I am writing this article to inform those of you that have a box and are
getting bored with nothing to do or if you just aren't quite sure what you are
doing when you play around with MF tones. First of all, when you blast out the
2600hz tone, you are dropping a trunk and essentially, you become your own
operator. When you place a long distance phone call, a computer usually does
the mf tones for you and you don't hear them. In this article, I will deal with
international calling, conferencing, emergency-break throughs and just having
fun with the box. But now days, boxing is much more riskier than it was back
10-15 years ago, so if you aren't cautious or you live on a modern ESS, than you
might just get caught (but if you're not 18 yet then big deal! Go rag the hell
out of Ma Bell!)
Have you ever wanted to call overseas and talk to someone in another country?
Or are you just bored of Metrofone or MCI? Then try this: When you place an
international call, it is routed through the closest or closest unbusy
international link. You can find these links by going KP-213-182-ST. This is
the Los Angles link. Most major cities have them by the coast like New York
KP-212-182-ST and even Denver KP-303-182-ST. When you call one of these links,
you will get a tone, sometimes not, and then you have about 10 seconds to enter
the number you are dialing in MF tones. If you make a mistake, it will tell
you. The normal format for making a call would be: KP-212-182-ST (wait for
tone) KP-(country code)-(phone number in country) -ST then wait for the call to
go through.
There two ways to do conference calls. One is to MF up KP-213-080-1050- ST.
This gives you Aliance tele-conferencing in Los Angles. The way this one works
is you enter KP-2130801050-ST wait till you hear it drop twice then you enter
another number that the call is going to be billed to (usually some- one that
you don't like). This one is totally computer controlled and you just enter the
info needed by a normal touch tone pad. The other way for conferencing is to mf
up your local or not so local conference operator. To do this just drop a trunk
then go KP-(area code)-11511-ST and the lady will answer "conference operator,
can I help you?" Now if you wanted to hook just 1-10 people together you give
her the ph#s and she will dial them up and put everyone on together, meanwhile,
she thinks you are the operator setting it up for someone else. One note,
whenever you are dialing in mf tones and get an operator, they have no idea that
you are boxing, they just think you are an operator from somewhere out of town.
So don't be scared, give those operators hell! In fact, if you can find a good
operator, they will even tell you how to do things.
Now don't you all hate a busy signal? Ever try to get to someone and the line
was busy? Well, don't fret anymore! Let's say that the phone number
612-874-8700 was busy and you wanted to get through. First you would drop your
trunk then go KP-612-121-ST. This will give you a local operator in the 612
area code. When she answers (she thinks you are an operator from some- where
else calling) you say "emergency interruption on area code 612-874-8700 and the
party's name is Peter (or some dumb name)" Since trunk verification cannot be
done by outside toll switching systems, you cannot do these by boxing and you
have to let the operator do them for you. Again, she has no way of knowing that
you aren't an operator when you call her unless you are 12 years old and sound
like a sniveling little wimp. After the operator has cleared the line, you can
dial it and it won't be busy. If it is out of order she may say it is OD or off
the hook.
Now let's say you just want to make an ordinarily phone call or call an 800
ph#. After you drop your trunk, just do this KP-(area code)-(ph#)-ST, and
notice that no '1' is needed.
Now, what if you have a friend with a phone in his car? Well, you just MF up
the mobile operator by going KP-(area code)-11521-ST. And if you would like to
test out some Bell calling card numbers, the number is KP-(AREA CODE)-11611-ST
or jupst plain KP-11611-ST if the city that you dropped the line in has a local
Bellcard computer. Have phun boxing, but don't get busted!
