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

Mon Oct 9 17:37:44 CDT 2006

Jayson,

I was one of the people that was on the Wawina conference when the 
cutover occured.  I was going by Josh from Pittsburgh.  I'd also love to 
have the recordings, and I have no problems with you using any of the 
parts with me on them.  By the way, no worries for kicking me off the 
conference ;)

Josh

Jayson Smith 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
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>>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:
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>>>   Hi,
>>>I have no idea who wrote this, but in case you haven't seen it, here's
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>the
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>>>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
>>>      
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>I
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>>>never did play around with MF back in the day, etc.  Anyway here goes,
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>and
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>>>hope you enjoy it!
>>>Jayson.
>>>
>>>The End of MF
>>>
>>>The end of MF phreaking in the lower 48 United States occurred on June
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>15,
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>>>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
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>what
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>>>was
>>>the last group of MF-able inward trunks in the continental United
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>States.
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>>>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
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>static
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>>>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)
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>488-1307
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>>>was generally inaccessible, and MFing through the switch was becoming
>>>increasingly
>>>more difficult due to the increased static. By the 15th, the end had
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>come.
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>>>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
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>were
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>>>Lucky225
>>>and Josh from Pittsburgh. Lucky and Josh were idling in a conference,
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>from
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>>>the N2 side. A few phone phreaks were sitting on the same conference,
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>but
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>>>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).
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>That
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>>>indicated
>>>to all parties on the N2 that the called party had hung up, which in
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>turn
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>>>winked off Lucky and Josh's last remaining trunks, and ended the last
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>two
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>>>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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