}0a000 ~iff.kclogo {a Kingston Communications Report. ------------------------------- Typed, tried and tested by Case of Chaos. ---------------------------------- This file has been produced as a low-down on Kingston Communications telephone network whose exchanges first telegraphic switchboard was serve the population of Hull and opened in London. In 1899, the Beverley. Telegraph Act was passed permitting municipal authorities to establish local telephone systems under licence }0oddf1oddf2occf3occf4obbf5obbf6oaaf7oaaf {2{nHULL S PHONE HISTORY{1{a from the Postmaster General, Hull }0o99f1o99f2o88f3o88f4o77f5o77f6o66f7o66f Corporation applied for and was granted a licence on the 8th of August Alexander Graham Bell invented the 1902 and the Hull telephone System was telephone in 1875 and in 1879 the born. Five other local authorities, Brighton, Glasgow, Portsmouth, Swansea area. In its largest Transaction to and Tunbridge Wells started their own date, the City Council approved service but by 1913 only Hull's system approved the purchase cost of £192,423 was still in operation. in January 1914 and established the Hull Corporation as the sole telephone Having borrowed £43,000, the authority for the area. Corporation was able to open its first exchange at Trippet baths in A succession of licence renewels Wincolmlee on the 28th November 1904, enable the Corporation to continue a 20 position Ericsson/Bell Manual operating it's own telephone system, Switchboard, with 1,000 subscribers. as Hull Corporation until 1974 and then as Hull City Council. By the end of the second year the new undertaking had 1,895 subscribers and New negotiations under the a surplus of over £1,385. Telecommunications Act of 1984 resulted in the granting of a licence When the licence came up for valid until 2010. Changes in local renewal in 1911, the Post Office made government finance regulations it's renewal conditional upon the threatened the financing of long term Corporation purchasing the whole of technological development requirements the former National telephone and in 1987 the Council formed a Company's plant and premises in the municipal company to take over the running of the Hull telephone telecommunications skills to expand Department. The new company was it's activities into the broader called Kingston Communications (Hull) communications market both in PLC and became operational on 7th Humberside and other areas across the December 1987, as the only publicly country. These activities include the owned and operated telephone network provision of major PABX networks for in the UK. large organisations, the design and installation and maintenance of data The new company pressed ahead with communication systems, key systems for its development programme with a business, fax machines, computers particular emphasis on changing over ranging from word processors and desk to a digital network utilising System top publishing to fully networked X exchanges capable of handling the multi-user systems. The company's voice and data comms needs of the Hull unique experience places it in an area into the next century. This ideal postion to provide expert programme was completed a year ahead independant advice and service on most of schedule on the 28th November 1990 voice and data systems. exactly 86 years from the opening of their first exchange. In recent years the company has utilised it's wide ranging More -> }0oddf1oddf2occf3occf4obbf5obbf6oaaf7oaaf {2{nHULL S X-SERVICES{1{a just dialled a guy who also lived in }0o99f1o99f2o88f3o88f4o77f5o77f6o66f7o66f Hull (Poor chap!) and we both decide we want to talk to some other guy. I'd hit my Recall button and get a These are quite an interesting dial tone, then dial the other guy and feature of Hull's telephone equipment, he answers, then I hit my Recall again you do need a DTMF telephone not a and dial 3, and hey Presto!! All the pappy pulse, and such facilities guys are now chatting away on a include Call Diversion, Call Waiting, conference call. Conference Call (more about this later), Reminder Calls, Incoming and But that's only three guys I hear Outgoing Call Barring and Abbreviated you say!! Well, although I would be Dialing. For some of these services unable to call anyone else as each you may have to sign a contract and subcriber is only limited to two pay a small service fee but most trunks it is possible to get a load of incurr a charge only when they are people together by the following used. procedure. Firstly this is only for guys in Hull but other guys from other The most used/abused feature has to towns may be called as I will descibe be the Conferencing system; it's not in a moment! exactly AT&T Alliance as it has many limitations, for instance say I had Right then, phreak1 dials phreak2 }0oddf1oddf2occf3occf4obbf5obbf6oaaf7oaaf and phreak2 dials phreak3 then {2{nOTHER GOOD STUFF{1{a }0o99f1o99f2o88f3o88f4o77f5o77f6o66f7o66f connects us all together then phreak3 calls phreak4 and connects us all again and so on. I don't know exactly In Hull there are around 4 or 5 how many people can be connected like sub-exchanges and 1 main exchange, one this but my reckoning is that it would is only a ten minute walk from my be quite a few, anyway you have quite house, and whilst dialling around a few Hull Subscribers conferencing these exchanges I came across some away and Phreak3 decides that they amazing things, such as a couple of want such and such a phreak from test numbers I found whilst scanning, Halifax on so then Phreak3 would hit I do not know if these are exclusive recall,dial the Halifax phreak and to phreaks in Hull (ME!) but one of then hit recall again then dial 3, them has ANI with ringback, this phreak3 has used up his two trunks but number when dialled states the number still Halifax phreak is connected and you are dialing, (ANI=Automatic Number still the other Hull phreaks could Identification), then states "Start dial other out of town phreaks but the Test!!" you then replace the handset price still has to be considered as and wait a minute or two for the this is not free. You pay for the exchange equipment to test the line call you make and 10 pence covers the you are dialing from if all is ok the use of 2 trunks. (Sad Eh!!) telephone will ring and when you pick up the receiver you will hear "Line to them screaming about when I see you Testing Ok, Line Testing Ok, Dial next next Paul, David or whatever it was test" you then receive an interrupted good fun at the time but not as much dial tone and by pressing different fun as PHUN!! Anyway I was doing this No's will either quit testing and dialing six digit local numbers when return to a standard dial tone or bang!! "You are Connected to Blah perform a dialing test or a Coin Blah Blah" What the fuck is this I pulsing test (Payphones???!!!). thought and it is this that got me interested in telephones and I found this number using an phreaking, well at first I thought I interesting method; as once way back had been cought for fucking around and when I thought that to dial the US you I nearly shat so I smacked the needed to have a telephone that was telephone back down and then a minute like something from Startrek, anyhow, or two passed and it started ringing I was screwing around dialing people which shit me even more so I picked it and telling them to guess who it was up and said hello to which a now hoping that they would say a name and familiar female voice replied "Line so I could say "Yeah how you doing" Testing Ok"..MMM interesting I thought and have a chat to them about there must be other numbers than this Sharron's sists getting septic and all one, so a few months passed and I got sorts of crap and then just plainley myself a little tone dialer (A.K.A.a say "Well fuck off then!!" and listen White Box) which I converted to produce A,B,C and D tones not to be 1. ANI with Ringback. confused with abcd on certain boxing / Dial 177 or (0482 801456) programs floating around and this then give my little dialer the status of a 2. Line Status. Silver Box but still to this day have / Dial 171 (STD) (Subscribers #) never found a use for the ABCD tones apart from occasionaly getting a Anyway how about you guys who are message that there is a fault or a reading this scanning around your Bloop tone. Well I started to dial 3 local exchanges and sending any of digit numbers from 100 to 200 and your finds with instructions, about half way through scanning found of course, to your favourite mag on the same Line Test but on 3 digits disk Satanic Rites. I will be sussing instead of 6. Also another one I out and scanning new areas so maybe a found is where you dial the test no. few more will turn up? who knows??? then dial the STD(Hull only) and the subscribers number and it will then Rumour has it there is a main test notify you if the telephone is on the number allowing testing on a massive hook or engaged. Quite wierd but damn scale, maybe that could be for all interesting. Anyway here are those 2 those codes (FOC #s) from numbers for you BT subscribers to try, paytelephones!!! who knows they might work. }0oddf1oddf2occf3occf4obbf5obbf6oaaf7oaaf {2{n TO GET INSIDE A {1{a }0o99f1o99f2o88f3o88f4o77f5o77f6o66f7o66f }0oddf1oddf2occf3occf4obbf5obbf6oaaf7oaaf {2{n FORTRESS{a{1 }0o99f1o99f2o88f3o88f4o77f5o77f6o66f7o66f This method only works around 5th one and open it in the comfort of your November, right then, go and buy some own home. SEE SR #3 for more airbombs from the local firework details....... outlet, take out one airbomb, not airbomb repeaters, and proceed tol light and stick it into the coin return slot, then hurridly move out of the way, hide, then let the airbomb explode and if you go back when the coast is clear chances are that you will be staring at the inside of the Payphone, MMM what are all those FOC [Ed-Thankyouverymuch. Just what I #'s for?? Then you can just fuck off like to see. A well-written article and your local Telco will just think sent with its own clip-art. Edible.] it was kids mucking around! Alternatively, you could just steal