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            /  A new addition to your Beige Box   /
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           \      by  colt45                     \
            \               and wizbone           \
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With the outbreak of DSL, more and more people are giving up their dial-up 
connections for it. So with this in mind you need to update your beige 
box. When you subscribe to DSL, a high frequency data signal is sent 
through your line on the same pair as your current voice service resides.

DSL service requires special filters on the customer premise for a voice 
line and DSL service to coexist happily on the same pair. If you dont plan 
on climbing into someone's home to connect your beige box to their filter, 
you will hear a constant "beep........beep...boop" in the line. This makes 
conversations difficult.

A few notes on DSL

-DSL does not require voice service to operate. Just a copper pair. 
However, Telus, being the gestapo-esque corporation they are, has a policy 
of "no voice service, no dsl!" This is a good way to ensure people will 
keep landlines which are growing useless with the advent of cheap (:P) 
wireless (cancellular) service.

-Most DSL lines are run off of fax lines. 

-There are two types of filters available for DSL: POTS splitters, and 
inline-filters. 


The inline filters are a simple box with an rj11 port on one end, and a 
short (2-3") cord with an rj11 crystal on the other. This type of filter 
is only for voice. For example, you get DSL on your fax line so you plug 
your DSL mowdun (stands for mow-dalawn dun-dalawn) into the phone line, 
and your fax (aka "PH4CKS") into the inline filter, and then into the 
line. 

The only possible downfall of these types of filters is that the voice can 
potentially cause a small amount of interference with the DSL connection, 
but unless you have a terrible line, or a long run from your CO, you won't 
notice. 

                            /
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                            |
(1337 ASCii)                | your mom's
                            |
[Telco]----telephone line---|-[demarc]----[inline filter]--[ph4cks masheen]
                            |       \ 
                                     \----[DSL mowdun]



The POTS splitter usually has three ports: 

1. LINE, LINE-IN, or POTS -- This is where the phone line comes IN to the 
pots splitter. (POTS stands for Plain Old Telephone System... I didn't 
name this shit, don't blame me). 

2. PHONE -- This is where the voice channel is split out to. duh. 
Everything but . 

3. MODEM, DSL -- The mowdun is plugged in through this port. Everything 
but DSL signals is filtered through this port. 



                            /
                           /
                            |
(1337 ASCii)                | your mom's    ___________
                            |              [pots filter]
[Telco]----telephone line---|-[demarc]-----[   LINE    ]
                            |              [   PHONE   ]--[ph4cks masheen]
                                           [   MOWDUN  ]----[DSL mowdun]
                                           [___________]




The POTS splitter has it's advantages because it can be installed at the 
Demarc and doesn't require any extra ugly filters to hang out of your wall 
jacks. There's also the aforementioned potential for interference with the 
inline filters. 

Probably for the beige box, the inline filter would be ideal and very 
simple to modify for beiging use while a POTS filter would be alot more 
trouble to splice in properly.

Plug your BB into the filter and then splice the filter onto the pair upon 
which the DSL service resides. Your beige box will still work with out the 
in-line filter, but it will be harder to successfully social engineer your 
targets, especially operators with all that line noise.

But remember kids, beiging on private phone lines without prior permission 
is against the law, and soon reading this article will also be against the 
law. So be careful, and remember, only YOU can prevent forest fires.

`~12/23/02~`

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