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  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!