[VoIP] Wikipedia entry on Phreaking, the section about Wawina

[Lucky 225]

that'd be great. :D

On 10/9/06, Jayson Smith <ratguy at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
> I do have the recordings I made from both the night time conference and
> the
> daytime conference when the cutover actually occurred.  I don't want to
> make
> the entire conference available, as there are large boring spots and some
> things that I should edit out, so I'll probably make available certain
> parts, with the involved people's permission of course!  I definitely want
> to put up the part where Shane tells us all that the cutover has occurred,
> I
> check the time, etc.  Shane, is this okay with you?  I'd love to put up
> the
> part where Lucky225 calls Joybubbles and, let's just say something really
> odd happens!  I think it was Lucky that did this.  I really ought to get
> permission from Joybubbles to put that up, but since I don't know it if he
> has access to Email I'd have to send him a voice message and maybe have
> him
> call me back on CNET?  Don't really want to give out my PSTN number.  And
> of
> course I've gotta include the part where I blow 2600 and kick the last two
> N2 connections off!  Sorry, guys!
> Jayson.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lucky 225" <Lucky225 at 2600.com>
> To: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>; "Voice Over IP Tandem for
> Analog
> Switches" <voip at ckts.info>
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 4:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [VoIP] Wikipedia entry on Phreaking, the section about Wawina
>
>
> > Jayson- I'd love the recordings you have from wawina of the conference
> > before the N2 trunks died if you got any of 'em
> >
> > On 10/9/06, Jayson Smith <ratguy at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >    Hi,
> > > I have no idea who wrote this, but in case you haven't seen it, here's
> the
> > > section of the "Phreaking" entry at Wikipedia concerning Wawina.  I
> have
> > > to
> > > say, they got it mostly right, although I certainly am not one of the
> > > 'famous' phone phreaks.  I guess you could say I'm a phreak, except
> that
> I
> > > never did play around with MF back in the day, etc.  Anyway here goes,
> and
> > > hope you enjoy it!
> > > Jayson.
> > >
> > > The End of MF
> > >
> > > The end of MF phreaking in the lower 48 United States occurred on June
> 15,
> > > 2006.
> > > The last exchange in the continental United States to use a
> "phreakable"
> > > MF-signalled trunk replaced the aging (yet still well kept) N2 carrier
> > > with
> > > a T-1
> > > carrier. This exchange was located in Wawina, MN, (218)-488. This
> > > particular
> > > exchange was run by the
> > > Northern Telephone Company of Minnesota.
> > > The days building up to the cutover were comparatively eventful, as
> many
> > > phone phreaks from across North America and the world made calls into
> what
> > > was
> > > the last group of MF-able inward trunks in the continental United
> States.
> > > A
> > > message board was set up on +1 (218) 488-1307, for phone phreaks
> across
> > > the
> > > world to "say their goodbyes" to MF signalling and the N2 in Wawina.
> > > During
> > > the days prior to the cutover, many famous phone phreaks such as
> > > Mark Bernay,
> > > Joybubbles,
> > > Bob Bernay,
> > > and
> > > Captain Crunch
> > > could be heard leaving their comments on the message board. The
> official
> > > date for the cutover from N2 to
> > > T-carrier
> > > was Wednesday, June 14. As early as June 7, there was a noticeable
> static
> > > on
> > > what had previously been clear lines. By Monday, June 12, many numbers
> > > were
> > > unreachable, and the static had peaked. The recording on +1 (218)
> 488-1307
> > > was generally inaccessible, and MFing through the switch was becoming
> > > increasingly
> > > more difficult due to the increased static. By the 15th, the end had
> come.
> > >
> > > The cutover occurred around 1:38, Eastern Daylight Time. The Wawina
> > > switchmen had disallowed any more incoming calls to the N2 system,
> > > however,
> > > a few phreaks
> > > were still on the lines. The last two phone phreaks to sit on a
> > > telephone-company-operated MF trunk in the continental United States
> were
> > > Lucky225
> > > and Josh from Pittsburgh. Lucky and Josh were idling in a conference,
> from
> > > the N2 side. A few phone phreaks were sitting on the same conference,
> but
> > > coming
> > > in through the T-carrier or the
> > > Collector's Network.
> > > Later on, another phone phreak, Jayson Smith, pulsed 2600 through the
> > > Collector's Network (which does not respond to 2600 Hz or MF tones).
> That
> > > indicated
> > > to all parties on the N2 that the called party had hung up, which in
> turn
> > > winked off Lucky and Josh's last remaining trunks, and ended the last
> two
> > > inbound
> > > calls ever made on the Wawina N2. Shane, the switchman running the
> > > operation, then placed a ceremonial "last call" from the
> > > central office,
> > > and shut down the system for good.
> > >
> > >
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