=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - P.I.S.S. Philez Number 65 = = - - Phone Books = = - - by Kalony = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴� � P H O N E � � B O O K S � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴� � B Y � � K � L O N Y � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴� We've all called up the TSPS ("0") operator at least once and asked for one of the following things: an area code for a certain city/county, asking if a prefix is local or long distance, an ICC (International Calling Code). Well, you've just wasted yours, and the operator's time if you had a phone book available. The first few pages of your phone book are FULL of useful information. This information includes: 1. Any notes about area code changes/splits 2. Names/numbers of federal officials (school reports, prank calls, etc.) 3. Crisis lines (prank calls) 4. Your business office's phone number (service changes for yourself/others) 5. Numbers to call for time/weather 6. COCOT (Called COPT in the phone book) service/vendor numbers 7. Telephone directory ordering numbers (start a collection of phone books) 8. Service information ("What the hell is Delayed Call Forwarding?!") 9. TDD (deaf phone) information and numbers 10. "Lost or Stolen Calling Card" hotlines (shut off someone's calling card) 11. Basic information on COCOT's (once again, called COPT's in the book) 12. List of categories for prefixes and prefixes local to that category 13. Prefixes and the cities they are for in your area 14. Area code/Time zone map 15. Area codes and the states they are for 16. Long list of International Calling Codes 17. List of long distance company access codes (10288, 10222, etc.) Your business office's phone number can be very useful for changing services for other people or for yourself. Next door neighbor need three-way calling next time you beige him? Get this number, change his service, beige. For those of you that care, COPT in the phone book means Customer Owned Pay Telephone. Same meaning as COCOT (Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephone) but different acronym. Having a telephone directory from a different state can be good for harassing someone in that area, or for third number billing purposes. I'm sure you can think up lots of other reasons it would be cool. TDD numbers are really great to have if you're bored off your ass at the airport. Just call up one of these numbers on a payphone w/ a keyboard and give them a local number, whether you know the person or not. Local calls on pay phones are free for deaf people, it's a courtesy thing. The operator has to say exactly what you type to the person you call, no matter how obscene, illegal, or utterly pointless. TDD's don't have punctuation and have a few shortcuts you will need to know: Q is a question mark. GA is "Go Ahead," be sure to end all of your lines that don't end in "Q" with this, or you'll look like a stupid little phreak playing with a deaf phone. SKSK is "Goodbye." Type this to end the call, then hang up. For more information on TDD's, look it up. This isn't a TDD text, after all. Shutting off a not-so-loved one's calling card has been proven to irritate the living hell outta them. Call up the line, tell 'em you lost your wallet and your calling card was in it. Act worried. If/when they ask for your PIN number, tell them that you hadn't memorized it but had it written down on a piece of paper in your wallet, which you lost, or make up your own story. You get the idea. The list of prefix category is also VERY useful for exchange scanners or just for anyone that wants to know if a call is local or not. Look at each box until you see your prefix, then there will be a list of prefixes local to your prefix. Then dial up all of those prefixes using the suffix "00XX" or "99XX" ("XX" being all numbers 1-9) and find lots of interesting phone company test lines, loops, and recordings. There is also a list of prefixes for a few surrounding area codes. I'm sure you can find a use for this. There are many VERY obvious uses for a list of area codes. If you have a phone number and don't know where it is located, look at the list. Another advantage to this over other area code lists is that this one has them listed in numerical as well as alphabetical order. So if you have the area code 609 just slide your finger down the list, past 205, past 310, past 403, past 505, down to 606, 607, 608, and 609, which you find to be in New Jersey. The area codes are also listed by state, so if somebody asks you where you live and you happen to lie and say you live in a different state and they ask for your phone number, you just flip through this list, find the state, pick an area code and make up the rest of the number, thus backing up your lie a little better. A list of ICC's can be invaluable for people that abuse AT&T's refund service by getting refunds for international calls they never made. You'll notice though, that if you make up a bullshit international number, the op will get pissed. The ICC's for certain countries are followed by a list of prefixes for various cities in that country. So if you want to get a refund for a number in Asmara, Eritrea, you would give the operator the country code 291 for Eritrea, the city code 1 for Asmara and make up 6 digits. "6 digits? You stupid bucketass, phone numbers have 7 digits." In the U.S. and the majority of other countries, yes, but not everywhere. This list also tells you how many digits are in the phone number itself (prefix + suffix). The long distance company access code list tends to be short and useless, but I thought I'd tell you it was there anyway. The purpose of this text hasn't been resolved yet, but when I figure it out, it will be updated. For now, I'll just say, when you're bored, read your phone book. 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