-=-=-<< More Beigeboxing Methods by Wyzewun

In Issue Two, I covered use of the Blue and Green Telkom boxes to box.
This Issue, I'll be looking at some alternative methods...

Method Number One
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Go to an abandoned building that used to be an office (South Africans -
Watch out for squatters *grin*) and it is extremely likely that it will
have working phone lines running into it. Of course, it is also very
likely that there will be no form of phone jack to be found - Are we
using a phone jack? No. We're using Crocodile Clips. Problem Solved. :)

Method Number Two
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Try using the phone of some-one who has recently moved out of a house,
or use your neigbours' phone when they are on holiday. Simply find the
cord that runs from their phone out of their house, cut it open, and
connect up your box. If the tenants have moved out and have had their
phone disconnected, phone up Telkom and tell them that the disconnection
of the phone was a mistake and ask them to reconnect it. :) This way,
you can keep a phone working for up to three months before Telkom
finally cut it off.

Method Number Three
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Find the point where a cable goes from the overhead poles into the
ground. It is sometimes covered with a concrete or asbestos cover, so
you may have to get past that. Assuming you somehow have done so, open
up the cable, and you should find twisted pairs of wires like this...

pair #%# <--scotch lock
2 pairs | //
| /><><><> ///><><><> //\<><><><>\
| \><><><><\
twisted- \\
together #%#
<< ASCII Art Stolen from Kokey >>

The wires are colour coded to indicate negative and positive wires. When
in doubt of how to connect your box, consult Kokey's handy
Table-O-Colours...

Base colours Negative legs
------------ -------------
blue white
orange red
green black

Or alternatively, if you can get down far enough to see where the wires
un-ravel to, you can just do that. ;-) Well, that's all the ways I'm
going to cover on beigeboxing in SA for this issue, yes, there are more,
but I'm going to have to research them in a bit more detail, so yes, FK4
will have more beigeboxing stuff! Just remember to tell me when you get
sick of this... :)