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A Time For Reflection 


1984 will not go down in history as the year of the phone 
phreak or computer hacker. Instead it will moat likely be 
labeled something dumb like the year of the communications 
revolution or the PC bonanza. ThatS not Guipnemgat all; those 
are precisely the things that appeared to have occurred this 
year. But we know better. 

The true communications revolution has been going on for 
quite some time. Many years ago* the first telephone enthusiasts 
started using their phones to do a little more than just call 
people they knew. They began to experiment. They sent strange 
tones down the line, activated distant machines* and traded 
information among themselves. Not only that* but they took it 
upon themselves to team all about the infrastructure of the 
biggest company on earth, Ma Bell. Now almost everyone 
knows something about the way the giant phone company used 
to work and the way the near-giants work today. All you hear 
now is talk of long distance services and bow great each one is. 
All you see advertised everywhere are telephones, as if they'd 
just been invented. Which* in a way* they have been. For the 
average person, Others, though have been participating in this 
^revolution” for quite some time. 

A similar story holds true for computers. The field js 


exploding now on Madison Avenue. But all of this talk of 
floppies, K* megabytes, and control-els is old news to hackers 
(both the programming and the cracking kind). As a rule* 
they've been into this kind of thing for years. 

So what are we saying hem? Two things, really. Looking at 
the past, ii^ pretty dear that those “mischief-makert" weren’t 
only interested in causing chaos and perpetrating fraud, but 
also in being among the first to try their hand at the new 
technology, without being hovered over and told what not to 
do. Our other point lies with the future. Those phone phreaks 
and computer hatkerc of today may still be in a position to 
shine the light in front of the masses. We had at least one 
example of that in 1984, when hackers uncovered the wealth of 
information that is stored in the TRW computers-- personal 
information about almost everyone that can be looked at by 
almost anyone. A glanc£>kthis year's pages of 2600 reveals a 
disturbing number ofjSfJwelliuo touches in the works — cameras 
surveying streets fkfrpossible climes, vastly£X£EU>ded FBI files 
on innocent parfple, neat catcgorizai joftof human Kings,... 
Technological enthusiasts armljhdonly kind of jj^jple that 
canjiiicrNtese nasty things intfiefr beginnin&rtftgCs. But these 
Sys, they can sure be one of the most iip(fortant. Happy new 
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We here at 2600, and apparently many of you* have been 
having problems with two of the biggies in the E-Mail 
business — namely MCI Mall and Western Union Easy link, 

LcTs start with the Easy link tale. Many many months ago, 
we saw a great big ad someplace inviting us to sign up for this 
wonderful electronic mail service. There were no minimum 
charges of any kind and there was no fee to sign up, so we gave 
them a call. Only after they got us started did they bother to 
mention that there wasa $25 monthly minimum after the first 3 
months. Because of this, and also because of the fact that their 
prices aren't that great* we stopped using their system. Since the 
service we signed up for was advertised as “free", we were under 
no obligation to cancel the account. Sure enough, after the 
third month had passed, we received a ten-page bill for $25, 
Thafs right* a ten-page bill. They believe in itemizing your use 
ofthe system in as many different way* as they can think of The 
fact that we didn't use the system at all didnlt stop them from 
itemizing our non-use. 

Every month, like clockwork, that Easylink bill comes, with 
$25 more added each time. ITs well into the triple digits now. 


Occasionally we get a mailgram asking why we haven't used the 
system in sucha long time, but we haveyet to get a letterasking 
why the hell we havenf paid our bill. En addition to these 
charges for answering a misleading advertisement* we get 
plenty of solicitations to use their many other expensive 
services and even to get an additional account. 

Finally, the Easylink people, or machines, have been kind 
enough to send us roughly 20 pounds of Western Union 
directories and user guides. In fact, we often receive duplicate 
directories together with the useless bill. Whatabig pile all this 
stuff makes! 

As an addendum* you may note that Easylink still offers free 
accounts with no minimum usage in most of their advertising. 

And in the other comtf... 

But our real trouble is or was with MCI Mail* those other 
bozos. Last month, we told you about how our account wa f 
inactivated. In fact, we later found out through our own 
detective work that our account was “accidentally" deleted 
instead of being reactivated. Whoops! We were also told that 
the slobs at McMail were sorry. They also added that all of our 


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E-MAIL HORROR STORIES 


inbound mail forthc last mouth and a half was destroyed (they 
» 4 jon 1 t keep backups, they claim, seemingly proud of the fact). 
_ifren we asked about recompense for us or for our cor- 
respondents for lost business and for those who were charged 
* for mail that wasn’t ever received, they insisted that they did not 
charge for mail that wasn't read. We doubt that this is true, but 
we cannot get ahold of their billing records or records of the 
mail that we did not receive, so we cannot prove otherwise. But 
we can advise you not to pay forany mail you may have sent to 
us, because odds are we never received it. Remember, they 
assured us that they couldn't give us the deleted mail or any 
other information, so you are the only one who knows if you 
sent us anything. By the way, if you request a refund, you^l 
probably have to make a voice call to a human since their 
customer service mail account (MO HELP) has also been 
deleted for your inconvenience. 

We raised quite a stink about this escapade, and even sent a 
letter to the president of MCI! It took him three business days 
to read his electronic mail and all we got out of him wasa copy 
of a message he sent to the president of MCI Mail, who had 


apparently “explained" the situation to him. it read: “Tbanki 
for the info. There must be hundreds of them. My condolences." 
This pretty much confirms our suspicions, MCI Mail has a 
blacklist which they've developed through reading their- 
sutocribcn’ private mail. If they see anything they don't like or 
if you get mail from someone they don't like — bang! You're on 
the list. Of course, there's no way to prove this. Electronic mail 
is very easy to reseal. Whites more, they're not breaking any 
laws because they own the system 

We managed to get a new account that's now working, but we 
don't plan on keeping it and we don't advise anyone else to 
subscribe at this jtaint Starting next year, MCI Mail will be 
charging a yearly fee of $18 as well as charging for access to 
their 300 toll-free dialup. Perhaps E-COM wilt soon have 
company. 

Trick of the month: MCI Mail allows you to send telex 
messages all over the world. But if you send to a nonexistent 
telex in some remote country, it will eventually come back and 
say that the telex could n't be found. When that happens, there's 
no charge! And you just know they've gone to an awful lot of 
trouble! 


The Scariest Number in the World 


Recently, a telephone fanatic in the northwest made an 
interesting discovery. He was exploring the 804 area code 
(Virginia) and found out that the flJw exchange did something 
strange. In the vast majority of cases, in fact in aU of the cases 
except one, he would get a recording as if the exchange didn't 
exist. However, if he dialed 804-840 and four rather predictable 
^pmbers, he got a ring! 

’After one or two rings, somebody picked up. Being 
experienced at this kind of thing, he could tell that the call 
didn't “supe", that is, no charges were being incurred for calling 
this number (Calls that get you to an error message, or a special 
operator, generally don't supervise,) A female voice, with a him 
of a Southern accent said, “Operator, can 1 help you?" 

“Yes," he said. “What number have l reached?" 

“What number did you dial, sir?" 

He made up a number that was similar. 

“I'm sorry, that's not the number you reached." Click. 

He was fascinated. What in the world was this? He knew he 
was going to call back, but before he did, he tried some more 
experiments. He tried the 840 exchange in several other area 
codes. In some, it came up as a valid exchange. In others, 
exactly the same thing happened— the same last four digits, the 
same Southern belle. Oddly enough, he later noticed, the areas 
it worked in seemed to travel in a beeline from Washington DC 
to Pittsburgh. PA. 

He called back from a payphone. “Operator, can I helpyou?" 

“Yes, this is the phone company. I'm testing this line and we 
don^ seem to have an identification on your circuit. What office 
is this* pleasC?" 

“What number are you trying to reach?" 

“I^n not trying to reach any number. lYn trying to identify 
this circuit." 

“l'tn sorry, 1 can't help you." 

“Ma'am, if I don't get an ED on this line. 111 have to 
hsconnect it. We show no record of it here." 

V“Hold on a moment, sir," 

After about a minute, she came back. “Sir, 1 can have 
someone speak to you. Would you give me your number, 

5 lease?" 

He had anticipated this and he had the payphone number 


ready. After he gave it, she said, “Mr. XXX will get right back 
to you." 

“Thanks. "He hung up the phone. It rang, Insiamiy!** Oh my 
God," he thought, “They weren't asking for my number— they 
were confirming it!" 

“Hello," he said, trying to sound authoritative. 

‘This is Mr. XXX. Did you just make an inquiry to my office 
concerning a phone number?" 

“Yes. 1 need an identi— " 

"What you need is advice. Don't ever call that number again. 
Don't even think about calling that number again. Forget you 
ever knew it." 

At this point our friend got so nervous he just hung up. He 
expected to hear the phone ring again but it didn't. 

Over the next few days he racked his brains trying to figure 
out what the number was. He knew it was something big- -that 
was pretty certain at this point. It was so big that the number 
was programmed into every central office in the country. He 
knew this because if he tried to dial any other number in that 
exchange, he'd get a local error message from his CO, as if the 
exchange didn't exist. 

It finally came to him. He had an uncle who worked in a 
federal agency. He had a feeling that this was government 
related and if it was, his uncle could probably find out what it 
was. He asked the next day and his uncle promised to look into 
the matter. 

The next time he saw his uncle, he noticed a big change in bis 
manner. He was trembling, “Where did you get that number?!" 
he shouted. “Do you know 1 almost got fired for asking about 
it?!? They kept wanting to know where I got it!" 

Our friend couldn't contain his excitement. “What is it?" he. 
pleaded. “What^ the number?!“ 

“ft i the President v homh shelter f H 

He never called the number after that. He knew that he could 
probably cause quite a bit of excitement by calling the number 
and saying something like, “The weather's not good in 
Washington. We Ye coming over Fora visii." But our friend was 
smart. He knew that there were some things that were better off 
unsaid and undone. 


Of you have a phone or computer f wry, tail or write us!) 

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Computer Makes It Easy for Reagan 

Using 5 1 A million in research money from the Republican National 
Committee, a Iran of 26 computer operators and analysts, who called 
themselves theOpposition Research Group, scrutinized every available 
aspect of Walter Mcmdale^ political career. 

The team collected uncounted hours of videotape and 73JQOT 
quotations, coded, cross-referenced, and entered in a giant computer at 
the Republican headquarters on Capitol Hill. 

'"Waller Mondfllc couldn’t open his mouth without our analyzing it 
in 45 seconds and determining whether he was telling the truth,” 
Michael Bayer, director of the team, said. “It took them days to 
monitor the same thing that we were cranking out.” 

Beginning in April, every speech text, evny television appearance, 
every vote Mondale had cast in his political career was broken down, 
analyzed, coded by category and entered in the electronic file. While 
ScnatorGary Hart was still in the race for the Democratic nomination, 
his record was scrutinized as well. Andaflcr Moridale chose Geraldine 
Ferraro as his running mate, the team made the Study of her Life a 
priority project- 

Thcy used the information to insert attack lines into Reagan 
speeches. And Vice President Bush's stiff aboard Air Force Two could 
plug directly into the team’s computer to check things Mr. Mondale 
had just mid and counter with new charges of their own. 

Penetrating the Pentagon by Phone 

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The Pentagon employs 26,000 people, who work, in one way or 
another, on national defense. But to many outsiders who have tried to 
reach someone at the huge ofTicebuikfitig, the Pentagon's best defense 
is against incoming phone calls. That situation is about to come to a 
halt, according to the Lockheed Electronics Company, which has 
installed a computerised directory assistance system at the Pentagon 
on an eight-yea rcontract worth Si million. Now an Operator can find a 
number even if the caller lacks such information as the party's first 
name or office Location. The. new system has about 150,000 listings. 
The number to call is 2025456700. 

First of the “Superminis” 

1 limp. 

Digital Equipment Corporation has unveiled its new "supermini" 
computer, the powerful VAX 8600. Which Starts in price at $576,000. 
This machine, produced under the code name of Venus, can compute 
at a speed more than four times that of DEC^ previous computer. With 
full peripherals, the Ml will cost almost a million dollars. They should 
start popping up all over the place in April. 

Students Bog Down Computer 

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Some students at Ohio's Oberlin College dont like the fact that their 
school has investments in South Africa. So to protest that fact, they 
tried to overload Oberlm T s main computer and another in the school's 
Library on November 20. At the same time, more than 200 students 
staged a silent demoimratioh outside a meeting of the Oberlin College 
Board of Trustees. The trustees took no action on the mailer. 

SBS Offers Toll-Free Service 

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SBS Skyline recently came up with an alternative to the standard 
AT&T in-WATS service which could become quite popular. It works 
as follows: In many parts of the country, SBS Skyline can be accessed 
toll-free by dialing 950- 1 OSS. To make a toMret call <m Skyline, the 
caller wou Id first access the system, using the number above. Then they 
would enter a six digit “service code” which would ring whatever phone 
number has been assigned to that code. The result is the same as 
making an 800 call, bid the procedure ts different. For instance, the 


caller must be at a touch-tone* phone to enter the service code, The 
caller must also know in advance what this six digit code is. And 
Skyline service still isn’t available all over the country. But this system 
is much easier for the called party, While an S0Q line cancosl hundreds 
of dollars to install, Skyline only requires a $1 5 monthly minimum per 
line. 

Electronic Jail All Screwed Up 

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Travis County (Texas) officials had hoped to open their new $12 
million jail with its advanced electronic locking system last year. 

Unfortunately, the jail is still not open. Or rather, Lt^ too open. 

"Jn 1983 we were supposed to move in, and wc discovered the 
locking mechanisms were not adequate," Sheriff Doyne Bailey of 
T mavis County explained. 

“Not adequate" may understate the problems, which Mr. Bailey says 
relate to an “inherent design problem that allows the locking system to 
be defeated.” 

The locking system is integrated with other security equipment, bo 
that locking a cell door wilt turn on an intercom- Or turning on atl 
intercom will unlock a cell. 

And when a firt alarm goes off, officials reported recently to the 
Texas Commission on Jail Standards, all the ceils unlock 

That particular feature, they noted, may not be wholly desirable. 

Video Telephone Invention 

Mew ViH-fc line, 

A new two-way video phone that makes use of any single standard 
telephone line has been patented by Jerome H. Lemelson. a prolific 
inventor with more than 350 other patents, and Christian Grund, a 
research scientist at the University of Wisconsin. 

According to the patent, l he new video phone functions wit bout any 
interruption of conversation by transmission of. pictures or data. A 
portable, self-contained unit can be provided at each end of a 
conventional telephone circuit. Each unit has a television camera and a 
display screen. A speaker and microphone may be carried within the 
housing or in a telephone handset, A picture printer may also be 
provided to record I he images on the display screen, 

Federal Telephone System U pgrade 

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In what has been called the largest lelecommun Lent ions buy in 
history, the U.S. government is spending more lhana billion dollars to 
modernize its massive Federal Telephone System (FI'S). This huge 
upgrade includes 1.3 million telephones. 15,000 trunk circuits, and 
1,655 private branch exchanges (PBX). 

According to Dr. Bernard J- Bennington(BJ B), the General Services 
Administration (GSA) administrator in charge of the buy, the F IS is 
only slightly smaller than a Beil operating company and five to six 
times the size oft be General Motors (GM) telephone network [see page 
1-6!] 

At the present, the Frs is largely a voice system. About 15'# of the 
network, however, consists of facilities for data transmission, Although 
the data portion sounds like an insignificant figure, il represents as 
much data as is moved in all the other civil agency networks combined. 

Basically, ihc main justification lor the system itself and the 
continuous battle to keep il upgraded is to provide continuity of 
government. Until the Ws in general, and the April 1961 Bay of Pigs 
situation in particular, there wasa large comfort index surrounding the 
nation's telephone system. Until lhal lime, it had been tried and always 
found adequate. 

“During the Bay of Pigs operation, no one could get a phone call in 
or out of Washington." BJB said- “Naturally, we must have a viable, 
up-to-date communications system to support our national defense. 
And it must operate cost-effect ivrly." be continued. "We cannot mix 
military and civil agency traffic. 


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We’ve tallied up all of the blue cards that 
were returned and the latest results are to the 
right- Below are selected subscriber com- 
ments with occasional retorts by us* 


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HERE MT TECHNICAL ENOUGH. 551 SAID 1C HERE JUST RIGHT. 

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AUSTIN, TEXAS - "The info is generally more useful fand lew anti- 
social) than TAP,, .it's entertaining. What format should I uk on 
articles? 1 " 

ARTICLES CAS BE OF ANY FORMA T. JUST TRY TO MAKE 
fT LEGIBLE. THEY END UP GETTING RETYPED SOMA TTER 
WHAT. YOU CAS ALSO CALL IS STORIES USISG THE 
PHONE NUMBER ON THE FRONT PAGE. 

ALASKA ‘'One of the bcsl sources for detailed information an 
telecommunications. Also a good source far phrenic information. 1 
wish you would pul the hack page of eaoh issue to better use thought 
...Forme, it borders on loo technical, but I donl mind because 111 learn 
more that way." 

MARINA DEL REV. CALIFORNIA “I like 2600 because of the 
coTies on hackers etc. getting caught. Also because of the tips!" 
TUCSON. ARIZONA -“Have trouble understanding the jargon. 
Facts sometimes printed without explanations. Still don't know what 
‘2600’ means." 

2600 HERTZ IS SIM PL Y THE FREQUENCY USED BY PHONE 
PHREA KS TO SEIZE CONTROL OF A PHONE UNE, OH YES. 
THE PHONE COMPANY USES IT TOO; YOU MA Y HEAR A 
COUPLE OF 2600 HER TZ TONES {T WEEPS) A T THE END OF A 
PHONE CALL. 

V I RCi INI A “ I oo much was already printed in B IOC^ tutorials nr is 
loo genera]." 

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA "It's awesum, could do with sum bo* 
plans. Send information on Alaska's telefone system." 

OK, FIRST PERSON TO SEND US WORKING BLUE BOX 
PLANS GETS 10 FREE ISSUES, 

ALBANY, NEW YORK -"Poor choice uf filler fur Last page this 
month [October].' 1 ’ 

LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA -"You need more business 
watching somebody has to keep an eye on the Harvard Business 
School, IBM. ATT crowd. Information has become big business, guys 1 
tl acker* are the new Judas goals. We dreamed that micros would make 
freedom of information real. Meanwhile, American Business bought 
W 4 of the i ftfrld’s commercial databases. Hackers and free bulletin 
boards are anathema to those who think of information as a 
commodity lo be brokered and controlled. And for “technical" 
reasons, the phone companies wish you to register your modem. Sound 
paranoid? Investigate t he relationship between Big Blue and South 
Africa." 

SAN JOSE. CALIFORNIA - “Good stuff -where else would I gpi it? 
Keep it up!" 

FT. LAUDERDALE. FLORIDA T am very satisfied with I he 
content- In lad, if you could put more in that would he great. I can't get 
enough of 2600." 

NEW YORK. NY "You do rot get enough original material. 
August's issue was plagerized from Basic fclcom V," 

LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF PLA GlA RIZF THE ARTICLE 
YOU'RE REFERRING TO WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE 
A UTHOR HIMSELF. 

NEW YORK, NY “Sometimes t™ technical..." 

BRYAN . TEX AS “lt^ realty good. Need more informat ion how-to^ 
on netii things with phones." 

NEW JERSEY "It is a well rounded publication. More telecom' 
irunkution's hobbies! articles. For your Hot 100 BBS's add the 
Armour at 20 1 2671207. IDMcgonlineand a friendly sysop. No Charge 
for validation and over 2ND general interest files." 

BOSTON, MASS. -'The back page usually sucks (repro from 
telephone honk or numeihing)." 

JAMAICA, NY “ ‘Hacker's View’, a great article!" 

WEST VIRGINIA "Like the articles. Info is good but I have ait idea 
what a lot of abbreviations stand for or what multes switch equipment 
work...' 1 

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA “It seems lo fill a gap left hy 


TAP, I also find your 'Newsflash' section especially useful in bringing 
several sources uf info together." 

WESTCHESTER, NY-"JM0 is the one newsletter where 'you get 
your money's worth 1 , 2600 provides information for those who wish id 
learn. A friend and nrystlf love to tamper physically with phones and 
have pume up with some nice plans for "additions 1 which arc legal and 
practical." 

TELL US WHAT AND TELL US HOW! 

WISCONSIN -T find it veiy informative, although 1 wish it would go 
deeper into the technical aspects of the network." 

SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH -"Could use less of the Etufllikc on page 
1-60 Hid Have more info useful lo hackees, infomaniacs, etc. Keep 
publishing]" 

SUFFERS, NEW YORK “informative., .could he a little more 
technical.' 1 

NO POSTMARK fU-'tJaod fctuff. Try connecting your maga^ne 
with other sources: boards, AE Lines, TAP, etc." 

WERE OPEN TO SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS 

TRENTON, NJ "I think it should be more like 'TAP with 

underground information." . 

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY — “More news. More about bulletin 
boards.. Fewer ads from uld phone books...! sent SIC to TAP at the 
same time I subscribed to 2600, But ]‘AP neitlier honored the 
subscription nor cashed the check. Can vou l^elp , . , ' , 

LOOK AT IT THIS WA I IF NEWSWEEK RIPPED YOU OFF „ 
" WOULD WE BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING? SAME THING 
HERE , 

DENVER, COLORADO -"Some of it blows me away but some of it 
is just right. This reader response was a good idea. Keep it up." 
MIDDLESEX: MASS. “I think oftentimes your Last page sucks. 
Abide from that 1 think you are caul. More stuff is needed about 
individual systems though, " 

SALINAS, CALIFORNIA— “Please have more technical explana- 
tions of. phone and/or computer systems, or refer to more sources of 
infn.“ 

TRENTON. NJ - Ton technical looking for the old zap of TAP." 
SPEAKING OF WHICH. WHERE THE HELL IS THAT OLD 
ZAP”? 

DENVER, COLORATX> - “Needs more codes." 

ITS ALWAYS BEEN OUR POLICY NOT TO PROVIDE CODES 
SO MUCH AS PURE KNO W LEDGE. 

PHILADELPHIA, PA "The phone article* ure great. However. I gel 
lost in the computer stuff. 1 enjoy reading stories (fact or fiction) with 
an adventurous flair." 

MIAMI, FLORIDA “I think a little longer with more topic* would 
improve it. Also, star! etch article in layman’s terms." 
WORCESTER, MASS- “The articles are good, but useful info 
would be belter ihun articles." 

SUCH AS? 

TORONTO, CAN ADA "I d like mure commentary and criticism on 
the funeral- policies of icIcnX and more tutorial material on the 
technology.’ Too technical, but don’t drop (he technicalities just 
i-jifrftiirt them." 

BROOKLYN. NY “Excellent and miirageouN. " 

PI 1TSBURGH, PA. "I bflvequLt the bobby ol phreakmg. although i 
am si ill interested in it. The fbhw 1 involved, money saved, and mu inly 
the f-U'itwnvnt tf it is not worth the risk, stress, iitld ruining my lite 
(who knows'!). I am a junior engineering student and want to stay that 
way and keep my friends- I regret that I can not continue phrcLiklng. 
hacking. 1 will mis* ii! H 

ITS DOUBTFUL THA T RENEWING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION 
WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE. IF YOU'RE STILL IN TERESTED, AS 
YOU SAY, THEN WHY NOT READ ABOUT IT AND TALK 
ABOUT IT? THEY HAVENT OUTLAWED THAT YET. ITS 
CLEAR THAT YOU'VE BEEN INTIMIDATED AS WE ALL 
HAVE TO A DEGREE. GOOD LUCK EITHER WA Y 


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Computer Corp. of America 
Cambridge* Mass 

General Electric 
Information Services Corp. 
ft c cti u i 1 1 e r Md 

OTE Telenet Communications 
Carp . 

Viennar Va 

ITT Dialcom 
Silver Sprinar Md 

MCI Communications Corp. 
Washjngtonr D-C. 

Source Tt I ecomput ins Corp. 
McLean r Va . 


T y« s h a r e * I rt g . 
Cupertino* Ca. 


Western Union Telearaph Co 
Upper Saddle ftiuer F N,J, 


SERVICE 

NAME 


DN LINE 
PRICE* 


DOWN LOAD 
PRICE** 


BOO INFO 
NUMBERS 



* — Create mass, on line 


Au t oma i I 

*4B.63 

*49.63 

T- 1“ ■■■ "" "" * "■ 

241-1845 

Infopl^K 

*111*92 

*111.92 

4Z0-Z3Z2 

Comet 

*60.00 

*60.00 

ZZZ-Z67B 

Ou i K w c omm 

*59 * 75 

. i 

*51.00 

S3B-8730 

Tel emai 1 

*71 .36 

*31.34 

354-2400 

D ia I com 

*70.76 

*23.60 

435-7342 

McMai 1 

*102.50 

*102.50 

522*3222 

Saurc ema i 1 

*110.23 

*36.63 

336-3366 

□n t vme 

*58*76 

*50. 19 

523-2263 

Eas vLi nK 

<78. 60 

*34*89 

325—6000 

on sending 35 msas. (35*000 characters) 
it is from ON COMMUNICATIONS . 

** - Download previously created msas. 


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The Following is a nifty list of voice messaging 
BS L Industries Inc. — Voice Retrieval System 
Centiaram Corp. - Voice memo 
Commterm Inc - EVX 

Diaital Sound Corp. — Voiceserver 
Genesis Electronics Corp. - Cindi 
XBM - Audio Distribution System 
Octal Communications Corp. - Aspen 
Rolm Corp. - Phonemail 
Sudbury Systems Inc* — Voice Server 
Voicemail International Inc. - Voice Mail System 
VMX Inc. - Voice Message Exchange 
Wan a Laboratories Inc. - Diaital Voice Exchange 
We suggest that you investigate them and tell us uhat 
but to aet you started try Centiaram at S00.321.63S6 

1-T1 



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Reach Out and Goose Someone 

Hours of pleasure from your telephone 

by Paul D* Lehrman 



Ev&tybody knows about dtaM- 
prtJV^p ' — in irut/y city from 
Aa to Australia you cai assuage 
your god and your conscience 
without goins any further thctn 
your pAoiitf, Atony lawns also 
haw numbers you luji call that 
will give you the latest sports 
scores or your dj/ty fcarajc^. 
7Jiaf easy (o find. BllJ 

the re i a for more entertainment 
avaifafaib from you/ phone, and 
here b a list of some of thou sour- 

ofeHertmnmentf culled from 
the telephone directories of the 
Engtish-^ephing world: 

ALTERNATIVE 
PRAY E R 
DIAL* AN 'ATHEIST 

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$mqhKh,AlQB. jfiltjWJSU 

fSltt34&I4T9 

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□TAL-A-FRAYER IN SFANLS H 

Tiitan (&niO$fr33U 

DIAL-ASAiNT 

51.££Ui V i3t*!*3l-*TTS 

DtAUA-MEDiTATION 

J^iUF i 1 J t)±*2- i-iTt 

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III J} $26-1111 
DCALA-MIftACLE 

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DLALAN ECK MESSAGE 

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DIAL-THE-BIRLE 
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DU1MMOMENT 

wrrHGHaiST 

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DIAL A TORAH THOUGHT 
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D[ADA$ONOOF-ZION 
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JOKES 

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* DlAl^A^SiVULE . 

Smart ^ 

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DIAL AN 1 SMILE 

Atanphir r i90ii 2762370 

DUL-A-SPAZZ 

Cut . .... .{•tt 3^333-^33 
ii ii FUNNY' 

jV^}-b^Ooi 

DIAL A-CHAZY /I 

C*™* /312/S2S-4JN ^ 

SMI LE ■ A-PHONE WITH 
DR DON 1X| 

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KVFI JOKE LINE ■ 

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THE MACHINE 

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USE YOUR FINGER! IXXXl 
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STORIES 
DIAL-A STORY 

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INTERNATIONAL STORY LIN E 
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POETRY 

DIAL-AVERSE 

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h PHONE-A-FOEM 

j Cimbnist, Abs f3IT}4#t-llU 

messages that 

MAKE YOU 
FEEL BET T’E R 
DEAL ■ ASPIRITUAL’LIFT-U P 

Dermfr (731^2330 

DIAL AL1PTFOR-L1VENG 

Chimg o. {3i2i3T2 5030 

DIAL FOR-COURAGE 

fan hmlOr*- j£03}22±U43 

DIAL AN- ANSWER 

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ID [ Ai_ ■ A-l’.\R£-THOLGHT 
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the animals 
dial-adgg 

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• DtAL-A-BIRD 

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DIAL-A-BOJCAT 

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HEALTH, 

NUT IU T l ON 
fc BAD HABITS 
DIAL-APUFF 

Chilli 

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DIAL-ASOTTLE 


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DIALAHEAiuNG- 

SCREENIN&'IESr 

Lo^IiimilN. £ { Sf rsJMfl- 1 JI3 

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DLUi-YOUft DOCTOR 

TUmra .{4t6i+fB't713 

OIAUNEWTTUTION 

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PHILOSOPHY & 
OBSERVATIONS 

DLAL'ATHOUGHT 

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DIAL-A-TAFE 

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DIAL-A-NZW IDEA 

.i£tUt 733*31* 

FREEKYFONE 

THE ALTERNATIVE 
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COMMERCE Ic 
SERVICES 
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DCAL-A-SERVICS 

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DIAL-A^HOME- 
IMPROVEMENT 
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RENTOKIL 

VtvabAiOrTn-iifistl 

DIAL-DOW-JONES 
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MUSIC & 
PERFORMANCE 
DIAL-ASGNG 

CuAiuibu iTJ3/6ft4-7W 

tMALACULTURAl^EVENT 
StfAlU l3t4t33A-SilI 

niomsoMG 

CMAUAlui {GiJiltiAHOQ 

SOUNDSTAGE 

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THANX 

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this Ii2i2’7a7-a:5i 

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BIZARRE STUFF 

DIAL-A-^HENC^ lenon 
LSMLTHSONeaNi 

HbihiiwfttiiDC:. i?02t&7-2Lf)0 

EARTH AND5PACS HtPOi^T 
(HARVARD UN IV] 

tsirreto- HW 

fiafticipcJory numb* n. iVnbnl 
down in® two mrqiin^-mrtif 
tries, which vx^did/hfocni rdh ua 
hutrh of folks unulEannui^i and 
cwnment Unu wtawyCu dial in JO 
hear lulvit other fofks have sakL and 
bun call the trpm nuinber to record 
yOurOum message, which wifltht ft bt 
edited by th* intrepid phone frfah 
who run ihj things andptcryed to ihi 
waiting Wdfti ranyr from 

tkepofaundha the ndinjjuv. 

PARTY LINES 

DIALA-5TRA.NGER 
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COMMENT LINES 

DL^L'OGUE 

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input ill 3i 763- SO SO 

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Snpv* fZiVttyisoa 

OBSERVATORY 

Inf*’ -iJf-Lyi-ii- 1 ni 

DltGO J COMMi:V'LL,\t; 
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