Phone numbers for use in TV shows, films and creative works

Posted by nomilk 10/30/2025

Phone numbers for use in TV shows, films and creative works(www.acma.gov.au)

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rererereferred 10/30/2025|

Does this mean 634-5789 is a real number?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuC0T-_ONIA

TacticalCoder 10/31/2025|

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nullhole 10/30/2025||

Futurama used the alien alphabet to get around this because, as the commentary said, they didn't want to use another 555- number.

khy 10/31/2025|

The Simpsons went more meta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qh1JlNaOxo

Marsymars 10/30/2025||

For any website registration that asks for a phone number I put in one of these for my area.

alberth 10/31/2025||

Phone systems use to be high tech back-in-the-day and the original "hacker news" was https://www.2600.com (in print).

ChrisArchitect 10/30/2025||

https://www.nanpa.com/numbering/555-line-numbers

afandian 10/31/2025||

The test prefix for test or example DOIs is 10.5555, following the American phone number convention. I have 10.5555/12345678 seared in my muscle memory.

MinimalAction 10/30/2025||

Wow! Had no idea. I wonder how do they monitor if they use these for setting up an account for some offers.

paranoidrobot 10/30/2025|

The only people who would give one of these numbers out in real life are people who otherwise don't want to give you a real number.

Anyone who needs a number for a legitimate reason should do their own validation anyway.

You can try calling them but they return "number disconnected" messages.

zeta0134 10/30/2025||

I have one of these that I use when dealing with retailers for which the phrase "I don't have a smartphone" does not compute. Saves the hassle of having to explain it every time, and so far I'm the only one using my made up number, so they "remember me" or whatever. But they can't actually call, and that's the point.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 10/30/2025||

For a good time call (303) 499-7111

SoftTalker 10/30/2025|

For dirty deeds ring 3-6 2-4 3-6.

lisbbb 10/31/2025||

Man, I miss the days when telephones were just telephones. The world just seems less mysterious now.

munchlax 10/31/2025||

That was almost never the case. We just didn't know any better

L-four 10/30/2025||

Always use theses in testing don't ask me how I know.

riffic 10/31/2025|

this only applies in country code 61. most folks here would be in another numbering plan:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_telephone_country_code...

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