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IHE yourH INJERNA TIONAL PA R r r IINE
AMMO
G~ncing through the back issues of the NY TI~S
from January 1971 to the present has unearthed
enough worms in MA Bell's earth to plant a ~illion
seeds of rebellion. Among the strong points in f~vor
of our arquments that Ma Bell has been a maJor force
in mo~nng this country towards ir~ation is the f~ct
tbat AT&T deceided to raise the rates for TV program
transmission. The rate increase affected all the ~V
networks. The rise in rates was passed on ~y the
network corporations to the stationrs commerical
sponsors. In many ~es the sponsors passed the rate
increase on to the cons~mers. Not only did corr~erical
time cost more, but there was also a noticable increase
ln the amount of co~nrnericals on the network programs.
E7C commissioner Jones replied, "IV commericals
tend to soggest tbst use of the advertised prodoct will
solve listeners problems and fi~fill their ~bitions. I
see no need to requlate. ''. . . Question of the month, ~s
AT&T collected that 1.15 mill~on dollar phone bill owed
by the Dewocratic party since the 1968 convention?...
The following are phone facts as reported to the NY TIMES
... Directory assistance service in 1970 reached 497
million, estimates for 1980 are placed at 840 million...
Did you know tbat Ma Bell wil1 soon be ch~rg~ng by the
message unit all calls placed to inforrnation ? AT&T
now ssys the reason for charging for info calls is to
drop the work force by 8~ (about 8000 people) to meet
the rising costs (sic 1~. . . J. Billingsley, a E?ell rep,
says the phone company is not hiring to reduce the
work force. . . AT&T spent 7. 6 Bil~ion doll~rs on new
facilities in 1972. . . Last year the NYC PSC ord ered NY
TEL to pay 1. 50 monthly rebate to worst ser~nce. The
company estimated total rebate pald at 15 million ann~lly. . .
E7C study of America's 23 largest cities finds service in
Bklyn ranRing LAST I . . . NY TEL, otherwise known as
NY MA BE1L, holds 23 mi~ion dollars in deposits for its
customers, yet only has 20 mi~on in debts. Tbis pract~ce
goes on in m~ny places around the country...and there h~
been a grow~ng n~l~ber of complaints againist the high
deposit rates. . . A US Senate sub~committee on ~ntergov~t
relations reported that the Pentagon wa~ willing to pronde
auditors needed by the EtCC to carry out its investigation of
AT&T rate structures. It seems that every Ume there is
going to be a rate increase the FCC turns its back and uses
MARCH-APRIL
1 973
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DOII''CET BUSTED!
no.~7
Phone phreaJdng, perhaps more tban any other pasffme,
req~iires a great deal of savoir f~ire. If you want to be
free to phreak, you have to know how to watch your step.
There is a defirnte art to spea~ng on the telephone. For
e~mple: it simply isn't cool to call up a friend and speak
openly about illegal activit~es. The chances of a phreak's
call beir.g tappad are s$gnificant, and your friend won't
appreelate it either. Wait for operators to click off before
beeping. Other co~nmon sense rules include not
siving out the names and numbers of other phreal~s
or those ~ces where phone phreaRs bang out or
buy their equipment. Listen always for the operator
to click oiY, and even then never ass~me the line is
completely cool. Also remember short frequent calIs
are more effective than long calls. The fewer times
you continue to use the s~me phone location the cooler it
is also.
Many of the phone phreaRs whom we lmow have been
busted have known common sense rules in general, but
trusted too many people into their conf~dence. As ~ rule
never let too many people know you are a phone phre;tk;
informing by others is the most common bust Sonnetimes
these informants ~rn out to be "friends''. If you suspect
someone is going to bust you stop phreaking for a while.
This goes for any suspicions ya: might have. Tf you feel
heat merely stop phreakir~g or find a totally new location.
me excuse ~t mey ao not have suffic~ent money and m~npower If you are approached by Ma Bell just say, "I want to
to investigate. ~ It's rapidly becoming a trite cliche). . . Now, atalk to my lawyer first. " That~s ~ I You do not h~ve to
few months later we pick up the NY TIMES and read a article sav anvthina without a-laWYer. Find a ~wver vou can relate
dated July 22, which states tbet the Pentagon's telephone bill
went up by 4. 7 million dollars a year. The Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Kompany won the increase Nov. 17 from
the Virg~nia CC, but federal officals obtained a restrsining
order preventing it from taking effect. Ihe federals arqued
th~t ~ ~te mcrease wolated the supre~cy c~=e
of the United States Constitution. lIowever, the
pane} r~led tbat tbe supremacy clause was not viol;~ted
because there was no evidence tbat the state of
Viry~inia was attempting to restrict the operations of
the Feder~ gov~t. The Pentagon, which is situated in
Virginia across the Potomac River from Washington
now must pay a long dis~nce rate for all ~q11~ going
~nto the capital.
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to; it is not to advisable to rap with an ex-DA.
Remember above a]1 that us~ng your home phone for
blue bozes ~s the easiest way to have Ma Bell come knocking
at your door. Play it cool, and don't cey.
The .~eople's Bicentennial Commiss~on is a group
working towards a Bicentennial celebration that is
not the Corporate sales ripo~ or the Pro-Adminis-
tradon indoctrination that the Americen Legion and
the White House are attempting to put over on us.
Rnther, PBC is p~shing for a nationwide education
on what the values of the American Revolution and
the Constitution re~y were, and how they've been lost.
Wrlle to them at 1346 Connecticut Ave. NW, Wash.,
d. c. 20036. Te~ 'em Tommy Jefferson sent you.
Jean-Luc Godard tells it like it isl
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