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    Dear YIPI;
    The New York Telephone Company originally publicized
    these n~rnbers wLen it introduced International Direct Dis- A recent r~lmor flying around Washington was tbat there
    tance Dialing (DDD), but [or some reason the n~nbers - was a n~ber, 560-9944, tbat made a rising siren tone
    were not mentioned in the new brochures. Per~.ps ~ey fe~t wlbh a cllck ~f your phone w~ tapped, and no click meant
    tbat these recordings wol~ld encourage poople to ~sc their no tap. NBC anchormam John Chancellor called the n~m-
    boxes for C~l15 to other conntries. In any case, here is ~he ber and heard a click, so he called the phone company.
    
                                          They told him they disconnected it because peopJe were
                                          comPlete liTsELi rpHONE SIGNAI~g too mar~y cn11s to it, falsely thin}dng that it told of
                                          (212) 363-8888 Norway and Swedenphone taps. An army intelligence source told tbe N. Y.
                                          L emst that e a si n śm r in N. Y., but he
                                          212)363 8889 It y and _ g             ,
                                          (212) 363 884 ~itzerland and Denmarkdldn t know it. I! he had read YIP1 ~IL14, howe r, he wo d
                                          (212t 797-8029 Greece and Spainhave, 324-0707. This number, to our- Imowledge, was not
                                          (212) 797-8079 Austr~lin and Japana bug detector. It is a test number that swept trough tbe
                                          (212) 797-8729 British Isles and France   frequencies of the long-distance circliits. When it reaches
                                          (212) 797-8798 Belgillrn and Germany2600, there is a momentary click because testmen using
                                          The local A&P has two pay phones but ~ey ripped out the  it long-distance don't wantto be causing extra swit~hing
                                          ' the ub cwhen chec ng a 1ine. A f ters a long- nce
                                          number plate smce the A &P chain doesn t want p     tr~ = would calme the loss of the tone at 2600 anyway.
                                          to know the number of the pay phones in their stores. I
                                          tried disling 958 but it didn't work (although it works in    1~e Telecornrnand(YIPL 93) detects a tone sent down a line
                                          other pay phones). Any ideas why 958 dldn't work? Can    and silen~y answers the phone. If you suspect a Telecom-
                                          A&P request the telephone company to disconnect the rnnnd on your phone, and were to feed a rising siren tone
                                          Automatic Nllmber Identification from its phones?   into your phone, you would hear a click wLen the frequency
                                          -J R., N Y -of the Telecommnnd was reachod, and the click would mean
    
    Could be that the exchange ofthe particular pay phone h~s that the Teleconunand had just turned on. Since the chance
    another AN! number. Try ringback, the bell may ha~re been Of a Telecommand being on your phone is small compared
    deactivated anyway Complain to the manager that someone to the many more common taps, using the phone company's
    might have to reach you while shopping, and you might go tc sweep tone could prove to verg misle~`ling, at the very least.
    a store that doesn't maXe aiready lousy service even worse.since the rumors begarl, both the Washington ~d N. Y. num-
    But it isn't likely Bell disconnected ANI just from those pay bers haYe become bl2sy sig~s. So it appears tbat a common
    test number usefal for one limited t~rpe of bug detechon and
    no others has bitten the dust.
    
                                                   phones.
                                                   Also, ~y reason with the manager7 since complaining to Ä
                                                   the phone company won't do any good. The mar~ager will,
                                                   however, have a lot of puU with them. Ask the manager
                                                   how one makes a 10 minute caJ1 with one dime. What happens
                                                   wlen the dime runs out? Call collect, and pay more? What ~fOU ARE   A
    
                                           do tbey have against calling from home phones back to pay    y    Wll T YOU KNOW
                                           pones? Don't people p~y for home service?          OU E AT YOU DO
                                                   HELP YOURSELF
    
                                          Dear YIPL,
                                          While on the pkrone with a friend, I heard clicks on the line.
                                          Then an operator came in and told me that there was anoth-
                                          er party trying to reach me and tbat it was an emergency.
                                          I heard the clicks a long time ar~d when I asked her why she
                                          was listening ~n so long she told me she was try~ng to find
                                          out if my conversation was important enough to breaX into.
                                          And when I asked her her name, sh~ hung up.
                                          -RK, NY-
    
                                          lIot News Iteml In issue 11 we stated th~t the n1~ck Box is
                                          primarily for long-distance calls, and thatlocal cn~l~ may
                                          be disconnected if the switch is not immediately switched
                                          to "Ereet'. Tests in sever~ areas of New York show that
                                          local calls will not be disconnected and will be free I Calls
                                          from a pay phone wiH also be free. There are reports that
                                          certain areas will disconnect }ocal calls automa~cally ln
                                          10 to 30 seconds, but often the phone is picked up and hung
                                          up t~o slowly) thus acconnting for the disconnection. If the
                                          procedure is done within i/2 second, no disconnection will
                                          occur, ~less the loca1 phone system is so designed. High-
                                          est safety wi31 be afforded ~hen calls are kept under 3 min-
                                          utes.
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    Dear YIPI~:
    Here's a way to beat the high cost of li~nug.
    1. Steal an adjustable price marker from a supermarket.
    It has about 5 wLeels' that turn to whatever price you
    want.
    2. Go to your local hobby shop and buy a small tube of
    Methyl Ethyl Ketone, "MEK'', a resin catalyst.
    You are now ready to ~ght dat ole debbil inflation. You've
    got your pricer, your MEK, and some paper tissue. Now
    go to the store. Stick to canned foods at first. Find w~at
    you want. Put a drop of MEK on the price.Wa~t a
    then wipe it off with your paper tissue. Select t~
    you want(between 10 and 25 cents less tban the st,
    on your pricer, and stamp away. If they question the ce
    at the checkout, get abusive. Call them rnoney gru~bin ~
    bloodsuckers and tEreaten to call the price commi~sion.
    They will not bother you again. Bon appetite and good luck.
    -Stainless, R. ~ -
    

    





    