can be aerial mounted cabl e ) . Th i s may be d i ff i c u l t , beca u s e
on a pole (hard to access). these cabinets are always locked (wi th few
exceptions), so you 'll have to find a t erm i­
Pair-Gain, Carried Derived Feed e r na l closer to the s u b sc ri be r . . a l so be
Another common facility in rural areas aware that many RT's are equi pped with
(and i n cities or suburbs, especially near s i l e n t i nt r u s i o n a l a r m s . A n yw a y , so m e
large housing com plexes, etc.) is the pair­ com m o n pair-ga i n syste m s a r e the
gain syste m . It is basically a system which We s t e r n E l e c t r i c S L C - 8 , 4 0 , 9 6 , a n d
consists of a digital link which is distribut­ G T E 's M X U , ranging i n size from 8 t o over
ed, almost like a normal cable pair, out to 96 l i n e s . RT cabinets can often be ide nti·
a t e r m i na l ca b i n e t c a l l e d a R e m o t e fied b y the ventilation grill es (with or with·
Terminal (RT) which contains equipm ent out a fan inside) which are not present on
which dem ultiplexes the digital line into SAl 's or other non-RT cabinets.
m any "normal" m etallic analog telephone Aerial Distribution Splice Closure,
lines which go to each subscribe r in the Drop Wire Splitter
area. Because the digital line can transmit Thi s terminal is the poi n t where the
the audio from several separate lines and i nd i v i d u a l cable pai r for a certa i n sub·
m uitipl3X them o nto one cable , only one scr i b e r i s s p l i t from the F 2 d i s t r i b u t i o n
special cable pair i s needed to come from cable a n d spliced o n t o a n a e r i a l d r o p or
the CO as a feeder, i nstead of several "messenger" wire which goes to the sub·
separate ones; this is why i t i s called a scriber's pre m i ses. In an aerial distribution
"pa i r gain" syste m . The remote term inal pl ant , two types of this terminal are com ·
(R T) conta i n s both the d e m u ltiple x i n g mo n :
electronics a s wel l a s a small "SAl " type 1 ) W e s t e r n E l ec t r i c 4 9 · t ype R e a d y
terminal block for connecting the pai rs to Access Closure / Cable Terminal
distribution cables on the side of the path 2) Wes tern E lectric 53A4, N -type Pole
toward the subscriber. Because the "feed­ Mount Cable Term inals
er" is not a m ulti pair cable but a digital link Type 1 : The 49 -type , 1 A 1 , 1 8 1 , and
(i.e., T-carrier), this arrangement is known 1 C 1 c los u re s are all functionally sim ilar.
as a "carrier-derived feeder". The SAl part Thi s term i n a l i s a sem i -rectangular clo­
of the RT is used just like a normal SAl on sure , ab o u t 1 5 " L x 3"W x 5 " H , usua l l y
the distribution side (blue), but the feeder black , which i s connected directly t o the
s i d e w i l l be s l i g h t l y d i ff e re n t . Carri e r ­ a e r i a l cable i t se l f ; it is coaxial with the
derived feeders a re always marked wi t h c a b l e , so t h e c a b l e p a s s e s s t ra i g h t
yel/ow l a be l s , a n d t h e i r p a i r s wi l l be through it. I t splits u p to 1 2 pairs from the
crossed over to di stribution cables just like di stribution cable to a small binding post

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term inal block inside the closure . Aerial branch splices for aerial cables, so you
drop wires are then connected to these may see one cable i n and two out; also,
binding posts, and the wires exit the term i­ the closure can be used for splicing only,
nal through holes o n the botto m . These so there may not be drop wires (in this
wires are strung via strain relief clamps on case , it won't be listed in LMOS because it
the pole down to the subscriber's site. The i s not a terminal point). There i s generally
terminal closure is opened by pulling out one of these every pole near a quad of
and l ifting either the whole cover or the houses or so, mounted on the cable about
front panel after rem oving the cover fas­ an arm's length from the pole.
teners on the bottom and/or the sides (the Type 2 : Both the 53A4 and the N -type
closure is a thick neoprene cover over an terminals serve the sam e function as the
aluminum frame). Inside the case , there is 49-type just descri bed, except they are
a terminal block and there may be some used in situations where there are m ore
sort of loading coil as wel l . The cable and than 4 houses (8 lines, including provi sion­
this coil are not openable, but the term inal al pairs). This term inal is mounted directl y
block is. Since the F2 pair terminates in on the pole, about a foot down from the
this c l o s u re , the F 2 BP num ber (cab­ aerial cable . It is not connected in line with
le/assignment data) corresponds to a the cable, so there is no F2 splicing area
binding post on thi s terminal block. As in the cabinet (rather, a cable stub comes
mentioned earlier, this terminal will also from the termi nal block and is spliced onto
contain spare pairs, in case a subscriber the span close to where it touches the
wants another line. In order to use one of pole). It is about 22"H x 9"W x 4·D, rectan­
these pairs, you m ust either get an F2 gular, and silver (unpainted). The door is
(and then F 1 ) CP num be r from LAC using similar to that of a 40-type cabinet. but it's
the BP, or you can put a trace tone on the much smaller; it is opened using a 7/ 1 600
pair at the aerial closure and then locate tool in the same manner as before , except
the pair at the SAL T � n a cross-connect that the door must be lifted before it can
would have to be m ade to an active F 1 be opened or closed . In this way, the door
pair, and a drop wire (ughh) would have to slides down on its hinges when opened ,
be added back at the aerial c l o s u re . so it locks in the open position and you
Anyway, both the binding posts a s wel l as won 't have to worry about i t ( e speCia l l y
the holes (inside and out) are num bered n ice because hang i ng o n to a pole i s
left to right, so you may not even have to enough o f a problem ). The term inal block
open the closure if you are just looking for can handle from 25 to 50 pairs, with 32
an F2 BP number -- just trace the drop holes i n the back for aerial drop wi res .
wire from the house i nto the num bered Just a s in the Ready Access Closure , this
h o l e on the c l o s u r e . T h e T E r m i n a l is the F2 term inal . and the num bered bind­
Address for the F 2 is the address o f the i ng posts and holes correspond to F2 BP
house or prem ise closest to the pole near n u m bers . The TEA will be the address
this closure. These te rm i nals (especially nearest the termi nal O ust as before). This
1 A 1 , etc.) are also used for straight and terminal is com mon at the first pole on a

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GETTING DIRTY,
street, on cul-de-sacs, apartments, m ari­ is a significant point on the l i n e , however,
nas, and harbors, or anywhere there are i t will be listed in LMOS. An example of
m any drop wires. this is a distribution path found by Mark
Burled DIstribution Cross Box Ta ba s in a Mountain Bell area there was
_.

and Other Pedestals a small PC 1 2-type closure on the ground


This term inal serves the sam e function near a street in a remote suburb, and it
as the aerial closures, except it is used in was se rving as a termi nal point for a whole
areas with a buried distribution plant. This F l cable. It was listed as the F1 terminal,
cable assignment for this terminal will be and it was at the right TEA; however, there
the F2 term inal , and the BP numbers and was no te rminal block because it was a
TEA will be the same as for the aerial ter­ splicing point Oust a bunch of pairs con­
minas. Probably the most common cross nected with Scotchlok plastic connectors
boxes are the PC4, 6, and 1 2; these are which are hung on a bar in the pedestal
around 50· tall by 4, 6, or 1 2· squ are closure} , so LMOS had no BP num ber.
respectively, and they are painted gray­ Instead , a color code was listed for the
green l i ke SAl cabi nets. These are the pair in the splice. Anyway, the whole Fl
smallest pedestals i n the distribution plant, went up to an N-type closure o n a pole
and they don' have doors (they look like and was split into drop wires.
waist-high square poles). In order to open Multi·L1ne Building Entrance Terminals
one of these pedestals, the two bolts on This term inal takes the aerial drop or
either side halfway d own the pede stal service wires and cross-connects them
m ust be loosened with a 7/1 6 hex wrench ; over to the Inside Wire ( IW) in the sub­
then the front cover can be lifted up, out, scriber's bui l d i n g ( h o te l s , businesses,
and off the rest of the closure. These ter­ etc. ) . There are many di fferent types of
m i nals are l ocated generally near small terminal blocks for this term inal , although
groups of houses (up to about 1 2 lines by far the most com mon is the Western
usually) o n the g round, often near other Electric 66 block. The 66-type term inal
utility cabinets (such as e lectric powe r u s e s a block of metal clips; the wi re is
transformers, etc.). These are becom ing pu shed onto the Clip with a punch-down
more common as the new housing tracts tool which also strips the wire . The block is
use buried distribution plant. The F2 cable divided i nto horizontal rows which can
will enter as a cable stub, and it is s p l i t into have from two to over six clips each. Since
service wires which go back underground each row group terminates one pair, two
to the subscribers. rows are needed for x-connect, one on top
All small pedestals are not necessarily of the other. The service or drop wire usu­
the above type of term inal ; these pedestal ally enters on the left, and the inside wire
closures are often used for other purpos­ is connected to the far right. In orde r to
es, such as splicing points in underground locate a pa ir, usually you can visually
di stributio n , loading coil mounting, and trace either the service wire or the inside
even temporary wire storage containers. If wire to the block, and often the inside wire
the term inal contains a terminal block or it side will be numbered or labelled with an

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BEING SNEAKY
address, phone number, etc . I t i s also pos­ or drop wire and connects it to the inside
sible for this terminal to serve as an F2 wire in a s i n g l e line residence (h o uses
termi nal point, if there are a lot of lines. I n with two l i n e s w i l l have two of t h e se ) .
this case, LMOS will l i s t the T E A usu all y These are at every house o n a n outside
with som e phYSical direction as to where wall or base m ent , and there are two m a i n
to find it. The left side will then be num­ type s : the Western E l ectric 1 23 ( w i t h a
bered as F2 BP's. Thi s term inal i s also the " 1 50-type" rubber cover) , and the old WE
dem arcation poi n t which se parates the 305 and new AT&T 200 Network interface
cu stom e r's equipm e n t from the te lco·s. (m etal an d plastic, respective l y ) . These
The new terminals often have an RJ -21 terminals h ave one binding post pai r and
co nnector on the service wire side, such they will have either gas discharge tubes
as a 25-pair for PABX or a Bell 1 A2 Key, or carbon blocks to protect the line from
etc. There are also "maintenance term i ­ l ightn i ng or excess curre n t . Obvi o u s l y ,
nating units" ( MTU) which are electronic there i s no BP number (you just have t o
u n i ts co n n ected to the l i n e ( s ) at the visually trace the d ro p wi re t o fi nd the pro·
entrance protector; these are sometimes tector) . This is also the demarcation point
seen in som e telcos. Basically, they pro­ marking the end of the telco's responsibili­
vide functions such as party AN i on m ulti­ ty , as well as the end of our tour.
party lines, remote disconnect (for testing Usually if a c o l o r code is needed ( such
or (click!) non-paym e nt) , or half ringers as in a splice ca se) you can get it from
(the most com mon -- they prevent ring i n g LAC or the testboard ; if it's really essen·
continuity fai lures on switches l ike ESS tial , it will be in LMOS as wel l . This color
when there are no phones hooked to the code is also used a lot on cable ties (usu­
l i n e when it ring s ) . M T U term i na l s are ally with wh i t e s t r i pe s a n d ring c o l o r s
often locked. only), although these are often u s e d ran­
Single Pair Station Protector domly.
There's really not m uch to say about Test Sets
this terminal. Basically, it takes the service This is the "right hand" of both the pro-

Bell System Standard Color Code Use:


-.
. - ••••••••• - - - - -••••••
Take the #, and find its closest
Pair # Tip Ring multiple of 5. Use that number to find
. the Tip color, and t h e remainder to find
•••••••••••••••••• _ - _ ••••• -.

01 ·05 White Blue the Ring color (remainder 0 = Slate).


06·1 0 Red Orange (e.g. Pai r #1 = White/Brown, Pair #1 4 =
1 1 ·1 5 Black G reen Black/Brown, Pair #24 = Violet/ B r o w n) .
1 6·20 Yellow Brown
21 ·25 Violet Slate

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OUTSIDE Loop DISTR IBUTION PLANT

OFFICIAL Agent 04 Generic Test Set Modification (tm)

l n g ) - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - --- - --- - - - -- - ) t o t e s t set " p h o n e


R - "

11p j-- - --- ! b � S T Swi t c h ! -- - - -- - - >


� - - - - - j ---------- !
) f r oll � ------ - / ! j ! / ! / ' -- ! C = 0 , 22 uF 2uu k��C M y l ar
c ab i e p a H C K K = lU k U h ll 1 / 2 W
( a l l i g a t or s i , -- ! l --- - - - ------ ! SPST = l al k I hon l t or

fe s s i o n a l and the a m a t e u r l i ne m a n . line. The cap reactance plus the phone's


Basically, i t is a customized portable tele­ impedance ensure that you won't cut the
phone which is designed to be hooked signal too much on the phone line, which
onto raw cable termi nals i n the field and might cause a noticeable change (expe­
used to monitor the line, talk, or dial out. dite the shock force, someone 's on my
The monitor function is usually the main line!� . It's also good to have a VOM
difference between the "butt-in" test set handy whe n worki ng outside to rapidly
and the normal phone. If you don't have a check for active l i n e s o r s u pervi s i o n
real test set already, the following circuit states. Also, you can buy test equipment
can convert a normal $4 made-in- Taiwan from these companies:
phone into a working test set. The "all-in­ Techni Tool, 5 Apollo Road, Box 368 ,
one" handset units without bases are the Plymouth Meeting, PA 1 9462 .
best (I tend to like QU IK's and GTE Flip Specialized Products Com pany, 2 1 1 7
Phone I I's). W. Wal nut Hill Lane, Irving, TX 75229 .
When SPST i s closed, you are in tal k I am not going to include a disclaim er,
mode ; when you lift the switchhook on the because a true com m unications hobbyist
"test set" phone, you will get a dial tone as does not abuse nor does he tamper with
if you were a standard extension of the something he doesn't under- stand. This
line you are on. You will be able to dial out article is intended as a reference guide for
and receive cal l s . Whe n the S PST i s responsible people .
opened, the resistor and capacitor are no A l s o , thi s a rticle w a s written mai nly
longer shunted, and they become part of from first-hand experience and information
the telephone circuit. When you lift the gained from maintenance technicians, test
switchhook on the test set, you will not boards, as well as technical l iterature, so it
receive dial tone, due to the fact that the is as accurate as possible. Keep i n mind
cap blocks DC, and the resistor passe s that it is mainly cente red u pon the area
less than 4 rnA nom i nally (far below the served by Pacific Telephone, so there may
amount necessary to saturate the supervi­ be some diffe rences in the loop plant of
sory ferrod on ESS or close the line relay your area.
on any other switch). However, you will be
able to silently m onitor all audio on the

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ARTWORK BY J.R. " B OB" DOBBS

A utumn 1988 26()() Magazine Page 39


@Illinois Bell

Dear Employee

We are in the process of launching a ma j or market thru s t to s t imulate


usage revenue in the 4th Quarter 198 7 . As part o f thi s undertaking we
are p leased to announce a first t ime market ing promot ion .

Through spec i a l arrangements with Graybar Electric Co . Inc . , we are


ab le to offer a se lect group of customers the opportunity to purchase
s tate - o f - the - art telephone answering mach ines at s teep di scounts . We
have chosen to promote answering machines because they increase c a l l
completions which result in usage revenue .

This offer i s be ing made to a select target marke t in order to max imi ze
sales success . The success of this experimental offer wi l l determine
our future efforts with promotions of thi s type .

Because this firs t - t ime arrangement includes a sav ings of 4 0 % to 4 6 %


o n telephone answering machines , we want t o offer t h i s opportunity t o
all ou r employees . You t o o have the option of selec t ing from three
deluxe mode l s at great prices and to enjoy the ease and convenience of
owning a telephone answering machine .

See the enc losed b rochure for deta i l s . This o ffer is good un t i l
December 31 , 19 8 7 , so b e sure t o ac t soon .

Sincerely .

�-
Ri ta Zaccardelli
Product Management

P.S. . • • • . . • . remember , answering mach ines al s o make very nice g i ft s .

HERE WE SEE what the phone companies are really


interested in: call completions. Does this surprise you?

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(continuedfrom page 13)
owner can then call the machine i n g for . Fi n a l ly , ordin ary B B S
an d give it commands. users are getting something out
Agai n , th ere' s a big problem of the ECPA, which never really
h e r e . All someone has to d o i s seemed de sign ed to protect th e
call and hang up, th i s time only individual.
o n c e . If n o b o dy p i ck s u p th e Th i s is a first step to w a r d s
ph one at the other number, call assuring privacy from th e snoop­
forward i n g is c a n c e l l e d , which ing eyes of authority. It won't be
may not b e desired. so easy to expect a system opera­
B o th of th e s e i n v e n ti o n s are tor t o k n o w e v e ry m e s s age on
go o d i d e a s . But without decen t h i s /h e r s y s t e m , m u c h l e s s
security, th ey could be real disas­ assume respon sibility for th em.
ters for the c o n sumer. I m agine Our o w n bul l etin board s , a s
h aving all of your calls forwarded always, will provi de private mail
to some r e m o te p l a c e where a features for users. We don't read
t a p e r e c o r d i n g c o u l d gi ve o u t or disclose private m e s sage s ; in
fal s e informatio n a b o u t you o r fact, our software won't even per­
y o u r b u s i n e s s . An d t h e r e a l mit it. We hope thi s lawsuit will
c l i n ch e r i s th e fac t th at y o u ' d en courage oth er sysops to adopt
h ave t o pay for those c all s ! thi s practi ce and di scourage law
enforcement fro m vi o l at i n g our
Sysop Sued Over E mail right to privacy.

An I n d i a n a B B S operator i s
being sued by a u ser who claims Dial-It Info Numbers
th at h e i n t e n ti on al ly di scl o s e d At long l a st, New York
h e r p r i v a te el e c tr o n i c m a i l to Teleph o n e h a s c o m e o u t with a
oth ers without h er permi ssion . guide to all of th o s e n ew m a s s
The l a w suit m ak e s reference announcement numbers.
t o th e E l e c tr o n i c C o m m u n i ­ D i a l i n g 54 0 - I N FO ( t o l l -fr e e )
c a t i o n s P ri v a c y A c t o f 1 9 8 6 , will get y o u a l i s t o f a l l 540 inter­
wh i ch m ak e s d i s c l o sure of pri­ active servi c e s , as well as al l of
vate electronic m ail without con­ th e 9 7 6 p a s s ive ann o u n c e m e n t
s e n t o f th e s e n d e r o r th e numbers. Dialing 9 70-INFO gets
recipient a federal crime. you a list of all of th e a dult s er­
Sy sops are not by law required vic e s (really funny to h ear) and
to offer private electronic mail to 550-INFO will gen erate a list of
i t s u s e r s . B ut in c a s e s w h e r e th e conferenc e numbers. To get a
th ey do, th e E C PA c a n be u s e d phy sical list, dial 8 00-942- 1 8 1 8 ,
agai n st th em if th ey d o n ' t k e e p operator 976.
private m ail private . I f a n y o n e gets th i s to w o rk
Thi s is wh at we've been w ait- outside of New York , let us know.

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(continued /rom page 2 7) next t w o years .
Too b ad , y o u l o s e . I am a S e e what y o u missed!
telecom tech at a large c e n t rex B oy . i t e v e n fe e l s b e t t e r now .
cu stomer of Pac Bell ( a c t u ally . C h a nge th ose B BS ' s !
a m a n a g e m e n t p o s i t i o n) . We S orry I c a n ' t l e a v e y o u my
are such a good c u stomer th at name . I am somew h a t well
I can call th e CO and get them known i n t h e fi e l d and infor­
to d o a n y t h i n g . Th e y do it mation I provide must not have
b e c a u se w e are s u c h a g o o d my name on it .
c u stomer. N o t becau se I l i e and We enjoyed your letter very
tell stories l ike some d o . m u c h . We c a n c e r t a i n l y s e e
I h ad h o p e d t o share some o f h o w y o u managed to become
t h i s inform a t i o n a n d m y 40+ so well known. And. no doub t.
years of experience with oth e rs . us ing y o ur name would not be
b u t I a m not going t o waste my a good idea. in this or any cir­
time to learn you r BBS . cums tance. B u t we do want to
I was a writer for TAP a n d t hank y o u for find ing time in
know t h e w h o l e story o f w h a t your b usy sched ule /.0 convey
happene d . Woul d l ike to sh are your concerns.
this also -- but your damn BBS Unfort una tely , no one here
p isses me om h a s a n y i d e a on w h a t y o u
I also have a patent i n t e l e ­ c o u l d b e t a l k i ng a b o u t . We
p h ony a n d a m a n u fa c t u r i n g operate Jo ur BBS's. each rim­
company that makes t e l e p h o ne n ing o n c o mp l e t e l y d ([[e re n t
stuff under the patent . s oft w a re . Yo u s e e m t o have
Whenever you get a n o mlal had a run- in with one of t hem.
BBS . let me know and mayb e I Wh!l don' t !IOU tell us exac tly
will ch ange my min d . what happened so we can do
B oy , it s u r e fe e l s g o o d t o something about it?
write th is letter.
Am in San Franc isco t o d ay
Questions
to tour P a c ific B e ll ' s San
Dear 2 6 00:
For s t a rters I w o u l d l ike to
Ram o n c o m p l ex . I a m t h e ir
s ay that t h i s i s the b e st mag a ­
guest . They p ick me u p at my
zine I ever l a i d h ands o n . I l ike
h otel and give me l u nch and a
t h e p r o fe s s i o n a l way y o u l o o k
t o u r . Th is is b e c a u s e I am a
at e v e ry t h i n g In your
good cu stomer of t h e irs a n d I
.

N ovemb e r 8 7 i ss u e t h e a d t h a t
am d esign i n g the t e lecommu ni ­
C o n s u m e rt r o n i c s p u t i n w a s
cations fac ilities for a $44 m il ­

gre a t fo r me b e c a u se I fou nd a
lion b u i l d ing g o i ng u p in t h e
fi l e o n g e tt i n g m e s o m e fa ke

A u tum fl 1 988 2 600 Magazine Page 43


LETTE RS
I D ' s . It says that having them You install it . and let them u se
is not illegal . Can you tell me your phone from 9 am to 9 pm.
wh e r e this came fr o m? 7 days a week. After 9 pm. you
Everyone I spoke to says it is a prepare th e data obtained that
lie and j ust there to get you to d ay fo r t r a n s m i s s i o n to t h e
buy the product. Can you tell c o m p a ny ' s c omp u t e r ( s ) . Th e
me if there are any voice sys­ company in turn pays you an
t e m s t o p l ay a r o u n d w i t h ? hourly rate of $3 . 5 7 per hour.
There was o n e i n P h illy called per day that your system (IBM
Th e P h illy C on n e c t io n . Are PC compatible only) is up and
there any more out there? If so , running . u p to a maximu m of
can you list the numbers? $300 . 00 per week.
J.D. I filled o u t the application
The people w ho advertise in and the agre ement. inclu ding .
2600 speak Jor themselves and stupidly enough . the p ersonal
not us. ThereJore, you'll have to fin a n c i a l inform a t i o n . I a l s o
ask them what they mean. Our i n d i c a t e d on t h e a p p l ic a t i o n
policy is to accept advertising that 1 did not want t o pay the
Jrom anyone unless it makes $660 . 00 security deposit . I sent
us violently Ul or we know that the letter back t o the Fl orid a
the people are crooks. address on the e nvelop e . and
We will be print ing p hone got back a response from a Los
lis ts oj all kinds oj sys tems as Angeles address. They rej ected
we get them in. me . "having found others more
Another Scam q u a l ifi e d " . I a m a sy s t e m
a d m i n i s t r a t o r fo r U N I X a n d
Dear 2 600:
M S - D O S syst e m s . a n d h av e
I am writing yo u to p a s s
b e e n involved with compu ters
along some information, and to
for ov er five years . Th e o nly
ask the readers of 2600 about
t h i n g I c o u l d t h i n k of t h a t
any experiences they may have
wou l d d i s q u a l ify m e w a s my
h a d w i t h a c o m p a ny c a ll e d
u nw i l l i n g n e s s t o s h e l l o u t
" M u t u al Telec ommunications
$660 . 00 in a hurry j u st t o sign
Network. I nc .... My first experi­
up for this "hot deal" .
e n c e w i t h t h em w a s i n
In Janu ary 1 9 8 8 . the com­
N ovemb e r 1 98 7 . Th ey p u t a n
pany mailed me another letter.
a d in my local paper for "com­
offering me an opportu nity to
puter syop" . The basic idea was
j oin aga i n . but b a s e d o n t h e
as fo l l ow s : Th e y s e n d y o u
dates i n t h e letter. I h a d less
"$ 1 . 2 0 0 . 0 0 " w o rt h o f c i r c u i t
t h a n 7 d ays t o s e n d in my
boards. modems . software . etc .

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LETTE RS
$ 660 . 00 s e c u rity d ep o s i t . All Bureau ab o u t these p e ople . as
my efforts to contact the com­ well as a comp laint le tter to the
p any were for n a u gh t . I kep t c omp any itself, all t o no avail.
getting into some kind of digi­ Th e l e t t e r fro m th e c om p any
tized voice control system that ignored my questions and con­
thre atened to h ave my p h one c e rns , a n d I ' v e n e v e r h e a rd
numb er traced and reported to from the 1A BBB . Please pub­
the a u thorities. I also tried the lish this l e t t e r in y o u r maga ­
Better Bu siness Bureau . the zine . so other p e ople can eith er
Chamber o f Commerce . a n d all help find out if it's a l egitimate
the ph one numb ers each one o p e ration o r no t . N e e dl e ss to
referr e d me to. but I w a s not s ay. I never sent in any money .
able t o contact a nyone or any­ n or w i l l I b e d o ing b u s i n e s s
thing. much less find o u t about w i t h t h e m i n t h e fu t u r e . You
the c om p a ny . Even d i r e c t o ry m a y p u b l i s h my n a m e and
a s s i s t a n c e gave m e a p h o n e a d d r e s s i n y o u r magazine . if
numb e r that fed into t h is con­ you wish .
trol system . Unless you h ave Doug Porter
the p rop er c o d e s . you cannot (FDP Enterprises)
contact any h uman employe e s 366 1 N . Campbell Ave .
i n t h i s c o m p a ny . I am c o n ­ #342
c er n e d t h a t t h i s c o m p a ny is Tucson , AZ 857 19
e ither attempting to c ollect per­ Your letter was sent to us in
sonal information for the wrong January and we regret having
reasons. i . e . . credit c ard frau d . waited so long to print it. The
or t h ey are a s c am o p e ra t ion n u m b e rs y o u g a v e u s ha v e
that makes its money by selling been disconnected. So, Jor one
t e l e p h o n e n e tw o rking e q u ip ­ reason or another, this compa­
ment t o h ome comp u ter own­ ny is not thriving , at leas t not
ers interested in extra income . publicly. We call on our readers
Th e p h one numbers I h ave to watch o u t Jor this kind oJ
fo r t h i s c o m p a ny a r e : ( 8 0 0) thing and to let us know if they
553-8003 and (8 1 3) 932 - 1 02 3 . h e a r oJ a n y t h i ng s i m i l a r .
Th e i r a d dr e s s i s 7 9 3 3 N o rth Thanks Jor passing this along.
Arm e n i a
Florida
Av e n u e . Tamp a .
33604 . I don't h ave the
Anti-Gay
address or phone number any Offensive
l o n g e r fo r t h e L o s An g e l e s De ar 2 6 00:
offic e . I also wro t e t o t h e Los Yo u r n o d d i ng a tt e n t i o n to
Ang e l e s B etter B u s iness the gay c o n ference line c o m -

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LETTE RS
doing just that. The fact of the
m e nt " ( ki l l ' e m ! ! ) " in 2 6 0 0 .
Volume 5 . Number 2 i s hardly ma tter is . that comment w as
appropriate . Most publications already on BBS's all over the
reseIVe the right to edit or to country . Perhaps you misun­
derstood. We did not comprise
r e fu s e t o p rint m at e ri a l as
that l is t o urs elves - - it was
obj ectionable as that. So I can't
take your vaguely moral. "face­ taken off oj a board
the-fact" disclaimer very seri­ IJ a p u b l ic Jig u re made a
r a c is t remark. w o u ld y o u
o u s l y . D o y o u r e a l ly t h in k
you've done anybody a seIVice blame the local newspaper Jor
by reprinting that item. with or printing it? Would you expect
without a disclaimer? them to pretend it didn't hap­
I think you owe apologies notpen? Racism and its assorted
only to the gay community. but relatives thrive when people try
t o deny t he i r exis t e n c e .
a l s o to u sers of c o mp ut e rs .
telephones . and 800 numbers C o mp u te r h a c k e r s are n o t
everywhere . immune Jrom any oj this. We
CH
can only hope that they. along
Ohio
with most oj the others in the
We do not believe in cover­ w orld. will look for injus tice
ups. By not printing that bit oj and scream about it when they
ugliness. we would have been find it.

" Hacker" 'rei


Das Vorstandsmitglied des Hamburger
Chaos-ComPUter-Clubs. Steffen Wernery.
1st aus der Untersuchungshaft in Paris
entlassen worden. Gestern traf der 26jiihri­
ge auf dem Flughafen Hamburg-FuhlsbOt­
tel ein. Das Verfahren gegen ihn wurde
jedoch nicht eingestellt. sagte Wernery.
Nach einem Haftpriifungstermin sei ledig­
lich die Inhaftierung aufgehoben worden.
Fur weitere Vernehmungen musse er wie­
der nach Paris zuruck.

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