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               "LOOPS I'VE KNOWN AND LO
VED"

     NO SELF-RESPECTING PHONE PHREAK CA
N GO THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT
KNOWING WHAT A LOOP IS, HOW TO USE ONE,
 AND THE TYPES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE.  THE LOOP IS A GREAT ALTERNA
TE COMMUNICATION MEDIUM
THAT HAS MANY POTENTIAL USES THAT HAVEN
'T EVEN BEEN TAPPED YET.
IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN WHAT A LOOP IS, IT 
WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU
WOULD VISUALIZE TWO PHONE NUMBERS (LINE
S) JUST FLOATING AROUND
IN
THE TELCO CENTRAL OFFICE.  NOW, IF YOU 
(AND A FRIEND PERHAPS)
WERE TO CALL THESE TWO NUMBERS AT THE S
AME TIME, POOOOFFFF!!!,
YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED TOGETHER.  I HEAR
 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING OUT
THERE ..., "BIG DEAL" OR "WHY SHOULD MO
THER BELL COLLECT TWO
MSU'S (MESSAGE UNITS) FOR ONE LOUSY PHO
NE CALL!?"  WELL ...
THINK
AGAIN.  HAVEN'T YOU EVER WANTED SOMEONE
 TO CALL YOU BACK, BUT
WERE RELUCTANT TO GIVE OUT YOUR HOME PH
ONE NUMBER (LIKE THE LAST
TIME YOU TRIED TO GET YOUR FRIENDS' UNL
ISTED NUMBER FROM THE
BUSINESS OFFICE)?  OR HOW ABOUT A COLLE
CT CALL TO YOUR FRIEND
WAITING ON A LOOP, WHO WILL GLADLY ACCE
PT THE CHARGES?  OR
BETTER
YET, STUMBLING A LOOP THAT YOU DISCOVER
 HAS MULTI-USER
CAPABILITY
(FOR THOSE LATE-NIGHT CONFERENCE).  BES
T OF ALL IS FINDING A
NON-
SUPERVISED LOOP THAT DOESN'T CHARGE ANY
 MSU'S OR TOLLS TO ONE OR
BOTH PARTIES.  EXAMPLE: MANY MOONS AGO,
 A LOOP AFFECTIONATELY
KNOWN AS 'THE 332 LOOP' WAS NON-SUP ON 
ONE 'SIDE'.  I HAD MY
FRIEND IN CALIFORNIA DIAL THE FREE (NON
-SUP) SIDE, (212) 332 -
9906 AND I DIALED THE SIDE THAT CHARGED
, 332-9900.  AS YOU CAN
SEE, I WAS CHARGED ONE MSU, AND MY FRIE
ND WAS CHARGED ZILCH, FOR
AS LONG AS WE WISHED TO TALK!!!

     AHHHH .... HAVE I PERKED YOUR INTR
EST YET?  IF SO, HERE IS
HOW TO FIND A LOOP OF YOUR VERY OWN.  F
IRST, DO ALL OF YOUR LOOP
SEARCHING AT NIGHT!  THIS IS BECAUSE TH
E LOOPS SERVE A GENUINE
TEST FUNCTION WHICH TELCO USES DURING T
HE DAY.  (WE DON'T WANT
TO
RUN INTO AN IRATE LINEMAN NOW, DO WE?) 
 TO FIND A LOOP, HAVING
TWO PHONE NUMBERS IS A DEFINITE PLUS.  
IF NOT, GET A FRIEND TO
DIAL NUMBERS AT HIS LOCATION.  LAST RES
ORT, TRY DIALING FROM TWO
ADJACENT PAY PHONES.  NOW, GET YOUR TRU
STY WHITE PAGES, AND TURN
TO THE PAGE WHERE IT LISTS METRO NY EXC
HANGES AND THE NUMBER OF
MSU'S FROM YOUR EXCHANGE.  THE IDEA IS 
TO GET A LOOP THAT IS
ONLY
ONE MSU FROM YOUR CALLING AREA SO YOU D
ON'T GO BANKRUPT TRYING
TO
FIND A WORKING ONE.  SO WRITE DOWN IN A
 LIST ALL OF THESE
EXCHANGES.  THE FOLLOWING ARE COMMON LO
OP ENDINGS (EXC STANDS
FOR
THE EXCHANGE):

MANHATTEN AND THE BRONX ---------- EXC 
- 9977 & EXC - 9979
BROOKLYN AND QUEENS -------------- EXC 
- 9900 & EXC - 9906

     ARMED WITH THE PRECEDING INFO, DIA
L THE TONE SIDE OF A
LOOP.
THIS WOULD BE THE 9906 OR 9979 SIDE.  T
HE BEST THING THAT COULD
HAPPEN NOW IS THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO 
HEAR YOURSELF, OR FRIEND
THROUGH THE LOOP CONNECTION.  EUREKA, Y
OU'VE FOUND A LOOP!!!
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TOO 
OFTEN.  HERE ARE THE MORE
COMMON POSSIBILITES:

1. YOU CAN HEAR THROUGH THE LOOP (NOT M
UTED) BUT THERE IS A 1/2
   SECOND CLICK EVERY 10 SECONDS THAT I
NTERRUPTS THE AUDIO.  GOOD
   FOR BACKUP USE, BUT THE %&%$%%! CLIC
K IS SUPER ANNOYING.

2. ONE SIDE OF THE LOOP IS BUSY; TRY IT
 AGAIN LATER.

3. THE TONE DISAPPEARS, BUT YOU CANNOT 
HEAR THROUGH IT (THE LOOP
   IS MUTED, TRY AGAIN IN A MONTH OR SO
).

4. YOU GET "THE NUMBER YOU HAVE REACHED
" RECORDING.  NO MORE
   LOOP IN THAT EXCHANGE, GO ON TO NEXT
.

     MOST LOOPS FALL INTO CATAGORY #3, 
BUT THEY DO BECOME UNMUTED
FROM TIME TO TIME.  ONCE YOU HAVE FOUND
 A LOOP, ITS USES ARE
ONLY LIMITED TO YOUR IMAGINATION.  IF Y
OU DISCOVER ANY NOVEL USES
FOR LOOP LINES, I AM ALWAYS WILLING TO 
LEARN, SO LEAVE THEM FOR
ME HERE ON *MOM*.

                                   HAPP
Y LOOPING
OFFICIAL PHREDDY LOOP -------(212) 452 
- 9900, 9906
                                  GREAT
 FOR DATA!

INFO ON THE '1633' LOOPS BY SPECIAL REQ
UEST ONLY!!!!!!!



***************************************
**************************

THE PRECEDING ARTICLE WAS DUPLICATED FR
OM ONE POSTED ON MODEM
OVER MANHATTEN (MOM).  MOM IS NO LONGER
 IN OPERATION, HOWEVER
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BULLETIN BOARDS (A
FTER 8BBS) TO SUPPORT
PHREEKING.   THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OF THI
S ARTICLE WAS THE ONE AND
ONLY PHRED PHREEK.  NOTE THAT THE COMME
NTS AT THE END OF THE
ARTICLE NO LONGER APPLY, AS THIS ARTICL
E WAS WRITTEN IN 1981, AND
PHRED PHREEK HAS NOT BEEN HEARD OF SINC
E MOM WENT DOWN.


BULLETIN TO PRINT, <L> FOR LIST, OR <RE
TURN> TO EXIT? 10

HERE ARE SOME NEW LOOPS. ALL ARE IN THE
 212 AREA. ON ANY GIVEN
DAY OR NITE SEVERAL MAY BE BUSY,(MORE O
FTEN CASUAL USERS THAN 
TELCO PERSONNEL.) AND ON ANY GIVEN DAY 
OR NITE SEVERAL MAY BE 
INOPERATIVE. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHETHER 
TELCO MAINTENANCE PERSONELL
REMEMBER TO 'THROW THE KEY' WHEN THEYRE
 DONE LINE TESTING. IF THEY REMEMBER TO
TO TURN A LINE 'OFF', THEN IT'LL REMAIN
 OFF TILL THE NEXT MAINTENANCE TECH. F
FORGETS TO TURN IT OFF AFTER USING IT. 
 DO NOT ASSUME THESE ARE FRREE CALLS. UN
L
ESS THE #'S ARE IN YOUR
UNLESS THE #'S ARE IN YOUR PRIMARY CALL
ING AREA,YOU ARE BILLED
EITHER MSU'S OR TOLL UNITS DEPENDING UP
ON DISTANCE. NEVERTHELESS
LOOPS ARE LOTS OF FUN,AND YOU CAN OFTEN
 MEET NEW PEOPLE ON THEM.
ESPECIALLY LATE ON WEEKEND NITES. ALSO,
 LATE ON WEEKEND NITES
YOU WILL FIND SEVERAL OF THE LOOPS BEIN
G USED BY AM, FM OR SHORTWAVE
PIRATE RADIO STATIONS FOR CALL IN LINES
. MOST OF THESE STATIONS
ARE IN THE N.Y. AREA, BUT THE REMAINDER
 ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
212 LOOPS REMAIN THE BEST KNOWN IN THE 
PIRATE RADIO WORLD,AND
SO ARE USED BY PIRATES EVERYWHERE.  NOW
...HERE GOES WITH THE LOOPS:
   212-529-9900/9906
   212-283-9977/9979
   212-352-9900-9906
   212-220-9977/9979
   212-365-9977/9979
   212-562-9977/9979
   212-982-9977/9979
   212-986-9977/9979
---------------------*
THE LOWER NUMBER IS THE ONE WITH THE SQ
UEAL. IT SQUEALS (SINGING
SWITCH) TILL SOMEONE DIALS THE OTHER NU
MBER IN THE PAIR. THEN 
THE SQUEAL DIES AND YOURE CONNECTED. NO
E THE HIGHER NUMBER NEVER
DOES
SQUEAL, EVEN IF THE OTHER PART OF THE P
AIR IS UNUSED. SO YOU
HAVE
TO KINDA GUESS AT WHEN SOMEONE IS SWITC
HED IN AFTER DIALING.
LISTEN
FOR THE CLICKS,THATLL TELL YOU. THE 982
 AND 986 #'S ARE KINDA
WIERD.
NORMALLY IF YOU PARK ON A LOOP, YOU WIL
L HEAR WHOEVERCALLS THE
OTHER
HALF,AND WHEN THEYRE DONE,THE NEXT CALL
ER(IF ANY) WILL BE QUEUED
IN, ONE AFTER THE OTHER. NOW ON THE 982
 AND 986, YOU SOMETIMES
CANT
GET ANY MORE CALLERS AFTER THE FIRST. F
URTHERMORE, IF YOU PARK
ON
THESE TWO LOOPS AND THE OTHER END REMAI
NS UNCALLED FOR 4
MINUTES,
YOU MAY BE AUTOMATICALLY DISCONNECTED. 
YET THESE LOOPS ARE
BETTER THAN NOTHING
NG-ESP. ON WEEKENDS WHEN ALL OTHER LOOP
S ARE BUSY.......
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE LOOPS IN OTHER AREA 
CODES, PLEASE LEAVE THEM,
EITHER IN BULL. OR LV. A MESSAGE FOR CY
GNUS X1- THANKING YOU
IN ADVANCE, AND ENJOY YOUR LOOPS.
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