Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: claris!wet!epsilon@ames.arc.nasa.gov Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: While Phone Rings, Charges May Begin Message-ID: Date: 30 Jul 89 06:44:54 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco Lines: 10 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us >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... 80's? Try 70s! Remember the stink when _Ramparts_ published details of how to build one of those? -=EPS=-