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

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284 points nomilk | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 21:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.325s | source
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iambateman ◴[31 Oct 25 00:11 UTC] No.45766957[source]▶
Seeing 770-555-5555 on screen has always been a huge pet peeve for me. It really kills the suspension of disbelief for me.
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kid64 ◴[31 Oct 25 04:59 UTC] No.45768577[source]▶
Recently I've noticed the 555 prefix being used less, in favor of prefixes starting with 1, which are also invalid in the real world.
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1. dhosek ◴[31 Oct 25 14:34 UTC] No.45772389[source]▶
I think that’s at least in part because some 555 prefix numbers have been assigned for non-directory information uses (I have a vague notion of seeing this for some toll-free numbers).