Who knows? I remember reading this story back when it originally published. The fact he included the area code and exchange in the story lends a certain amount

Who knows? I remember reading this story back when it originally published. The fact he included the area code and exchange in the story lends a certain amount of credibility to his story as he was essentially inviting phreakers to have their own fun. I have similarly-exhilarating stories that I won't go into. But they gave my teen-aged self a great deal of fun touching the fabled "cloak and dagger" world. So, it's believable to me. Back in those days, there wasn't such an emphasis on domestic COMSEC. Anyone remember romulus at a certain US IC agency?