Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: pnet01!pro-palace!r.a.a.@trout.nosc.mil (R.A. Anonymous, Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: While Phone Rings, Charges May Begin Message-ID: Date: 27 Jul 89 09:34:41 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: pnet01!pro-sol!pro-newfrontier!pro-nfmail01!pro-harvest!pro-palace!r. Lines: 10 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 258, message 7 of 9 X-GATEWAY-WARNING: original 'Date' value too old for posting X-Original-Date: Mon, 17 Jul 89 11:49:07 EST You said in your message that, through playing with your line loop resistance, that you could receive a call, while your switch was under the impression that you had not answered.. This was a method used by Phone Phreaks in the early 80's to avoid billing. A phreak would put a 'colored' 'box' (they were labeled by colors) on his/her line and receive calls from other phreaks at the phone co's expense... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rodney Amadeus Anonymous, Jr. | pro-palace!r.a.a. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -