                  17-JUN-1987 Blue box plans, part III

               THE MARK TABAS ENCOUNTER SERIES PRESENTS...

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                     BETTER HOMES AND BLUE BOXING
                              PART III
                        ADVANCED SIGNALLING
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  (IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE READER HAS READ AND UNDERSTOOD PARTS I & II BEFORE
  PROCEEDING TO THIS PART).

  IN PARTS I & II, I COVERED BASIC THEORY AND DOMESTIC SINGALLING AND
  OPERATORS. IN THIS PART I WILL EXPLAIN OVERSEAS DIRECT BOXING, THE IOCC, THE
  RQS, AND SOME BASIC SCANNING METHODS.

  OVERSEAS DIRECT BOXING.

  CALLING OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA IS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING AN
  "OVERSEAS GATEWAY." THERE ARE 7 OVER-SEAS GATEWAYS IN THE BELL SYSTEM,
  AND EACH ONE IS DESIGNATED TO SERVE A CERTAIN REGION OF THE WORLD. TO
  INITIATE AN OVERSEAS CALL, ONE MUST FIRST ACCESS THE GATEWAY THAT THE CALL
  IS TO BE SENT ON. TO DO THIS AUTO- MATICALLY, DECIDE WHICH COUNTRY YOU ARE
  CALLING AND FIND ITS COUNTRY CODE. THEN, PAD IT TO THE LEFT WITH ZEROS AS
  REQUIRED SO IT IS THREE DIGITS. [ADD


  EXAMPLES:

  LUXEMBOURG (352) IS 352 (STAYS THE SAME)
  SPAIN (34)   BECOMES 034 (1 ZERO ADDED)
  U.S.S.R. (7) BECOMES 007 (2 ZEROS ADDED)

    NEXT, SEIZE A TRUNK AND DIAL KP+011+CC+ST. NOTE THAT CC IS THE THREE DIGIT
  PADDED COUNTRY CODE THAT YOU JUST DETERMINED BY THE ABOVE METHOD. [FOR
  LUXEMBOURG, DIAL KP+011+352+ST, SPAIN KP+011+034+ST, AND THE U.S.S.R. KP+011+
  007+ST]. THIS IS DONE TO ROUTE YOU TO THE APPROPRIATE OVERSEAS GATEWAY THAT
  HANDLES THE COUNTRY YOU ARE DIALING. EVEN THOUGH EVERY GATEWAY WILL ALLOW
  YOU TO DIAL EVERY DIALABLE COUNTRY, IT IS GOOD PRACTICE TO USE THE GATEWAY
  THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR THE COUNTRY YOU ARE CALLING.

  AFTER DIALING KP+011+CC+ST (AS CC IS DEFINED ABOVE) YOU SHOULD BE CONNECTED
  TO AN OVERSEAS GATEWAY. IT WILL ACKNOWLEDGE BY SENDING A WINK, WHICH
  IS AUDIBLE AS A <BEEP><KERCHINK> AND A DIAL TONE. ONCE YOU RECEIVE INTERNAT-
  IONAL DIAL TONE, YOU MAY ROUTE YOUR CALL ONE OF TWO WAYS: A) AS AN
  OPERATOR-ORIGINATED CALL, OR B) AS A CUSTOMER-ORIGINATED CALL. TO GO AS A
  CUSTOMER-ORIGINATED CALL, KEY KP+COUNTRY CODE (NOT PADDED WITH ZEROS)+
  CITY CODE+NUMBER+ST. YOU WILL THEN BE CONNECTED, PROVIDING THE COUNTRY YOU
  ARE CALLING CAN RECEIVE DIRECT-DIALED CALLS. THE U.S.S.R. IS AN EXAMPLE OF


  EXAMPLE OF A BOXED INT'L CALL:

  TO MAKE A CALL TO THE POPE (ROME, ITALY), FIRST OBTAIN THE COUNTRY CODE,
  WHICH IS 39. PAD IT WITH ZEROS SO THAT IT IS 039. SEIZE A TRUNK AND DIAL
  KP+011+039+ST. WAIT FOR SENDER DIAL TONE AND THEN DIAL KP+39+6+6982+ST.
  39 IS THE COUNTRY CODE, 6 IS THE CITY CODE, AND 6982 IS THE POPE'S NUMBER IN
  ROME. TO GO AS AN OPERATOR-ORIGINATED CALL, SIMPLY PLACE A ZERO IN FRONT OF
  THE COUNTRY CODE WHEN DIALING ON THE GATEWAY. THUS, KP+0+39+6+6982+ST WOULD
  BE DIALED AT SENDER DIAL TONE. ROUTING YOUR CALL AS OPERATOR-ORIGINATED DOES
  NOT AFFECT MUCH UNLESS YOU ARE DIALING AN OPERATOR IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY
    TO DIAL AN OPERATOR IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, YOU MUST FIRST OBTAIN THE
  OPERATOR ROUTING FROM RATE & ROUTE FOR THAT COUNTRY. DIAL RATE & ROUTE AND IF
  YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AN OPERATOR IN YUGOSLAVIA, SAY NICELY, "IOTC
  OPERATOR'S ROUTE, PLEASE, FOR YUGOSLAVIA." [IN LARGER COUNTRIES IT
  MAY BE NECESSARY TO SPECIFY A CITY]. RATE & ROUTE WILL RESPOND WITH,
  "38 PLUS 11029". SO, DIAL YOUR OVER-SEAS GATEWAY, KP+011+038+ST, WAIT FOR
  SENDER DIAL TONE, AND KEY KP+0+38+11029+ST. YOU SHOULD THEN GET AN
  OPERATOR IN YUGOSLAVIA. NOTE THAT YOU MUST PREFIX THE COUNTRY CODE ON THE
  SENDER WITH A 0 BECAUSE PRESUMABLY ONLY AN OPERATOR HERE CAN DIAL AN
  OPERATOR IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

  WHEN YOU DIAL KP+011+CC+ST FOR A 3-DIGIT SENDER CODE OF THE FORMAT
  18X, DEPENDING ON WHICH SENDER IS DESIGNATED TO HANDLE THE COUNTRY YOU
  ARE DIALING. THE OVERSEAS GATEWAYS AND THEIR 3-DIGIT CODES ARE LISTED BELOW.

    182 ..... WHITE PLAINS, NY
    183 ..... NEW YORK, NY
    184 ..... PITTSBURG, PA
    185 ..... ORLANDO, FL
    186 ..... OAKLAND, CA
    187 ..... DENVER, CO
    188 ..... NEW YORK, NY

    DIALING KP+182+ST WOULD GET YOU THE SENDER IN WHITE PLAINS, AND KP+183+ST
  WOULD GET THE SENDER IN NYC, ETC., BUT THE KP+011+CC+ST IS HIGHLY SUGGESTED
  (AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED). TO FIND OUT WHAT SENDER YOU WERE ROUTED TO AFTER
  DIALING KP+011+CC+ST, DIAL (AT INT'L DIAL TONE): KP+0000000+ST.

  IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY IN REACHING A SENDER, CALL RATE AND ROUTE AND ASK
  FOR A NUMBERS ROUTE FOR THE COUNTRY YOU'RE DIALING. SOMETIMES, KP+011+
  PADDED COUNTRY CODE+ST WILL NOT WORK. I HAVE FOUND THIS IN MANY 3-DIGIT
  COUNTRY CODES. LEXEMBOURG, COUNTRY CODE 352, FOR EXAMPLE, SHOULD BE
  KP+011+352+ST THEORETICALLY. BUT IT IS NOT. IN THIS CASE, DIAL KP+011+
  003+ST FOR THE OVERSEAS GATEWAY. IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE, TRY DIALING KP+011+
  FIRST DIGIT OF COUNTRY CODE+ST, OR CALL RATE AND ROUTE.

  THE IOCC


  ROUTE AND ASK FOR AN "IOTC NUMBERS ROUTE" OR "IOTC OPERATORS ROUTE" FOR
  A FOREIGN COUNTRY, YOU WILL GET SOMETHING LIKE "160+700" (AS IN THE
  CASE OF THE SOVIET UNION). THIS MEANS THAT THE COUNTRY IS NOT DIALABLE
  DIRECTLY AND MUST BE HANDLED THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL OVERSEAS COMPLETION
  CENTRE (IOCC). FOR AN IOCC ROUTING, PAD THE COUNTRY CODE TO THE RIGHT WITH
  ZEROS UNTIL IT IS 3 DIGITS. THEN KP+160 IS DIALED, PLUS THE PADDED COUNTRY
  CODE, PLUS ST.

  EXAMPLES:

  THE U.S.S.R. (7) ...... KP+160+700+ST
  JAPAN (81) ............ KP+160+810+ST
  URAGUAY (598) ......... KP+160+598+ST

    YOU WILL THEN BE ROUTED TO THE IOCC IN PITTSBURG, PA, WHO WILL ASK FOR
  COUNTRY, CITY, AND NUMBER BEING DIALED. MANY TIMES THEY WILL ASK FOR A RINGBACK
  [THANKS TO TELENET BOB] SO HAVE A LOOP READY. THEY WILL THEN PLACE THE CALL
  AND CALL YOU BACK (OR SOMETIMES PUT YOU THROUGH DIRECTLY). SOME CALLS, SUCH
  AS TO MOSCOW, TAKE SEVERAL HOURS.

  THE RATE QUOTE SYSTEM (RQS).

    THE RQS IS THE OPERATOR'S RATE/QUOTE SYSTEM. IT IS A COMPUTER USED BY TSPS
  (0+) OPERATORS TO GET RATE AND ROUTE INFORMATION WITHOUT HAVING TO DIAL THE
  RATE AND ROUTE OPERATOR. IN PART II, I DISCUSSED GETTING AN INWARD ROUTING
  FOR DIALING-ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY  OPERATORS (KP+800+141+1212+ST). THE
  SAME INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FROM RQS. SAY YOU WANT THE INWARD ROUTING
  FOR 305-994. YOU WOULD SIEZE A TRUNK AND DIAL KP+009+ST (TO ACCESS THE RQS).
  SOMETIMES, IF YOU SEIZE A TRUNK IN AN NPA NOT EQUIPPED WITH RQS, YOU NEED TO
  DIAL AN NPA THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH RQS FIRST, SUCH AS 303. ANYWAY, AFTER YOU
  DIAL KP+009+ST OR KP+303+009+ST, YOU WILL RECEIVE A WINK (<BEEP><KERCHINK>)
  AND THEN RQS DIAL TONE. AT RQS DIAL TONE, FOR AN INWARD ROUTING FOR 305-994
  YOU WOULD DIAL KP+06+305+994+ST. THAT IS, KP+06+NPA+EXCHANGE+ST. RQS WILL
  RESPOND WITH "305 PLUS 033 PLUS". THIS MEANS YOU WOULD DIAL KP+305+033+121+ST
  FOR AN INWARD THAT SERVICES 305-994. IF NO SPECIAL ROUTING WERE REQUIRED,
  RQS WOULD HAVE RESPONDED WITH "305 PLUS" AND YOU WOULD SIMPLY DIAL:
  KP+305+121+ST FOR AN INWARD.

  ANOTHER RQS FEATURE IS THE ECHO FEATURE. YOU CAN USE IT TO TEST YOUR
  BLUE BOX. DIAL RQS (KP+009+ST) AND THEN KEY KP+07+1234567890+ST. RQS WILL
  RESPOND WITH VOICE IDENTIFICATION OF THE DIGITS IT RECOGNIZED, BETWEEN THE
  KP+07 AND ST.

  RQS CAN ALSO BE USED FOR RATES AND DIRECTORY ROUTINGS, BUT THOSE ARE
  SELDOM NEEDED, SO THEY HAVE BEEN OMITTED HERE.

  SIMPLE SCANNING.

  IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SCANNING, TRY DIALING ON A TRUNK, ROUTINGS IN THE
  FORMAT OF KP+11XX1+ST. BEGIN WITH 11001 INTERESTING THINGS TO BE FOUND THERE,
  AS DOCTOR WHO (413 AREA) CAN TELL YOU. THOSE 11XX1 ROUTINGS CAN ALSO BE
  PREFIXED WITH AN NPA, SO IF YOU WANT TO SCAN AREA CODE 212, DIAL KP+212+
  11XX1+ST.

  THERE, NOW YOU KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT BLUE BOXING AS MOST PHREAKS. IF YOU
  READ AND UNDERSTAND THE MATERIAL, AND PUT ASIDE PRECONCEIVED IDEAS OF WHAT
  BLUE BOXING IS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ACQUIRED FROM INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE OR
  OTHER BULLETIN BOARDS, YOU SHOULD BE WELL ON YOU WAY TO AN ENLIGHTENING
  CAREER IN BLUE BOXING. IF YOU FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES IN PART I TO BOX, YOU
  SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE FONE COMPANY. COMMENTS MADE BY "PHREAKS" ON
  BULLETIN BOARDS THAT PROCLAIM "TRACING" OF BLUE BOXERS ARE NONSENSE AND SHOULD
  BE IGNORED (EXCEPT FOR A PASSING CHUCKLE).

  NOTE 1: CCIS AND THE DOWNFALL OF BLUE BOXING.

  CCIS STANDS FOR COMMON CHANNEL INTER-OFFICE SIGNALLING. IT IS A SIGNALLING
  METHOD USED BETWEEN ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS THAT ELIMINATES THE
  USE OF 2600HZ AND 3700HZ SUPERVISORY SIGNALS, AND MF PULSING. THIS IS WHY
  MANY PLACES CANNOT BE BOXED OFF OF; THEY EMPLOY CCIS, OR OUT-OF-BAND
  SIGNALLING, WHICH WILL NOT RESPOND TO ANY TONES THAT YOU GENERATE ON THE
  LINE. EVENTUALLY, ALL EXISTING TOLL EQUIPMENT WILL BE UPGRADED OR REPLACED

  WE'LL ALL BE BOXING WITH MICROWAVE DISHES. UNTIL THEN (ABOUT 1995 BY
  CURRENT BOC/AT&T ESTIMATES), HAVE FUN! IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
  TEXT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DROP ME A LINE. I WILL RESPOND TO ALL MAIL,
  MESSAGES, ETC. INSULTS ARE ALSO WELCOMED. AND IF YOU DISCOVER ANYTHING
  INTERESTING SCANNING, BE SURE TO LET ME KNOW.

                    MARK TABAS
                      $LOD$

  THIS TEXT WAS PREPARED IN FULL BY MARK TABAS FOR:

  K.A.O.S.
  PHILADELPHIA, PA.
  [215-465-3593].

  ANY SYSOP MAY FREELY DOWNLOAD THIS TEXT AND USE IT ON HIS/HER BBS, PROVIDED
  THAT NONE OF IT BE ALTERED IN ANY WAY.

  TECHNICAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

  KARL MARX, X-MAN, HIGH-RISE JOE, TELENET BOB, LEX LUTHOR, TUC, JOHN DOE,
  DOCTOR WHO (413 AREA), THE TONE SWEEP, MR. SILICON, K00L KAT, THE GLUMP.

  REFERENCES:

  1. NOTES ON THE BOC INTRA-LATA NETWORKS BELL SYSTEM PUBLICATION, 1983.

  2. NOTES ON THE NETWORK BELL SYSTEM PUBLICATION, 1983.
  
  3. BELL SYSTEM BELL SYSTEM PUBLICATION, 1983.
  
  4. NOTES ON DISTANCE DIALING BELL SYSTEM PUBLICATION, 1968.

  5. EARLY MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE. WARREN & CATHY BILL, HOUGHTON-
     PUBLISHING CO., 1979.

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  (C) FEBRUARY 6, 1900         MARK TABAS
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