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

Tue Oct 10 05:15:58 CDT 2006

Hi,
All except, afaik, Joybubbles are on this list.  I have sent him a voicemail
to try to secure permission.  I'll probably go ahead and post that segment
unless he objects.
On the subject of which, how would people like to hear these?  Would you
rather have files you can download from a website and listen on your
computer, or a Cnet phone number you can call, pick from a menu of available
segments and hear them over the phone, or both?
Thanks for your offer of space.  I've got plenty of space to host this, but
not a lot of bandwidth.
Jayson.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Novack" <jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org>
To: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [VoIP] Wikipedia entry on Phreaking, the section about Wawina

> If you need space, I have almost 15 Gig sitting around waiting for
something
> I assume all the participants were subscribers to the VOIP list, correct?
> I doubt you will have any problems with anyone, nor even need permission
>
> John Novack
>
>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >> 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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