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From: quinn@ender.tamu.edu (quinn)
Subject: Re: ringback wanted for area code 805 (GTE)
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 05:44:10 GMT

In article <17170001@hp-ptp.ptp.hp.com> drp@hp-ptp.ptp.hp.com (Randy Peterson) writes:
>I am also interested in the ring-back and line identification, for (408) 246-
>XXXX. The line identification function is such that when you dial this
>special number, it read back the number that you placed the call from.

line identification is more commonly referred to as ANAC (or
Automatic Number AnnounCement).  I am serviced by GTE, and our
ringback is accomplished by prefixing your own telephone number
by 211...it then gives you the party line reorder ("There is a
party on your own line, please hang up and...").  Doubtful that
your GTE provides the same, but worth a try...eh?


-Dave
.
From: zinkin@acsu.buffalo.edu (David R Zinkin)
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Ringback wanted for 412 (Pittsburgh), and ANAC is known.
Date: 14 Sep 92 12:38:12 GMT
Followup-To: zinkin@eerie.acsu.buffalo.edu
Organization: UB

958 doesn't work for *every* area of NYTel; I had heard that it was
only for New York City itself.  Here in Buffalo, 958 doesn't do
much of anything.  (And 511 is the ANAC number for *Rochester*
Telephone; I'm not saying that NYTel doesn't use it anywhere, but
I know it's not used here -- I tried it as well. :-)

 -- Dave
From: clements@bbn.com (Bob Clements)
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Portable (Cordless) phone security
Date: 16 Sep 92 00:34:32 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: classic.bbn.com


procha@titan.ucc.umass.edu (PAUL ROCHA) writes:
>scrambling from the handset to the base unit. By the way, I think (seem to
>recall) that it IS illegal to listen in on cordless phone conversations w/o
>proper authorization.  

No, this is incorrect.  Due to a large amount of financial
influence, Congress made it illegal to listen to Cellular phones,
but not Cordless phones.  Further, the Supreme Court said there
is no expectation of privacy on a cordless phone.


However, legalities aside, anyone who talks into an unencrypted
radio transmitter, and is not a COMPLETE FOOL, should expect to
be overheard, legally or not.  A cordless phone, as well as a
cellular phone, is an unencrypted radio transmitter.


Bob Clements, K1BC, clements@bbn.com
From: zinkin@acsu.buffalo.edu (David R Zinkin)
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: Ringback and ANAC wanted for area code 716 (NYTel)
Date: 14 Sep 92 12:34:26 GMT
Followup-To: zinkin@eerie.acsu.buffalo.edu
Organization: UB

Does anyone know the ringback and ANAC numbers for the part of
area code 716 that is served by New York Telephone?  I know
these numbers for the Rochester (Rochester Tel) portion -- in
fact, they've been posted here before -- but not for the Buffalo
(NYTel) portion.

Thanks!
 -- Dave
From: rogue@chezrob.pinetree.org (Marc Scott)
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: education.tele.com
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 23:19:15 EDT
Organization: RPM Desktop Publishing, Ottawa, ON - +1 613 794 0911

I've just recently left highschool and I was interested in furthering my 
education concerning tele-communications at a higher level, college or 
university. Could someone suggest a some suitable choices.
 
                 thanks in advance, M.Scott
 
                 rogue@chezrob.pinetree.org


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From: norstar@tnl.com (Daniel Ray)
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: ringback and ANI for ac 518 (NYNEX in NY State)
Keywords: ringback, ani, nynex
Date: 14 Sep 92 15:53:41 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Northern Lights, Troy NY


I am looking to discover the ringback and automatic number ID for area code
518, upper NY State under New York Telephone (NYNEX).

Please email to norstar@tnl.com. Thanks.

-- norstar
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Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
From: procha@titan.ucc.umass.edu (PAUL ROCHA)
Subject: Re: Portable (Cordless) phone security
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:02:31 GMT

>>I certainly
>>would think twice before getting a cordless phone if there
>>were any chance of someone else placing long distance calls 
>>on it.  
>
>there is nonzero chance of this but there aren't too many
>weenies out there trying stuff like this, i bet.

Most Cordless phones 'nowadays' have security features built-in. One I've seen
from AT&T even has a button you can push so that it will look for a clearer 
frequency.  Quite a few cordless phones 'nowadays' have built in digital
scrambling from the handset to the base unit. By the way, I think (seem to
recall) that it IS illegal to listen in on cordless phone conversations w/o
proper authorization.  However, it would be next to impossible to prove. But
I do know that cops do NOT need a wiretap to listen to cellular phones. It's
a crazy world.  If you are talking about something you don't want others to 
hear, don't do it on the phone.

P.Rocha



Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
From: kless@lindau.inf-wiss.ivp.uni-konstanz.de (Bernhard Kless)
Subject: Was kann ISDN?
Keywords: ISDN
Organization: Information Science, Univ. of Konstanz
              D-W-7750 Konstanz, Germany
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 22:31:27 GMT

Hallo!

Ich haette gerne Informationen darueber, welche Vorteile
man vom Einsatz von ISDN hat, insbesondere innerhalb von
Firmen, Betrieben usw. Was kann dann ISDN leisten? Gibt 
es auch Nachteile gegenueber den herkoemmlichen Anlagen?

Wo erhalte ich zu meinen Fragen weitere Informationen z.B.
in News, bei der Post, bei Firmen, ...?

Bitte Antwort moeglichst auch direkt per e-mail an mich.

Vielen Dank schon jetzt!!




-- 
 	
	Bernhard Kless

kless@inf-wiss.ivp.uni-konstanz.de
From: boone@convex.cl.msu.edu (Dennis Boone)
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: Zip-Phone
Date: 9 Sep 92 15:25:46 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University, East Lansing

A few years ago I came across a program called ZipPhone.  It had AT&T's name
on it, and contained zip codes, area codes and exchanges in a cross-reference
database.  Anyone know where a current version, or something similar, could
be obtained?

Thanks,
Dennis
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Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
From: whitaker@eternity.demon.co.uk.demon.co.uk ("Russell E. Whitaker")
Subject: Modem/software setup for eng. dept.?
Distribution: world
Organization: Extropy Institute
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 09:31:23 +0000

I'm helping out the systems department at an engineering division of a
large London transport company.  There are several remote sites that
deliver fault-logging information to us.  We'd like to set up a server -
BBS or otherwise - to accept modem dial-ins from these sites; each site
would upload a data file to a particular subdirectory.

Would a BBS setup be the way to go?  If so, what is the best well-supported
commercial software to this end?  Whichever program we pick up must, at
a minimum, be able to support 9 modem ports.

Should we go with a multimodem card?  Must we have 1 or more 16550A's
on the motherboard, or a separate serial controller?

The machine used will be a 486, running MS-DOS 5.0, under Novell
3.11; there will be 30+ local users in a TCP/IP network.

My thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me.  If possible, please
cc: to my private email address, as my newsreader is new, and not very
robust.

Russell Earl Whitaker                   whitaker@eternity.demon.co.uk
Communications Editor                       71750.2413@compuserve.com
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Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
From: aaron@stat.tamu.edu (Aaron Hightower)
Subject: Transformers good for "two to four wire" conversion
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 03:31:10 GMT

If anyone on this newsgroup has *real* experience with building custom
Data Acquisition Aparatus' (DAA's), could you please email information
concerning what is a good inexpensive part to use as a hybrid transformer
(or "2 to 4-wire converter")?

I currently have a working system that uses two Radio Shack "Audio Isolation"
transformers (1:1) that are designed "especially" for telephones.  The
only problem is that I am using two of these, and at $3.59 each, I can't
make a bunch of my circuit at a good enough price...

For those interested, I'm trying to minimize parts costs on a computer-
controlled touch tone decoder project that I have designed.  It works
very well, and I plan to release it some time.  :-'  (If I get this stuff
where I like it - cheap).

I am also interested in any docs on FCC part 68 specs.  I am planning to
check the library's government docs section soon, but I would be interested
in a ny prelim info.

Thanks,
 Aaron Hightower
 College of Engineering, Texas A&M University

Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
From: procha@titan.ucc.umass.edu (PAUL ROCHA)
Subject: ZIPPHONE
Summary: Due to requests I have a copy of an older ZIP2NPA database
Keywords: ZIP NPA XREF
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:18:28 GMT

Would anyone be interested in a copy of an older database that I have that
contains a list of ZIP codes cross referenced by NPA's & STATES?  This
file is now out of date. (Doesn't contain area code changes like in San Fran/
Berkeley, or Los Angeles (310), but it does contain NPA's, NTX's, and ZIPS..
I also have ZIPS by STATES if anyone needs it.  I could post this in UUENCODE
format, or email it around, or, zip the file. (They are in DBF format, but I
could copy them to SDF, or any such thing...) Tell me if there is an interest
for such a thing. (This file is from AT&T, off the MCI BBS.  I am STILL looking
for an updated version of this database)

P. Rocha



-- 
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Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom,misc.education,soc.college
From: quinn@ender.tamu.edu (quinn)
Subject: Re: education.tele.com
Organization: Texas A&M University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 03:11:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.212414.27723@samba.oit.unc.edu> Nigel.Allen@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Nigel Allen) writes:
>
>You may want to talk to the electrical engineering department at a nearby
>university to get a better idea about undergraduate coursework in
>telecommunications.
>
Here at Texas A&M University, there is a specialized field of
the Engineering Technology degree plan which is directed toward
telecommunications.  As I am not involved in this degree plan,
I do not have further information on it, but try 800 directory
for Texas A&M...call up and find out who to talk to.

-Dave
.

Xref: sparky alt.dcom.telecom:570 austin.talk:226
From: max@underg.UUCP (Max Cray)
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom,austin.talk
Subject: Phone Jacks
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 13:53:54 EDT
Organization: Underground Computing Foundation


   How do you set up a phone jack so it will use your second
telephone line?

   What are the black and yellow wires for in a phone jack?

   Thanks,

                                          -= Max =-
...!uunet!underg!max
...!cactus.org!underg!max
From: 10u6579@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: Australian MFC wanted.
Date: 13 Sep 92 10:48:11 +1000
Organization: University of New South Wales


   I am trying to find the frequencies used for voice frequency signalling in
the Australian telephone system.  Is it an identical system to that used in
the UK?
   I have searched high and low in my uni library to find the frequencies of
the tones, the only real info I have found was that 600 and 750Hz are
apparently used.  If you can help please E-mail.
Henry,
University of NSW,
Sydney Australia.
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
From: tadams@sbctri.sbc.com (Tom. Adams 529-7860)
Subject: I gotta find a punchdown tool
Organization: Southwestern Bell Technology Resources, St.Louis, MO
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 92 03:08:22 GMT

I gotta find a punchdown tool, but I *won't* pay $50 for it.
Does anyone know of a place where I buy a regular old 66 block 
punchdown tool, preferable spring loaded, for a reasonable price?
If someone out there knows of a good source, or has an extra, I'd
estatic to hear from you.
-- 
Tom Adams	tadams@sbctri.sbc.com adams@swbatl.sbc.com   314-529-7860
misology (mi-sohl'-ogee) Hatred of reason, argument, or enlightenment.
--  misologist n.	Not in any way connected to the word management.
Xref: sparky alt.dcom.telecom:579 sci.electronics:15681
From: jpw@minerva.ece.drexel.edu (Joseph Wetstein)
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom,sci.electronics
Subject: Telephone voltage regulation
Date: 15 Sep 92 16:50:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Drexel University, Philadelphia PA

With regard to my previous post about telephone voltage and lines, I
would like to know if there is a nice way of powering some chips
from the phone line. Perhaps there already is a phone voltage regulation
chip that will do the job for me.

I would really appreciate any help.

Joe:  jpw@coe.drexel.edu   (e-mail is most appreciated)
From: TXK9@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: overtime on international call..
Date: 15 Sep 92 17:09:57 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

I have a question regarding the way call time is registered.
Last month I made an international call for around 24 min. but was charged
for 54 min. by my long distance company. I am told that this is not possible
and that my estimation is wrong. So I wonder what are the technical reasons for
such a mistake to occur so that I can obtain a credit for the call. Thanx.
Kesh
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: ringback wanted for area code 805 (GTE)
From: rfritz@eis.calstate.edu (Ryan Fritz)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 02:44:39 GMT
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services

drp@hp-ptp.ptp.hp.com (Randy Peterson) writes:
> I am also interested in the ring-back and line identification, for (408) 246-
> XXXX. The line identification function is such that when you dial this
> special number, it read back the number that you placed the call from.
> 
> John H. the telecom wizard in Silicon Vally might know this info !
> 
> Randy Petersen
> 
> P.S. Thanks in advance...
> 

Sorry, I missed the ringback for area code 805 message.  :)  I'm in the 805
area code, and 960-XXXX (last 4 digits of your phone #) will give you a
call back.  You dial the number (and get a dialtone immediately after
dialing the number), hangup for about a second, then you will get a 
different tone.  You can then hangup, and your phone will ring withing a
couple of seconds.  Hope this is the info someone was requesting, and I
hope this helps in any remote way.  :-)

[And sorry Randy Peterson, this doesn't help you very much. :)  ]

---
Ryan E. Fritz  (rfritz@eis.calstate.edu)

Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom,misc.education,soc.college
From: Nigel.Allen@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Nigel Allen)
Subject: Re: education.tele.com
Organization: Echo Beach
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:24:14 GMT

In article <se9uqB1w165w@chezrob.pinetree.org> rogue@chezrob.pinetree.org (Marc Scott) writes:
>I've just recently left highschool and I was interested in furthering my 
>education concerning tele-communications at a higher level, college or 
>university. Could someone suggest a some suitable choices.

Your local library will have copies of course calendars from many
different colleges and universities. For information about programs
offered at Ontario colleges and universities, see the book Horizons,
which is available free of charge from:
 Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities
 Communications Branch
 8th Floor, Mowat Block
 900 Bay Street
 Toronto, Ontario
 Canada  M7A 1L2
 telephone (416) 325-2739
 fax (416) 325-2750

The Telecommunications Research Institute of Ontario is located in the
Ottawa area, but is a research association, rather than an undergraduate
school.

You may want to talk to the electrical engineering department at a nearby
university to get a better idea about undergraduate coursework in
telecommunications.

You may also want to see if your local public or university library
receives telecommunications-related magazines. Even though you may find
some of the technical articles fairly difficult, you should get something
out of reading them.
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Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
From: eli@spdcc.com (Steve Elias)
Subject: Re: Portable (Cordless) phone security
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 18:22:16 GMT

 eesnyder@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Eric E. Snyder) writes:
>I picked up a scanner a couple of weeks ago and have found it 
>entertaining to listen to some of the local portable phone 
>traffic in my area.  

yeah, it is a goof, alright.  i've heard everything from phone
sex to possibly sensitive corporate information!

>Given that I can receive these signals pretty easily, what 
>prevents people from using their own phone to dial out on 
>another person's line?  Since there are only a few (10?) 
>frequencies used by cordless phones, what prevents cross talk
>between different base stations and handsets?  

different makes of phones have different mini signalling codes
to authorize dialing, i think.  also, within the same make
there are sometimes dip switch security thangs on both base
and handset.

>I certainly
>would think twice before getting a cordless phone if there
>were any chance of someone else placing long distance calls 
>on it.  

there is nonzero chance of this but there aren't too many
weenies out there trying stuff like this, i bet.

/eli
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Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
From: eli@spdcc.com (Steve Elias)
Subject: Re: Portable (Cordless) phone security
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 23:24:59 GMT

 procha@titan.ucc.umass.edu (PAUL ROCHA) writes:
>scrambling from the handset to the base unit. By the way, I think (seem to
>recall) that it IS illegal to listen in on cordless phone conversations w/o
>proper authorization.  

i think you are not recalling correctly here, sir.
it is legal to listen to cordless phone conversations
in all cases, as far as i know.  name a place it is illegal 
if you can!  we're talking 46.6 to 46.9 Mhz or so, yes?

/eli




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From: drp@hp-ptp.ptp.hp.com (Randy Peterson)
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: ringback wanted for area code 805 (GTE)
Date: 9 Sep 92 17:33:06 GMT
Organization: HP Pacific Technology Park - Sunnyvale, Ca.

I am also interested in the ring-back and line identification, for (408) 246-
XXXX. The line identification function is such that when you dial this
special number, it read back the number that you placed the call from.

John H. the telecom wizard in Silicon Vally might know this info !

Randy Petersen

P.S. Thanks in advance...
From: bill@toto.info.com (Bill Cerny)
Newsgroups: essug.misc,alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: TCA Beer Blast
Keywords: 3rd year, and still haven't been caught
Date: 7 Sep 92 06:31:07 GMT
Organization: Sun, Surf 'n Sushi, San Diego, CA


TCA '92 is coming to the San Diego Convention center the week of
September 21.  Apropos to the season, the Telecom Slackers Society of
San Diego County will host their third annual TCA Beer Blast on
Wednesday, September 23rd at Brewski's, a Gaslamp Quarter brewpub just
a short walk (stumble) from the convention center/Marriott Hotel.

No Virginia, we won't be wearing ties (this _is_ SoCal after all :).  
LA people are welcome (sort of).  For details on how to find us at 
Brewski's, write: tca@info.com.
-- 
Bill Cerny  <bill@toto.info.com>	|	10288-0-700-FON-BILL
She called me a "nazi."  I should protest; but so far I haven't.
From: rmintz@ecst.csuchico.edu (Rich Mintz)
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: ringback wanted for area code 805 (GTE)
Date: 12 Sep 92 21:15:29 GMT
Organization: California State University, Chico

Well, the earlier posts took care of the ringback aspect 
of the request (I hope). As for a number to tell you 
what number you're calling from, the following works from 
most places in the U.S. (I've heard), and there's no 
charge for it. I don't think it's intended for public use 
so don't over-use it or it might disappear. After you 
dial the number, you'll hear what the equipment thinks 
the number you're calling from is, followed by a check 
digit of "8" that you can ignore. It then clears itself, 
reads out all "0"'s, followed by a check digit of "2".
 
It's: 10732 1 404 988 9664
 
This assumes you're at a phone that will accept the 10xxx 
long distance carrier designation. Again, even though it 
looks like it's a long distance call that you'd be 
charged for, it's never shown up on any of my bills and 
my campus Centrex system, that normally demands an access 
code for *all* long distance calls, puts it right through 
without stoping to ask for one.
 
However, use this at your own risk!
 
      Rich -> rmintz@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu
From: upsetter@mcl.ucsb.edu (Jason)
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
Subject: ringback FOUND for area code 805 (GTE)
Date: 12 Sep 92 20:48:22 GMT

Thanks to all who responded to my request!  When Andy Jacobson
<andyj@phoebe.loni.ucla.edu> suggested I try the 113 prefix, it
reminded me that GTE often uses the 11X prefix for test numbers.
So, I tried several, and found that the ringback is 117-XXXX,
where XXXX is your last four digits.  So, anyone want to guess
what kind of switch this is?

Jason		upsetter@mcl.ucsb.edu
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom
From: eesnyder@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Eric E. Snyder)
Subject: Portable (Cordless) phone security
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:13:32 GMT

I picked up a scanner a couple of weeks ago and have found it 
entertaining to listen to some of the local portable phone 
traffic in my area.  

Given that I can receive these signals pretty easily, what 
prevents people from using their own phone to dial out on 
another person's line?  Since there are only a few (10?) 
frequencies used by cordless phones, what prevents cross talk
between different base stations and handsets?  I certainly
would think twice before getting a cordless phone if there
were any chance of someone else placing long distance calls 
on it.  

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