Engineers 52, 91–92, 184
Engressia, Joe
2111 conference 163–165
Acker, Bill 140, 161–162, 238
Arrest, 1971 132–134
Bell Labs analysis of Esquire article 183
Blindness 117–118, 164
Blue boxing to get a job 130–134
Captain Crunch 165–166
Childhood 117–123
College 123–129
David, B. 126–128, 165
Denver 316–317
Emotional connection to telephone 119, 129
Esquire article 168, 170, 172–173
FBI investigation, 1969 127–128
For Whom Ma Bell Tolls Not 181
Isolation and loneliness 126–127, 129, 161–162
Memphis 129–134
Millington Telephone 134
Mountain Bell 316–317, 328
National Public Radio 230
Open sleeve-lead conference 127, 202
Publicity 126
Secrecy vs. openness 165, 246
Stories and Stuff 328
Verification 250
Way, Tandy 122, 127
Whistling 122–126
Wozniak, Steve 218–219
Zzzzyzzerrific Funline 328
See also: Joybubbles
Entrapment 283–284, 287–288
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 190, 297
Ernestine (Lily Tomlin character) 191–192
Esquire magazine 170–184, 199, 206, 208–210, 213, 218, 231, 247, 252, 273, 297, 327, 330, 334
ESS: See electronic switching system (ESS)
Exchange, telephone 20, 23, 27, 59, 65, 250, 316, 325
000-199 exchange codes 65, 202–203
Automatic 25, 41–43, 45
Failure, PLaza 8, NYC 189
Foreign 300
Missing 9–11
Names 31–32
Numbers 31–32, 45, 47, 65
See also: busy signal conference, central office, party line conference, switchboard
Execunet 300–301
Exhaustive dialing: See scanning
Extensions, telephone 188, 193
Facebook 150, 158
FBI: See Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCC: See Federal Communications Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Acker, Bill, 1976 311–312
Atomic bomb plans 321
Barclay, Ralph, 1961 59–60
Bell Labs Telephone Crime Lab 182–183
Billings, MT blue box arrests 180
Blue box arrests, September 1972 215
Bookmaking 98, 100–109
Convention, phone phreak, 1972 215
Credit card calls 194–195
Draper, John, 1971–1972 180, 208, 213–214, 216
Draper, John, 1975, wiretapping of FBI 251–261
Draper, John, 1976 276–277, 282–284, 287–292
Engressia, Joe, 1969 127–128
Gudgel, Bob, 1971 181
Harvard students, 1963 78–83
Locke, Jake, 1967 8, 9, 12–13
Oklahoma, Ray, 1972 212
Memo to AT&T Chairman 258
Pyne, Charles, 1963 78–83
Sheridan, Paul 271–280, 287–290, 301
Telephone company security agents 204
Toll fraud 91
Wozniak, Steve, blue box note 223–224
YIPL/TAP newsletter 240–241, 276–277, 321
Federal Communications Commission
Antitrust laws 302
Carterfone/foreign attachments 298–299
Hush-a-Phone hearing 159
Laws against telephone fraud 90
MCI 299–300, 302
Investigation into AT&T service failures 189
Investigation into AT&T discrimination 190
Rate increase request 187–188
Fettgather, Jim 147, 153–156, 163–164, 166, 170, 172, 247–248, 328
Feynman, Richard 119
Fiddle 242
Fierstein, Alan 186–187, 192, 197–200
Fifth Estate 241
Fine Arts 13 2, 7–8, 12, 71, 77, 79–80, 126, 225
Firedrake, George 280
Flash Override 270, 274
Flute 76–77
See also: Davy Crockett Cat and Canary Bird Call Flute, Tonette flute
Fonger, B. A. 278
For Whom Ma Bell Tolls Not: See Orth, Maureen
Ford, Gerald 268, 303
Foreign exchange service 300
Framed: See entrapment
Fraud by Wire: See laws, 18 USC 1343
FX service: See foreign exchange service
Garbage: See Dumpster diving
Gates, Bill 281, 309
General Telephone and Electronics (GTE) 57–58, 124–125, 161, 205–206, 226, 255, 257, 260, 268, 277, 279, 286–287, 331
Gilbert, John 245, 338, 390
Gilbertson, Al 167–170, 173–174, 230, 327–328, 335
Glare: See simultaneous seizure
Goldman, Albert 252
Governor Dummer Academy 68
Gravitt, T. O.: See Ashley-Gravitt scandal
Greene, Harold 321–322, 332
Greenstar, Project 91–97, 115–116, 144, 182, 304–305, 358–359
Group Bell 245–246
Guard banding 273–274, 278–279
See also: tandem stacking
Gudgel, Bob 165–166, 181, 240
Hacker, telephone 369
Ham radio 37, 65, 69, 74, 88, 122, 126, 141, 201, 331
Handles 165–166, 173, 221, 316
Hanna, Kenneth 98, 104–116, 288, 312, 327
Harmonic telegraph 17
Harvard University 1–2, 4, 7–9, 12, 68–72, 74, 77–78, 80–86, 126, 225, 309, 313, 326
See also: Locke, Jake; Lauck, Tony; Pyne, Charlie; Ross, Ed
Harward, Bill 257–258, 277–278, 282
Hatred of telephone company 187–192, 197, 231
He’s got the whole world in his hands 223–224, 244
Heckel, Paul 66, 74, 77–78, 83, 326
Heffron, Eli (store) 66
Heinz, Dennis 150
Heist, Bill 98, 104, 106–107
Herald, Boston 8–10, 13
Hierarchical network 24, 269, 348–349
Highrise Joe: See Engressia, Joe
Hijacking, cultural 199–200
Hill, Robert 348, 389
Hippies: See counterculture, Youth International Party
Hoaxes: See pranks
Hoffman, Abbie 186–187, 192, 197, 199, 212–213, 215–216
Hogan, James 109
Homebrew computers/Computer Club 281, 308–309
Hook switch dialing 121–124
Hopper, Ken 93–95, 182–183, 257, 277–279, 315–316, 322, 331
Hotel Diplomat: See Conventions, phone phreak
Hubbard, Gardiner 17–18
Hush-a-Phone 158–159
In-band signaling 48–49, 62, 74, 85
Independent telephone companies 22, 26–28, 57, 72, 124, 138, 161
See also: competition, General Telephone and Electronics
Informants 214–215, 244–245, 253, 277, 279, 283–284, 287–288, 290, 308
See also: Eder, Chic; Reid, Ernie; Sheridan, Paul
Information: See directory assistance, knowledge, openness vs. secrecy
Intel 306–309
International Society of Telephone Enth
usiasts 165
See also: David, B.
Internet 16, 43, 99, 156, 296–297, 332
Interstate Commerce Commission 27
Inward operator 4–7, 10, 33, 36, 49, 66–67, 72–73, 208, 250
Isolation: See loneliness
Jacobs, Bob 272, 277–278
JCSAN/COPAN 274
Jell-O 118
Jobs, Steve 219–225, 243–244, 309, 313, 333–334, 336
Joke lines 157–159, 223
Joybubbles 328–329
See also: Engressia, Joe
Juicing 245, 390
Justice Department, U.S.
Antitrust 27–28, 301–302, 321, 331
Bookies 104, 107, 112, 115
Draper, John 260
Greenstar 96
Laws, telephone fraud 89–91
Sheridan, Paul 271–272
Wiretapping via verification 254, 257
See also: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kaylor, Roy 280–281, 283
Kazan, Lainie 223, 244
Kefauver, Estes 108
Kelley, Clarence 258
Kingsbury Commitment 27–28, 301
Kissinger, Henry 225
Kleena Kleene, B.C. 4–7
Knowledge, shared 165
Kranyak, Jack 241
Langford, F. Steele 257, 259
Lauck, Tony 69, 72–74, 77–78, 82–83, 326
Lavelle School for the Blind 136, 141–143
Laws
18 USC 1084 (Interstate Transmission of Wagering Information) 100, 107
18 USC 1343 (Fraud by Wire) 89–91, 97, 107, 115, 208, 212, 260–261, 282, 288, 290–291, 311–312
47 USC 605 (Wiretapping) 96, 109–113, 288
502.7 California Penal Code 210, 241, 380
Lefcourt, Jerry 199
Leger, Lloyd 316–317
Letters on telephone dial 32
Lingo, Kim 230
Locke, Jake 1–14, 126, 313, 326
Loman, Henry 108, 111
Lompoc prison 293, 296, 312
Loneliness 126, 129, 155–157, 160–161, 245–246
Long distance
211 access code 32
AT&T Long Lines 22–23
Automation 41–50, 52–55
Competitors, access to AT&T 27–28
Direct distance dialing 49–50
Early 14–16
Routing 42
Switching, manual 24, 32–35, 42
Toll records 101–104
Loop arounds 148–150, 153, 155–157, 173, 178, 202, 223, 230, 237, 245, 262, 267
Lucey, Fraser: See Acker, Bill; Esquire magazine
Machine intelligence 46–47
Machine, The (telephone joke line) 157, 159–160
Mack, John 305
MacKenzie, Louis 86–87, 103–104
Mafia: See bookmaking
Mark Bernay Society 154, 166
Marker 46
Mason, Peter 80
May Day demonstrations, 1971 185, 193
MCI 299–302, 331
McQueen, Steve 195
Memory, computer 46–47, 234–235, 306–308
Menalto Market 280–283, 287–288
MF: See multifrequency
MF Boogie 230
Microprocessor 306–309
Microsoft 62, 235, 309
Midnight Skulker: See Bernay, Mark
Military telephone system: SeeAUTOVON, JCSAN/COPAN
Millington Telephone 134
MIT 2, 4, 6–11, 66, 69–70, 74, 79, 84, 86, 313, 326, 334
See also: Heckel, Paul
MITS (Altair computer manufacturer) 308–309
Mob: See bookmaking
Modell, Nathan 106
See also: Hanna, Kenneth
Modem 43, 296–297, 313, 320, 322, 332
Monopoly 18, 27–28, 158, 187, 236, 301
See also: antitrust, Carterfone, competition, Hush-a-Phone, MCI
Moog synthesizer 222
Morris, IL (ESS prototype) 234–236
Morse code 16, 37, 141–142, 208
Morse, Samuel 15
Moscow 130, 181, 225
Mountain Bell 317–318, 327–328
Multifrequency (MF) signaling 5–6, 9–10, 47–50, 52–57, 72–74, 76, 85, 138–142, 145, 154, 167, 175, 203, 206, 208, 219, 230, 247, 268, 296–297, 314, 325
Multiple telegraph 16–17
Mute: See black box
National Public Radio 230–231, 244, 298
National Security Agency 101, 209, 278, 395
Nerping: See juicing
Network of phone phreaks 9, 126–129, 155–157, 160–166, 169, 171–174, 181, 212–214, 218–219
See also: 052 conference, 2111 conference
Network Service Center, Denver 317–318, 328
New England Telephone and Telegraph 28, 80–82
New York Institute of Technology 180
New York service failures 188–189, 297
New York Telephone 28, 144–145, 180, 188–189, 204, 207, 215, 241, 260
Newman, Paul 195
Newspapers, underground: See underground newspapers
Nike missile control 71
Nixon, Richard 185–186, 191, 225, 229–230, 303
No. 1 ESS, No. 4 crossbar switch, No. 5 crossbar switch, etc.: See numerical entries at start of index
NORAD 80, 131
Norden, Robert P. 264–267, 293
Northern Telephone Company 325–326
Notes on Distance Dialing 72
NPA: See area code
NPR: See National Public Radio
Nuclear hoax, Santa Barbara 225–228, 267
Numbering plan area: See area code
Oaf Tobar 221, 224
Obscene phone calls 264
Obsession 10, 14, 17, 36, 68, 72, 117–118, 199, 266, 333
Oklahoma, Ray 203, 209–210, 212–213, 250, 328
Old Bailey (UK phone phreaks) 242–243
Omerta 144–145
Open sleeve-lead conference 127, 202
Openness vs. secrecy 165, 169, 245–246
Operating system 62–63, 235
Operator
Acker, Bill 140, 317
AUTOVON 278–279
Boys as 21
Bribing 102
Condon, David 35–36, 39–40
Conference calls 163
Credit card calls 194–196
Distance dialing 49
Early 20–21, 23–26
Ernestine (Lily Tomlin character) 191–192
Engressia, Joe 124, 129–130, 133, 328
Greenstar 94
Impersonation 40, 66, 83, 326
International 246
Long distance 32–36, 39–43, 49, 175
Optical telegraph 15
Pay phone 238–239
Pyne, Charlie 64–67, 70–71, 83
Sheridan, Paul 264
Size of workforce 24, 41
Stacking 66–68
Supervision 47
Verification 250
See also: directory assistance, inward operator, rate and route operator
Optical telegraph 14–15
Organ: See electronic organ
Organized crime: See bookmaking
Orth, Maureen 181, 208
Overseas switching center 246–247
Ownership of telephones: See rental of telephones
Pacific Northwest Bell 188, 240
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph 28, 188, 248
Barclay, Ralph 58–61
Bubis, Al 107–108
Draper, John; Sheridan, Paul; and FBI wiretapping 253–255, 260, 262–264, 271, 276–277, 282–283, 285–289, 293, 322
Ramparts 210–211
TEL newsletter 241–242
Panel switching system 42, 45
Paranoia 165, 180, 191, 244–247, 266–267, 277, 294, 308, 315, 318–319
Party line
Actual 186
Conferences 10, 147–148
Patent, telephone 18, 21–22, 26
Pay phone
Airport 72, 154–155
Barclay, Ralph 52
Burglaries 263
Draper, John 181, 201, 214, 273, 282–283, 287–289
Engressia, Joe 122–123, 129
Pyne, Charlie 68
Red box 238–240, 256, 273, 291, 315
Security measure 11, 68, 82
Whistle trips 154–155
PDP-6 computer, MIT 313
Peckham, Robert 208, 214, 217, 319
Peg counter 105
Pennsylvania Bell: See Bell of Pennsylvania
People’s Computer Company 272, 280–283, 287, 308
Perrin, Wayne 263–268, 270–272, 277–278, 280, 284–286, 293, 331
Person-to-person call 34–35
Philby, Kim 81
Phone Freaks of America (PFA) 165
See also: Network of phone phreaks
Phone trips 154–155
Phreak, origin of term 165, 174
Plath, Rick 149–150, 160
PLaza 8 exchange, New York City 189
Plimmer, Tom 159–160
Point-to-point telephone service 19
Politeo, Tom 159–160, 169
Pope (Wozniak prank) 225
Popular Electronics 88, 307–308
Pranks 122, 224–229, 267, 315–316, 322
Precedence dialing 269–270, 274
President, United States: See Ford, Gerald; Nixon, Richard
President’s Analyst, The 191, 292
President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board 259
Processor Technology 309, 314
Project 21 286, 293
Project Greenstar: See Greenstar, Project
Pseudonyms: See handles
Publicity 85–86, 97, 124, 126, 129–130, 132, 164, 169, 180, 213, 225
Puzzles 2, 17, 70, 174, 196, 262
Pynchon, Thomas 171
Pyne, Charlie 64–86, 103, 199, 225, 313, 326, 333
Radio Electronics 242
Ramparts 209–213, 241, 297, 328
Rate and route operator 33, 42, 58, 66, 311
Rates, telephone
Competition 299–301
Historical 19–20, 26, 34, 124, 163
Increase requests 187–188
Person-to-person 34–35
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