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

Tue Oct 10 13:57:00 CDT 2006

if you send me the files, or I can set up ftp for you, I'll host them on
verizonfears.com

On 10/10/06, Jayson Smith <ratguy at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> 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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