UPLOADED BY: SCOTT ALLEY
DATE: SAT JLY 07 05:07:22 PM


                  \Secrets of the Little Blue Box\

What does an operator have that we don't have?  You can get it with a Blue-box.

\A little "Ma Bell" history\

 To explain the 12 master tones, here is a little Ma Bell history.  About 1

\You can call long-distance for less than you think\

 Vision the phone system as thousands of webs of long-line trunks radiating
When a tandem is not being used, and is waiting for someone to make a long When
you dial a long-distance number the first thing that happens, is you Now when a
Phreak with a Blue-box wants to make a call from New Orleans to But then the
phone phreak presses his Blue-box to the mouthpiece and pushe Thus the Blue-box
operator in New Orleans is now in touch with a tandem in

\Can the Phone Police get you?\

    All that can be proven is that you made an 800 toll-free call.  If, howeve
\Having a Blue Box is better than being an operator\

    Being a Phone Phreak, the major advantage over an operator that you have i
              This article is the first in a series of articles by
              A.P. & P.
              The next article will be on long-distance calling
              serveses and how to use them effectively.

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                      This article by the Fed Runner.
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