.oO Phrack 50 Oo. Volume Seven, Issue Fifty 10 of 16 - Skytel Paging and Voicemail - The PBXPhreak If you weren't aware, Skytel is the largest nationwide paging and wireless messaging service in the United States. If you want to use this to your advantage, keep reading... Table of Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Important SkyTel Numbers 2. History of SkyTel 3. SkyPager 4. SkyWord Pagers 5. SkyTel 2-Way Pagers 6. SkyTel Extras . The SkyNews and SkyQuote 7. SkyTel SkyFax Option. 8. SkyTalk Option 9. Sending a Message 10. SkyTel Coverage 11. International Access numbers to the SkyTel system. 12. SkyTel accessible by Land, Sea or Air. 13. Overview of SkyTel 14. Getting Phree SkyTel Pagers 15. Taking over a SkyTel Mailbox 16. Prefixes for SkyTel Pagers and Voicemail 17. Conclusion 1. Important SkyTel Numbers. 800-456-3333 - Skytel Nationwide Sales Center 800-SKY-USER - Skytel Customer Service 800-SKY-PAGE - Skytel Numeric Paging 800-SKY-GRAM - Skytel Alpha-Numeric Paging 800-SKY-TALK - Skytel Voice Mail 800-SKY-FAXE - Skytel Faxing 800-SKY-8888 - Skytel System Access 2. History of SkyTel. 1987: - SkyTel founded; first nationwide paging and wireless messaging service. 1988: - SkyTel offers first integrated voice messaging service: SkyTalk; provides instant notification of voice messages. 1991: - Mtel, the parent company of SkyTel, presents the concept of two-way paging to the FCC. - SkyTel launches SkyWord - the first nationwide alphanumeric messaging service; subscribers can now receive text messages nationwide. - SkyTel goes international, offering service in Canada and Mexico. 1992: - SkyTel develops an X.400 gateway; subscribers can now integrate email services with paging. - Mtel awarded a Pioneer's Preference by the FCC guaranteeing a license to deploy a two-way wireless communications network. 1993: - SkyTel offers the first integrated information services - SkyNews, news headlines broadcast to a SkyWord pager; and SkyQuote, stock quotes broadcast to a SkyWord pager. - SkyTel expands its range of integrated email services announcing connectivity to Lotus cc:mail, Microsoft Mail, MCI Mail, and AT&T PersonaLink. - SkyTel expands international services to Asia Pacific and South America. 1994: - Mtel announces an alliance with Microsoft to co-develop products and services for the Mtel two-way paging network. - SkyTel collaborates with Toshiba to offer the first PC Card for wireless messaging, the Noteworthy NewsCard, and offers the first integrated wireless messaging solution for notebook computers, SkyCard(r). - SkyTel offers SkyFax, providing a toll-free fax-mailbox with instant notification of incoming faxes for subscribers. - Mtel purchases two nationwide licenses in FCC narrowband PCS auctions. - Mtel acquires U.S. Paging Corp., a reseller of paging services to major corporations nationwide. - SkyTel provides an Internet gateway; subscribers can now send messages to SkyTel pagers through the Internet. 1995: - SkyTel announces that MCI will resell SkyTel paging services as part of networkMCI products. - SkyTel announces agreement with SONY Electronics Inc. whereby SONY will distribute SkyTel pagers through retail network; this announcement marks the entry of SkyTel into the retail market. - SkyTel announces SkyTel 2-Way, the first two-way paging and wireless messaging service; subscribers can automatically confirm receipt of messages and respond directly from their pager. 3. SkyPager. The SkyTel System keeps you in touch with clients, colleagues and family members when you're on the road. Now you can receive important information quickly and accurately where you do business. People who need to reach you dial one toll-free phone number. You'll never have to leave a trail of telephone numbers or play another round of phone tag. SkyPager Features - SkyPager can receive numeric messages up to 20 digits long. This can be the telephone number of someone who needs you or a code (e.g., "911" if the office needs you to call in immediately). - Page Recall provides quick message retrieval for times when you've been out of coverage range or the pager has been turned off. - Message senders can broadcast one message to multiple subscribers, prioritize urgent messages and program messages for future delivery for time-zone differences. - Only SkyTel provides 24-hour a day, seven-day a week Customer Service, and all calls are always toll-free. Or, use SkyTel Customer Service Online to contact SkyTel. Hardware Features: - New FLEX technology means longer battery life -- up to 5 months on one AAA battery. - Choice of several musical tones or silent vibration alert. - Holds up to sixteen 20-digit messages. 4. SkyWord Pagers: With SkyWord, you can receive text messages accurately and quickly. You know what's needed immediately, without picking up the phone to return the call. Skyword Features - Receive text messages up to 240 characters in a hand-held unit. - Receive notification of e-mail messages while you're on the road. SkyTel e-mail integration is compatible with various e-mail systems. Ask your SkyTel sales rep for details. - SkyNews(r) news headlines are provided twice daily. Stay up to date, even while traveling, on the economic, political, international and financial news of the day. - Page Recall provides quick message retrieval for times when you've been out of range or the pager has been turned off. Sending Messages Is EASY! - Use SkyWord Access or QuickAccess software. All you need is a modem-equipped PC or Macintosh computer to easily send messages. - Your callers can dictate a text message to a SkyTel Customer Messaging Agent, toll-free 24-hours a day. Hardware Features: - New FLEX technology means longer battery life -- up to 5 months on one AA battery. - Choice of several musical tones or silent vibration alert. - Receive up to forty, 240-character messages. 5. SkyTel 2-Way Pagers. Imagine the freedom of getting a question and pushing one button to answer... from a pager small enough to fit in your hand. Your callers get answers quickly and easily by telephone, computer, e-mail or even on their SkyTel pager. And you reduce long-distance and cellular phone expenses! SkyTel 2-Way is the first and only service that allows you to respond to a message from a pager. The SkyTel 2-Way System acts as the clearinghouse for all outgoing and incoming messages. Messages to you: People sending you messages (senders) can do so by: - phone (numeric, voice messages, or operator-assisted text messages) - computer (SkyTel Access or QuickAccess software, e-mail, or palmtop computer connection) Messages from you: And senders can get your response via: - phone - computer - SkyWord or SkyTel 2-Way pagers Works with Other SkyTel Services: SkyTalk: Full-featured voice mail lets senders leave a detailed message and then you call back to hear the reply. SkyNews: Headline news provided twice daily. The answer is in the palm of your hand With SkyTel 2-Way, your senders become your partners in communications. They compose messages with multiple-choice responses for you to choose from, such as: - CLIENT WILL SIGN $80K CONTRACT IF WE CAN DELIVER BY 4/7 - PROCEED - DO NOT PROCEED - AWAIT MY CALL Or if your sender does not define responses, select from one of your SkyTel 2-Way pager's 16 pre-programmed responses: - YES/OK - NO - WILL CALL LATER - CALL ME - RUNNING LATE - NEED MORE INFO - SEND # TO CALL - WHERE ARE YOU? - WILL ARRIVE 15M - WILL ARRIVE 30M - TRAFFIC DELAY - PICK ME UP - BUSY - FINISHED - CALL HOME Senders can receive your response at their convenience, 24 hours a day by phone, PC or SkyTel pager. Unit Features And Operations - weighs about 5-1/2 ounces - runs for several weeks on single AAA-size alkaline battery - flip-top cover protects the unit and houses the transmitter used to send and receive messages - messages can be up to 500 characters long, including customized reply choices - "Personal Folder" stores messages in the 100 kilobyte memory; message length determines how many messages you can store Sending Messages With SkyTel 2-Way, anyone can send a message directly to SkyTel 2-Way subscribers and receive their replies. Message Sending Options: - Telephone keypad: Call toll-free from any touch-tone telephone to send a numeric message. - Voice messaging: Leave a detailed message (for SkyTalk subscribers). - Operator-assisted text messaging: Dial the SkyTel toll-free number and speak to a Customer Messaging Agent who will type and send your message. - Personal computer and modem: Use SkyTel AccessTM or QuickAccess software to compose and transmit messages on a modem-equipped computer. - E-mail: SkyTel 2-Way messages can be created and sent through any Internet-based e-mail system. Replies will be directed back to the e-mail address. - Palmtop computer connections: SkyTel 2-Way subscribers can link their Hewlett-Packard 100 or 200LXTM or OmniGo 100 palmtop computer to a SkyTel 2-Way pager. Subscribers can then compose, transmit, receive, relay, store and reply to SkyTel 2-Way messages. Receiving Replies With SkyTel 2-Way, senders know for certain whether their message was received and can easily check for their reply. Check each message sent over The SkyTel 2-Way System using these convenient options: Message Tracking and Reply Options - Telephone: Whenever you send a message (by telephone or otherwise), SkyTel assigns a unique confirmation number to that message. Senders can call The SkyTel 2-Way System later and use the confirmation number to check the status of the message and/or get their reply. - Personal computer and a modem: Use SkyTel Access software to compose and transmit messages. Then use the confirmation number to check the status of messages and/or get your reply. - E-mail: When you send a message via e-mail to a SkyTel 2-Way subscriber, you'll receive your reply at your e-mail address. - Pagers: Replies can be forwarded to a SkyWord (alphanumeric) or SkyTel 2-Way pager. 6. SkyTel Extra Features. SkyNews Features: - Four headlines are broadcast twice each day - 12:30pm and 5:00pm ET Monday Friday, 2:00 and 7:00pm ET Saturday and Sunday. - Headlines are transmitted FREE to all SkyWord and SkyTel 2-Way pagers. - Headline topics include: U.S. politics, U.S. business and economic news, international events, Dow Jones industrial average updates and the performance of leading stocks. - In addition to the regular broadcasts, news alerts are sent as crucial events occur in the U.S. or abroad. SkyNews Special Editions: If you need news about your specific industry, subscribe to SkyNews Special Editions. Headlines are available about the following industries: Finance Telecommunications Information Highway Media There is an additional charge for SkyTel special editions. SkyQuote Features: Keep tabs on Wall Street with SkyQuote-the personalized financial news service on SkyTel text messaging units. With SkyQuote, you'll be alerted twice each business day with pricing updates on four stocks or exchange indexes. You provide us with the stocks, choose the timing of your updates, and SkyTel will do the rest. Your messaging unit will alert you with the price of the most recent trade for each of the four companies you have selected. You will also receive Dow Jones headline alerts when significant news breaks on your selected companies. 7. SkyTel SkyFax Option. Whoever invented the fax machine apparently didn't know much about doing business on the road. After all, you can't take the machine with you. It has very little interest in your schedule. And critical faxes have a way of arriving at the wrong place, and the wrong time. SkyFax Features: - You are assigned a personal toll-free number that people use to send you faxes. - Notification on your SkyPager or SkyWord pager that a fax has arrived in your mailbox. - Dial a toll-free number to download the fax to fax machine of your choice. - SkyFax even works with your portable computer's send/receive fax software. SkyFax Benefits: SkyFax offers total control over how and where people reach you with important fax messages. - Toll-free number reduces long-distance charges. - Download faxes at YOUR convenience. - Senders don't have to know your travel schedule in order to send you faxes -- you'll never miss an important fax. - Your documents remain confidential, because you're in control. 8. SkyTel SkyTalk Option. Now, when you travel, The SkyTel System will let you give the people who need to stay in touch with you one toll-free phone number where you can always be reached. Even if they don't know exactly where you are, they'll be able to call a single number and leave a voice message in your SkyTalk(r) voice mailbox. You'll be notified quickly that a message is waiting. Then you can retrieve it whenever you want. SkyTalk can also be used to send information to a whole group of people simultaneously with one phone call. Even if they're spread across Phoenix, Los Angeles, Boston and Miami, everyone will be notified in minutes. SkyTalk Features - SkyTalk is an easily-accessible toll-free voice mail system that notifies you when you have a message on your SkyPager, SkyWord or SkyTel 2-Way pager. - Personal toll-free access numbers are available to provide callers with easy access to your voice mail. You can even forward your office number to your toll-free Personal Access Number when you're traveling so every caller can leave a message for you. - You can access other parts of The SkyTel System easily, without hanging up the phone. For example, you can reply directly to messages from other subscribers, broadcast messages to a subscriber list and redirect messages to other subscribers. Additional SkyTalk Features - Personalized voice mail greeting -- your own words in your own voice. - Security code to prevent unauthorized access. - Spanish and Japanese language prompts available. - Messages up to 5 minutes in length. - Stores up to 20 messages for up to 14 days. - Unretrieved messages stored for 72 hours. - Toll-free access to your messages from over 40 countries around the world (surcharge may apply). 9. Sending a Message. Make it simple for your clients and colleagues to remember how to send you a message. Just include the instructions on your business card! On the front, list the SkyTel 800 number and your PIN along with all your other numbers. For more detailed instructions, use the back of your card. These instructions can be pre-printed on the card or printed on a sticker for attachment later. To get started, please see the SkyWord example below. Sending Me A Page Dial 1-800-759-8888 Enter PIN, press # Numeric message--press 1, then # Voice message--press 2, then # Dictated message--press 3 Press # to end 10. SkyTel Coverage. SkyTel is the best single source for all of your messaging needs. For locally, nationally and internationally. People everywhere are taking advantage of SkyTel coverage flexibility. Whatever your lifestyle requires, SkyTel will easily provide a coverage plan that works for you. SkyPager and SkyWord Coverage Plans Include: Metro Service: If your business is conducted primarily in one metro area or state, but requires occasional travel to other parts of the country, The SkyTel System with Metro Service and Nationwide Now is your cost-effective messaging solution. Metro Plus: A broader 2- to 6-state zone. There are 21 pre-defined Metro Plus zones, each with nationwide access through Nationwide Now. Regional/Region Plus: East, West, Central, Southeast, Southwest or Midwest. Two regions can be combined (Region Plus service) for maximum coverage. Each can include Nationwide Now (Region Plus service is available for SkyPager only). Nationwide: Coverage in thousands of cities and towns across the United States. (SkyPager only) Nationwide Now: Nationwide Now is an exclusive SkyTel coverage feature that allows you to access our nationwide network when you travel out of your home coverage area. International: SkyTel International Service can be used in conjunction with any U.S.-based coverage plan: - Simulcast service: Messages are always transmitted to U.S. and the country(ies) of your choice. - Follow-Me: Allows you to activate coverage (with a quick call into The SkyTel System) to receive messages while traveling abroad. You choose the country(ies) and length of time for international coverage. - International coverage is available in the following countries: Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil Canada Colombia Ecuador Guatemala Hong Kong Indonesia Malaysia Mexico Peru Philippines Puerto Rico Singapore Uruguay (coming soon) Venezuela In the places you travel most, SkyTel goes along with you, giving you reliable, efficient communications. Here's just a partial listing of the United States and international coverage areas. Skytel has a wide coverage area. I only listed U.S. cities with a population of 75,000 or more. ALABAMA Birmingham Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa ARIZONA Chandler Glendale Mesa Phoenix Scottsdale Tempe Tucson ARKANSAS Little Rock CALIFORNIA Alameda Alhambra Anaheim Arden-Arcade Bakersfield Berkeley Burbank Carson Chula Vista Citrus Heights Compton Concord Corona Costa Mesa Daly City Downey E. Los Angeles El Cajon El Monte Escondido Fairfield Fremont Fresno Fullerton Garden Grove Glendade Hayward Huntington Beach Inglewood Irvine Lancaster Long Beach Los Angeles Modesto Moreno Valley Norwalk Oakland Oceanside Ontario Orange Oxnard Pasadena Pomona Rancho Cucamonga Richmond Riverside Sacramento Salinas San Bernadino San Buenaventura San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Mateo Santa Ana Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Clarita Santa Monica Santa Rosa Simi Valley South Gate Stockton Sunnyvale Thousand Oaks Torrance West Covina Westminster Whittier COLORADO Arvada Aurora Boulder Colorado Springs Denver Ft. Collins Lakewood Pueblo CONNECTICUT Bridgeport Hartford New Britain New Haven Norwalk Stamford Waterbury DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Metro Area FLORIDA Clearwater Coral Springs Ft. Lauderdale Gainesville Hialeah Hollywood Jacksonville Kendall Miami Miami Beach Orlando St. Petersburg Tallahassee Tampa GEORGIA Albany Atlanta Columbus Macon Savannah HAWAII Honolulu IDAHO Boise City ILLINOIS Arlington Heights Aurora Chicago Decatur Elgin Joliet Naperville Peoria Rockford Springfield INDIANA Evansville Ft. Wayne Gary Hammond Indianapolis South Bend IOWA Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Sioux City KANSAS Kansas City Overland Park Topeka Wichita KENTUCKY Lexington Louisville LOUISIANA Baton Rouge Lafayette Metairie New Orleans Shreveport MARYLAND Baltimore Columbia Silver Spring MASSACHUSETTS Boston Brockton Cambridge Fall River Lowell Lynn New Bedford Newton Quincy Somerville Springfield Worcester MICHIGAN Ann Arbor Clinton Dearborn Detroit Worcester Flint Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Lansing Livonia Southfield Sterling Heights Warren Westland MINNESOTA Bloomington Duluth Minneapolis St. Paul MISSISSIPPI Jackson MISSOURI Independence Kansas City St. Louis Springfield MONTANA Billings NEBRASKA Lincoln Omaha NEVADA Las Vegas Paradise Reno Sunrise Manor NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester Nashua NEW JERSEY Camden Edison Elizabeth Jersey City Newark Paterson Trenton NEW MEXICO Albuquerque NEW YORK Albany Buffalo Cheektowaga New York Rochester Syracuse Yonkers NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte Durham Fayetteville Greensboro Raleigh Winston-Salem OHIO Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Parma Toledo Youngstown OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City Tulsa OREGON Eugene Portland Salem PENNSYLVANIA Allentown Erie Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Scranton RHODE ISLAND Cranston Providence Warwick SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls TENNESSEE Chattanooga Clarksville Knoxville Memphis Nashville-Davidson TEXAS Abilene Amarillo Arlington Austin Beaumont Carrollton Corpus Christi Dallas El Paso Ft. Worth Garland Grand Prairie Houston Irving Laredo Lubbock McAllen Mesquite Midland Odessa Pasadena Plano San Angelo San Antonio Tyler Waco Wichita Falls UTAH Provo Salt Lake City West Valley City VIRGIN ISLANDS St. Croix St. Thomas VIRGINIA Alexandria Arlington Chesapeake Hampton Newport News Norfolk Portsmouth Richmond Roanoke Virginia Beach WASHINGTON Bellevue Seattle Spokane Tacoma WISCONSIN Green Bay Kenosha Madison Milwaukee Racine 11. International Access numbers to the SkyTel system. SkyTel US Customers can access the SkyTel System from 44 countries around the world! Use the chart below to find the access numbers you need. Legend for notes: * a: Pay phones may require a coin or card * b: Not available from pay phones * c: Not available from all phones * d: Local or in-country charges may apply Country Access Number Notes Australia 1-800-12-8078 Bahamas 1-800-934-6451 a Bahamas 1-800-934-6451 a Barbados 1-800-534-2170 b Belgium 0800-1-4389 a Bermuda 1-800-825-0311 Canada 800-759-8255 c Chile 1230-020-3220 b China 10-800-524-4624 c Colombia 980-1-52547 a, c Costa Rica 001800-234-4793 b Denmark 8001-8671 a El Salvador 0-1-800-234-9578 b, c Finland 9-800-1-59402 a France 05-90-3223 Germany 0130-8-18414 Greece 00800-12-2613 a, c,d Guam 1-800-671-0150 a Guatemala 099-0082 a Hong Kong 800-5688 a Hungary 00-800-11144 Indonesia 001-800-011-0277 Ireland 1-800-55-5523 Israel 177-150-1572 a Italy 1678-77100 a Japan 0031-12-3373 a, c Luxembourg 0800-6170 Malaysia 800-2652 a, d Mexico 95-800-759-8255 c, d Netherlands 06-022-7548 a, c Netherlands Antilles 0031-12-3373 b, d New Zealand 0800-447036 Norway 800-15617 Panama 001-800-507-0089 Portugal 0501-12-707 a, c Singapore 800-1200-457 a South Africa 080-09-92588 a Sweden 020-79-3976 a Switzerland 155-2154 a Taiwan 0080-13-8341 a Thailand 001-800-12-066-0249 a, c United Kingdom 0800-89-3648 Uraguay 000-413-598-0371 a, c,d Venezuela 8001-2458 12. SkyTel accessible by Land, Sea or Air. Accessibility is important in any business, but when you provide mobile satellite communications to maritime, aeronautical and land mobile customers, it's your main selling point. The folks at COMSAT Mobile Communications sell communications that know no bounds, so they need to keep in constant contact with all their customers and prospects. That's why they rely on SkyTel. Robert Katz, director of Mobile Data for COMSAT, says, "It's not just SkyTel paging that's so valuable to us. It's the whole spectrum of SkyTel services." As a matter of fact, the company depends on more than 160 SkyTel pagers, especially in the sales, engineering and operations divisions, as well as a variety of SkyTel services. Serving as much-needed administrative support, a SkyTel Corporate Access Number gives customers or employees toll-free access to sending pages - with just one easy number and without having to carry or remember PlNs. With a list of key COMSAT employees and their PlNs, the SkyTel operator sends messages like a personal assistant. Katz uses this service to send out important meeting notices or project reminders, either to individuals or an entire group. "It's even better than voice mail or e-mail," says Katz. SkyTel service even works with COMSAT's office systems to keep communications transparent to the caller. For example, when Katz receives a call at his desk, his office voice mail system pages him immediately. Wherever he is, his SkyTel pager alerts him that a call is waiting. Within minutes, he phones in an access code to be connected instantly. When he picks up the call, the caller doesn't know if Katz is in a meeting, driving down the highway or relaxing at home. All he knows is that Katz is available for him. A loyal SkyTel customer since 1990, COMSAT is currently integrating SkyTel 2-Way messaging into their day-to-day operations. Of course, you would fully expect these experts in satellite communications to take advantage of the best in satellite messaging technology. With SkyTel they're moving full speed ahead. 13. Overview of SkyTel. Don't sit by the phone and wait for important calls. Carry your SkyTel pager and stay in touch. Let your messages find you. Anyone - from customer service reps, medical personnel and sales executives to busy parents and teenagers - can take advantage of the easiest communications solution today. SkyTel has paging services and coverage options to meet your requirements. In town or out, SkyTel is the only service you'll need. Only The SkyTel System includes these advances: - Always Toll-free - no fumbling for spare change; no cost for calls, from anywhere in the United States - Personalized Greetings - just like an answering machine, change your greeting as often as you like ... easier for callers to use and understand - Page Recall - stop worrying about missed messages; call in to review messages from the last three days, even if your pager was turned off If you need ... Then try ... To be notified with a SkyPager for short, simple communications. number (phone number or special code) that someone is trying to reach you. Full written messages in SkyWord for receiving numeric and the palm of your hand. alphanumeric messages. SkyTel 2-Way for revolutionary two-way To answer questions immediately. Without using communications. With SkyTel 2-Way you can a phone. respond immediately to messages you receive, right from your pager. SkyTalk, giving you full-featured voice To know you have a voice mail and notification on your pager every message. time a message is left, available with all paging services. SkyFax so your callers can fax easily to Easy access to all of the your unique toll-free number. You're faxes that come in while notified via your pager and can download, you're out. save, store and forward faxes from wherever you are (not available with SkyTel 2-Way). To know what's going on in SkyNews and SkyQuote, providing you with the world and on Wall news or stock quotes twice daily, available Street. to SkyWord subscribers. 14. Getting Phree SkyTel Pagers To get phree SkyTel pagers you will need to get a pin. To do this you will have to do some scanning. Use the prefixes in section 16 of this article. Each pin is seven digits. If an account has a personal 800 number, then that is the pin. For example 800-759-9826. The pin is 7599826. Hint: If you find a pin with option 3# on it. Which is alpha-numeric paging. Call it up. The SkyTel operator will read you the name of the owner of the pager. Now you have the owner. All you have to do is goto a payphone and page the owner of the pager to the payphone and bull shit him into something stupid like "This is Michael Donaldson from SkyTel. We have lost some information on your SkyTel account. We need it for billing purposes." He will almost 99.99% of the time give it up. Your next step is to CNA his number and get all the information on the number. Now you have all the information on his SkyTel account. The best accounts to get phree pagers with are corporate accounts because they usually have many pagers under the account and will let you ship a large quantity of pagers out at one time. Typical Conversation with Skytel to get Phree Pagers: (if you have a UPS bin number all the better. BIN = billing identification number. AKA bill shipping to another company). SB=Skytel Bitch ME=PBXPhreak Call 800-SKY-USER ME: "Hi, I was wondering if you can help me?" SB: "Sure, what do you need help with" ME: "I would like to add a pager to my SkyTel account" SB: "Ok, sir. Whats your pin on your account" ME: (give her the pin you have info on) SB: (will ask for info on the account) ME: (give her the info) SB: "Ok, what type of pager and service would you like" ME: "A SkyTel Tango 2 Way Pager " -- $400 each SB: "Ok, I am filling an order for a Tango, would you like any extra options on this pager" ME: "Yes, the SkyTalk, SkyNews, SkyFax, SkyQuote and with nationwide and international coverage please" (one fuckin loaded pager) SB: "Ok, that will be shipped out tomorrow" ME: "Miss, one thing.. I am in Canada right now at a Business conference can you ship it over here." SB: "Sure. Whats the address you want it delivered to." ME: (give her the dropsite) SB: "Is there anything else." ME: "No thanks. You have yourself a good day and a Merry Christmas!!!" 15. Taking over a SkyTel Mailbox Hint: If you find a pin with option 3# on it. Which is alpha-numeric paging. Call it up. The SkyTel operator will read you the name of the owner of the pager. Now you have the owner. All you have to do is goto a payphone and page the owner of the pager like a million times and if he doesn't respond do it every day for a week. This usually means the pager isn't in use. So this will be a good SkyTel to take over. Typical Conversation with Skytel to takeover a SkyTel Mailbox: SB=Skytel Bitch ME=PBXPhreak Call 800-SKY-USER ME: "Hi, this is Michael Donaldson from AirTouch Paging" SB: "How can I help you" ME: "A customer was getting some options moved around when our computers crashed over on our system and I need to make some changes quickly, and our technician won't be here for awhile. He verified all the information correctly before the system crashed. SB: "What is the pin number on the account" ME: "7599823" SB: "OK.. What needed to be changed" ME: "He wanted to add SkyTalk and SkyFax and change his code to 9172" SB: "Ok i will do that now.." ME: "Who am I speaking too. So I can tell my manager." (just bullshit) SB: (some stupid name) ME: "Ok, Thank You." SB: "Is there anything else." ME: "No that is fine" SB: "Have a good day" That is a basic conversation that will get them to change the password, and add options to the account. 16. Prefixes for SkyTel Pagers and Voicemail 800-203-xxxx 800-213-xxxx 800-436-45xx 800-436-78xx 800-757-xxxx 800-759-xxxx (original region 759=SKY) Ways of scanning: - Scan by Hand. I would try using Substance's Random Scan program to generate numbers in the prefixes mentioned above. - Toneloc is available at ftp.fc.net /pub/defcon/TONELOC 17. Conclusion That should give you tons of infoz about Skytel and how to acquire an account on the Skytel system. EOF