Labels:text | black and white OCR: THE CHEESE BOX The Cheese Box is simply a conference line, or loop-around. They are very popular with bookies who place bets by phone, because their clients call one number, and the bookie calls another, and police won't find the bookie at the location of either of the two numbers. This is precisely why loops have been a favorite of phone phreaks, too. Bell's loops are limited because they often disconnect after a certain time, one of the two numbers must be called first, and they are often monitored and sometimes even charged. The Cheese Box can be extended to many lines, thereby cre- ating conferences, and will let either line be called first and 4-Line Conferencer hang on indefinitely. Last but certainly not least, the Cheese Box is free. Phone voltage is normally 45 volts. When the pho ...
