commafreak@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL fake "555" phone numbers you see in movies and TV shows were once legitimate numbers that anyone could register, but Verizon would charge you $2,500 to use themlookify.ioexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1external-linkTIL fake "555" phone numbers you see in movies and TV shows were once legitimate numbers that anyone could register, but Verizon would charge you $2,500 to use themlookify.iocommafreak@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebfg9k@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoNot sure why they would open these numbers up for access anyway, a lot of PABXes are programmed to recognize the 555 prefix as bogus and just drop the call without even attempting to dial it over national lines
Not sure why they would open these numbers up for access anyway, a lot of PABXes are programmed to recognize the 555 prefix as bogus and just drop the call without even attempting to dial it over national lines