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TEL
Tel 01.png
TEL issue 01 page 01
Format Print
Editor Jack Kranyak
Publisher Teletronics Company of America
Origin Los Angeles, CA, USA
Language English
Frequency Monthly
Active November 1974 - May 1975
Topics Counterculture, Yippie, Phreaking
Number of Issues 7
Follows NA
Precedes NA
Associated Publications NA
Website NA

TEL (Telephone Electronics Line) was a small publication that was dedicated to phone phreaking and hacking. The Teletronics Company of America began publishing it monthly in November 1974 with Jack Kranyak the Editor-in-Chief. TEL was similar to TAP, but was geared totally toward phone phreaking.

In 1975, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph (PT&T) won a lawsuit against the publishers of TEL. The Superior Court of California ordered TEL to stop publishing immediately. Though never challenged in court, this was truly a violation of First Amendment rights. A letter was mailed to all subscribers advising them to destroy all back issues of TEL.

TEL ceased publishing after only seven issues.

Contents

TEL Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 1 (November 1974)

  • TSPS ... Traffic Services Position Systems

TEL Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 2 (December 1974)

  • How to Call Long Distance Toll-Free
  • How Many Attachments Can You Wire to Your Telephone Line?
  • How to Handle Obscene Telephone Company Employees
  • What You Can Get for the Price of a Dime
  • The Automatic Wiretap
  • Call Santa This Year and Wish Him the Best!

TEL Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 1 (January 1975)

  • Toll: A General Introduction
  • The Intricacy of Credit Card Fraud
  • Modern Phone Preaking
  • Detection: How to avoid it
  • Area Code 900
  • TEL Tips
  • Construction Project: The Hold Button

TEL Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 2 (February 1975)

  • Telephone Answering / Recording Devices
  • When the Phone Company Turns a Deaf Ear
  • Dial Tone Speed Measurement - Part One

TEL Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 3 (March 1975)

  • Overseas Dialing Techniques
  • Fresno - Way Station for Tax Returns
  • Pay Phone Special
  • The Telephone: A Basic Introduction
  • Dial Tone Speed Measurement - Part Two

TEL Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 4 (April 1975)

  • Touch-Tone - What it is, What it does!
  • Construction Project - Add Four New Tones to Your Touch-Tone Phone.
  • Central Office Operations - Part One, Step-by-Step
  • Anatomy of a Phone Bust - or, "How to Get Caught"
  • Dial Tone Speed Measurement - Part Three
  • Construction Project - Television Remote Control
  • PUC vs. Telco - California Ruling on Interconnection

TEL Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 5 (May 1975)

  • Trashing the Phone Company - A Look at "Ma Bell's" Garbage
  • Construction Project - Poor Person's Telephone
  • Construction Project - Telephone "Beeper"
  • Central Office Operations - Part Two, No. 5 Crossbar
  • European Reports
  • Big Mother is Watching

Downloads

Issue User Link Notes
Volume 1, Issue 1 (November 1974) Archive.org
Volume 1, Issue 2 (December 1974) Archive.org
Volume 2, Issue 1 (January 1975) Archive.org
Volume 2, Issue 2 (February 1975) Archive.org
Volume 2, Issue 3 (March 1975) Archive.org
Volume 2, Issue 4 (April 1975) Archive.org
Volume 2, Issue 5 (May 1975) Archive.org
Special Report #1 Archive.org
Special Report #2 Archive.org

External Links

GBPPR - TEL