
Hello to all British Phreakers. First of all, let me assure you that this
is no lie. I have been phreaking for about three years now, using Cards,
PBX's, but mainly boxing. My normal phonebills are about 80 a quarter, but
this time, it is around 1000!! Now, you may think that this is total crap,
but take a look at the enclosed scans!

Right, firstly, I have been boxing as normal, for about 4 hours a day.
Every third quarter or so, I contact BT on 150 for a quote on the last
month's phone calls, just to reassure me that I am not being billed. Well,
this quarter, I have done that, and as you can see, it was ok. (The
operator call was a call to 192, but was refunded, as they couldn't help
me.) Now, strangely enough, that month I had started to box to the UK.

I had been scanning various 0500 numbers, and found how to box from these,
but I have heard from various sources that you can be billed for the calls.
I stopped this, but I was not charged, as you can see from my BT early
quote. I turned my attentions to other methods of boxing, and after a day
of scanning, I found how to box to the UK, and most other countries in the
world. Now, I am not saying that I used normal boxable lines, or what, but
I am saying that I was boxing about 4 hours a day, around the globe, and
to the UK.

This is the only thing I had been doing abnormally this quarter, and I
thought I wasn't being charged, as r*40# said that there was no charge for
the calls. I though I was safe, I was one of the few boxers who has managed
to box to the UK. Right, now probably many of you phreakers reading this
think, yeah well, I can do that too, and have been ok. Well, let me tell
you, it is not OK. There have been many changes to BT's International
Exchange, and as you know, about six 0800 numbers have gone down, all
together. The Hawaiian ones have been dodgy for a while, but obviously I
have not used them.

Right, my phone bill's final reading was taken about a week after the early
quote came, and I got this 17 days after - this was as per usual. However,
I am now a bag of nerves. I must pay this huge bill, and have to arrange
for a solicitor to take BT to court...this may be cheaper, I hope. So, that
means that for 17 days after that, I was still phreaking for about 20 hours
a day, and I haven't had a bill for that yet! Oh shit!! This next one could
well have been about 10,000, but my phone line is being disconnected, as
you would imagine.

You may be saying to yourself, bollox, this is utter crap, well it's not.
You may think that BT would have contacted me, as I have exceeded a certain
number of units a week - this is their policy, but in this case, I was an
exception. They wanted to build a strong case on which to prosecute me.
This being their way of setting an example to all British phreakers.

I have been contacted since then, and have been told that I was illegally
using their communications network (what a surprise!) and that they were
perfectly in their rights to bill me for the extortionate number of calls.
I suppose this is true, but face it, the reason why you phreakers are still
doing it, is that no-one has been busted or charged for a VERY long time.
BT obviously know who do it; they just have to have a look at their
database of phone bills, and search for subscribers who have called x hours
of international 0800 numbers.  Don't think just because 0800's don't 
normally show up on your bill that BT doens't keep a record of them! How else
do they know what to charge companies who pay by the call for their 0800s?

So, if I were you, and haven't been busted, I would stop now. I am not
bull-shitting this. You may think, yeah, well what a twat for boxing
global, and to the UK. Well, this is true, as if you think, when you box to
the US, BT make money...they get paid for the call by GTE Hawiiantell or
whatever - as you have heard 100 times before. These are calls you would
not normally be making, so BT are not TOO worried...they are making money,
and don't mind - Their share-holders, however, would be edgy, as there are
loop-holes in their "Hi-Tech" system. However, if you are boxing to the UK,
you are losing them money, as you would normally be paying for these
calls - they have something to worry about.

So, before the boxing to the UK becomes common knowledge, they are doing
something about it, to prevent people from doing it, and to hopefully stop
boxers. This is cheaper than installing filters, or installing a new
exchange and re-routing all international 0800 numbers.

However, when you call the UK by calling cards, or US PBX's or whatever,
they are not worried, as you are not going through their network. You are
using AT&T, or whoever to call. But when you box, you go through BT's
exchanges, and the lines are MUCH better, just like direct dialing the
call. So, I hope that you have understood what I have said. I am waiting to
go to court, in about 2 months, and meanwhile my contract with BT has
terminated.

So, if anyone out there is boxing to the UK, and has had a bill, and all
was OK, be greatful...BT may be waiting to bust you. If you are still
waiting for a bill, you had better pray that you are OK. I am a major
abbuser of the system, and that is probably why they have caught me. I am
on a System X exchange, and perhaps this is why I have been easy to bust;
they have had an easy job in collecting the evidence to hold against me.

So, stop boxing now. Especially if you have been boxing to the UK.
Remember, it is going to all die soon, and is it really worth it just for a
month or two??? Are those shitty warez really worth it???? It would be best
to start getting a regular supply of calling cards, or move to Australia,
and box from there!!! Don`t use 0800 PBX`s, as you can get busted very
easily. So, I leave you with this final thought. I am being prosecuted, and
all I have got for my money is a load of friends, and some shitty warez.

If you want to contact me, to discuss this, my Internet E-Mail address is:-

Compiler@Cyberspace.Net

I will be able to use a friend's modem to call this, and pick up mail. So,
if you want to know more details, just mail me, and I will try to reply. If
you haven't got access to the Net, I will release another text file soon,
to show you my progress. I am limited in what I say, as BT could use this
against me in court. I hope I have saved a lot of you from huge bills. I
only wish I had realised that there is more to life than just modems and
phreaking, now I will have to save, and get a job just to pay the
solicitor's fees. ARRGGHH.

PS. If you don't wish to believe this then I couldn't blame you, due to the
number of fake files about, but look at the scans and decide for yourself.
If you don't believe me, then carry on boxin all you like, it's only money
after all - money that at present I do not have.  Do You?
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