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867-5309 in All US and Canadian Area Codes

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Re: 867-5309 in All US and Canadian Area Codes

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Post by boomboomsubban »

jbledsoe2112 wrote: post #9
boomboomsubban wrote: post #7

I like that they mentioned that they did this for cheap, but did not seem to care that they were calling ~1000 random people. And they plan to do this regularly.

Naw, like every 6 months or so. Chill, dude.

I would still find one prank phone call every six months annoying. I get that it's probably a small drop in what the poor people that unintentionally have that number deal with, but it's silly to think the readers would worry about the cost to the caller not the stranger called.

Re: 867-5309 in All US and Canadian Area Codes

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Post by zamadatix »

boomboomsubban wrote: post #7

I like that they mentioned that they did this for cheap, but did not seem to care that they were calling ~1000 random people. And they plan to do this regularly.

I think the article gives pretty understandable reasoning of why the owners these <400 numbers, of which <100 were actually in service and accepting calls, are ones that are expecting to get called just to see what's on the number. As it explains these numbers are not something given to a random grandma who is going to be bothered by the wasted minute on their phone plan.

Re: 867-5309 in All US and Canadian Area Codes

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Post by stickfigure »

boomboomsubban wrote: post #11
jbledsoe2112 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Naw, like every 6 months or so. Chill, dude.

I would still find one prank phone call every six months annoying. I get that it's probably a small drop in what the poor people that unintentionally have that number deal with, but it's silly to think the readers would worry about the cost to the caller not the stranger called.

My number is unremarkable and I still get a half dozen spam/scam calls a day. An extra one in six months would go unnoticed. If you're not in my contact list, you go straight to voicemail.

Re: 867-5309 in All US and Canadian Area Codes

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Post by hayleox »

boomboomsubban wrote: post #7

I like that they mentioned that they did this for cheap, but did not seem to care that they were calling ~1000 random people. And they plan to do this regularly.

If you want to get mad about people spamming this phone number with fake calls, you're about 40 years too late. The numbers are already spammed to hell; there's hardly any harm in one more call every 6 months to document the phenomenon.

Re: 867-5309 in All US and Canadian Area Codes

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Post by jchw »

boomboomsubban wrote: post #7

I like that they mentioned that they did this for cheap, but did not seem to care that they were calling ~1000 random people. And they plan to do this regularly.

From the perspective of those people, it’s one call every ~x months. The main problem is how many people might be doing that.

Re: 867-5309 in All US and Canadian Area Codes

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Post by tyingq »

bittercynic wrote: post #15

For area codes where the number is not assigned, is there some way to find out who to contact to purchase it?

Guessing somebody beat you to it, because you can find the number on "vanity DID" sites selling for ~$10k+/USD:

https://www.numberbarn.com/search?search=867-5309&saleOnly=t...

Re: 867-5309 in All US and Canadian Area Codes

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Post by imglorp »

abirch wrote: post #18

LTP: if you're at a grocery store and don't have membership account, use the local area code and this number. It hasn't failed me in the 14 states I've tried it.

I do that at my stupid hair place: the clerk won't enqueue you without some random phone and a name to call when it's your turn. Then they wonder why there's a dozen people on that same number!
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