Many
phones in modern
offices have a button marked simply with the word "
Feature."
With a little bit of research and curiosity, you can harness the
awesome power of this obtuse little button.
For example, one slow day at work, I pulled out a
Quick Reference card attatched to the bottom of the phone. I then learned how I could reroute other people's phones all around the office with only a few easy key strokes. So, if you ever become a
disgruntled employee, you could engage in some super inter-office
phreaking all while looking like your busy at work checking your
voice mail or following up with a
client. Try these codes to get you started:
FEATURE + 32 + ext. (Reroute incoming calls to this phone to ext.)
FEATURE + 33 + ext. (Reroute incoming calls to ext. to this phone)
FEATURE + * + 33 + * (cancel all reroutings involving this phone. Cover your tracks)
(
Disclaimer: I don't know if these codes are standard for most systems, or even if I remembered them correctly.
Self experimentation is encouraged. If anyone has more information, feel free to
include it below).