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\        The Telus Payphone Plan          /
 \              By: Bungie               /
  \____________January 1998  ___________/ 


Well, the bastards at Telus have created a new plan to destroy the few 
phreakers left in the 403. You probably haven't even seen it coming 
either.

Have you ever played with those new digital payphones that they have in 
the malls. Those things are completely computerized. At first they look 
pretty cool. They make scanning a lot faster with that new [<>] feature 
and bring back red boxing. They seem sort of phun...

But, there are a lot of disadvantages too! The computer in the payphone 
knows which numbers you aren't supposed to dial. The main Telus services 
like ringback,loops and telus system dialups can't be called. Neither can 
long distance carriers that we aren't supposed to access. International 
calls too (me and Poison tried to call Iran. No dice.) All of them give 
you the NO ACCESS message. This really sucks. 

Another shitty thing is the caller logs. They are really improved here. 
If you dial a WATS (800) number too many times it will notify the phone's 
CO. If you red box calls, it will be monitored severely in the next week. 
These computers make catching phreaks who always use the same payphone 
easy.

The buggers are alarmed like hell too. When you open the lower panels, 
an alarm goes off. When you open the other panels, an even noisier alarm 
goes off. The CO and probably the police are alerted too.

Now back to Telus' plan. They are not just putting them in malls anymore! 
By the end of this month, all the COCOTS (ie. the phones on the wall of 
the 7-eleven) in the city will be digital. Pretty soon, all the payphones 
may be digital! They think their new toys will kill phreaking in the 403.

So you're saying, "How can we phreak this and make Telus pay for its 
stupidity?". Well, as I was saying, calls no longer require the operator 
to collect the toll. All back to ACTS. So your red box tones will work 
again! Also, these suckers can be programmed! Thats right, there are 
certain codes you can use to make phree calls. You just have to find them 
(tho that can be a hell of a phun thing).

I'll have more info later, as I play with these more. I hope this keeps 
you informed enough for now. Later.

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