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Child Sites

• asterisk.phreaknet.org — PhreakNet Asterisk Documentation
• doxygen.phreaknet.org — Asterisk Developer Documentation
• w2k.phreaknet.org — chock full of retrocomputing resources!
• analog.phreaknet.org — a site built for dial-up, slow, terminal, text-based, etc. access!
• bell.phreaknet.org — check out this fantastic mock Bell System website!
• addl.phreaknet.org — the official website of the Anti-Digit Dialing League!
• doc.phreaknet.org — repository of miscellaneous telephony documents
• wiki.phreaknet.org — wiki of various telephony articles

Subpages

• Transit Communications Accessibility — public phone availability at rail and transit stations
• Public Change Log — changes to major open-source projects that PhreakNet has effected
• TouchTone Tunes — play music on your TouchTone telephone!
• TouchTone Odds & Ends — ever wish your phone had more buttons?
• Phone Phreaking — an overview of phone phreaking and historical resources about the hobby
• Payphone Directory — a directory of all the known-working payphones we've encountered
• Magazine Advertisements & Articles — magazine ads and articles featuring the Bell System and other phone companies
• Telephones in Media — telephones have been appearing in media for the better part of a century
• Telephone Quiz — a short 10-question quiz to see how well you know your phones

Articles

• Landlines vs. VoIP: Myths & Facts
• The Bell System — a quick history on the the conglomerate of companies that made up the Bell System
• Public Telephones — a brief history of public telephones in America
• Landlines — why landlines are critical infrastructure and important to keep around
• Intro to Telegraphy — a brief intro for newbies to telegraphy

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