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Re:Still-active phreak numbers, all safe and free by hahamrfunnyguy on Saturday February 12, 2022 @05:54PM (#30317190)
If you like learning about telephone system, phone phreak Evan Doorbell has a very interesting series of podcasts about his time exploring the telephone system in the 1970's. The podcasts include his recordings from that time period.

It was neat to hear some of the old tones and recorded messages I grew up with, as well as ones that were well before my time:

http://www.evan-doorbell.com/production/group1.htm

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Re:Still-active phreak numbers, all safe and free by plapsley on Saturday February 12, 2022 @08:40PM (#30318281)
His "How Evan Doorbell Became a Phone Phreak" series is fantastic: http://www.evan-doorbell.com/production/#phonephreak
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Re:Still-active phreak numbers, all safe and free by 8bitsrule on Sunday February 13, 2022 @07:56PM (#30327280)
Yeah! This stuff is a total gas. Here's this professional-broadcaster-quality voice, narrating a personal story about 50 year-old recordings of noises made by equipment that doesn't exist any more. (With threats by 'Ernestine') So: pure entertainment.

After the series of many narrated tapes, there's another series of raw tapes (unnarrated ... test what you've learned).

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Re:Still-active phreak numbers, all safe and free by jimmaswell on Saturday February 12, 2022 @06:09PM (#30317306)
I found him on YouTube. Really interesting to listen to the analog network and how the long distance system worked.
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Re:Still-active phreak numbers, all safe and free by billwear on Saturday February 12, 2022 @07:10PM (#30317709)
yeah, I love Evan's stuff, especially the recordings about George, the answering machine, and random answering machine outgoing messages from the 80's Atlanta area. fantastic!
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Re:Still-active phreak numbers, all safe and free by sen on Sunday February 13, 2022 @04:36AM (#30320525)
Well that was an awesome rabbit hole to go down, thanks.
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