Portable Phone Numbers = Market for Cool Numbers

goombah99 writes "The New phone number rules that allow you to keep your phone number when you switch carriers has given rise to phone nascent number property rights. On E-bay you can bid on 867-5309 (made famous by Tommy Tutone's Jenny I got your number). As I write this the bid is over $8000 dollars with seven days to go. What other numbers are famous or valuable? Will we see a land rush like the internet names?"

Comments

Re:Making words out of numbers.

[cjellibebi]

There is a web-tool for finding out what words you can make with a phone-number using the letters that appear next to each number - http://mmm.mbhs.edu/~bconnell/phoneagrams.html

867-5309 in 401

[sho-gun]

Here in RI in area code 401, a plumbing service owns
the number, and advertises it on the radio, and even
sings a bit of the jenny song.

I wonder if they had to dish out the $$ for it or
if they simply requested it from thier phone company.

555 numbers already assigned

[aukaru]

555 numbers are already assignable. Check out the 555 master list for the numbers currently in use.

Re:That's 362-4360

[Motherfucking Shit]

OK, after seeing the replies, I did some lyric digging. First off, AC/DC is an Australian band, not a British one, but the posters who intimated that telephone numbers in AC/DC's part of the world are six digits were correct. According to AC/DC's own lyrics page, the actual verse is:

Pick up the phone, I'm always home
Call me any time
Just ring 36 24 36 hey
I lead a life of crime

In the recording, the "hey" is pronounced as more of a "ho" - I just listened. So, I stand corrected. It's not 362-4360, though at least I was right that it isn't 362-4368, either. As could be expected from AC-DC, it's 36-24-36.

RIP Bon Scott. Ride on, ride on...

PhoneSpell.org

[sheetsda]

For those of us who are too lazy to figure it out, here's a site that tells you what a phone number spells.

Re:Prank Calls

[Jerph]

666 is a prefix in Little Rock, Arkansas (USA). Everyone mentions it when they first find out, yes, but even here in the Bible Belt people eventually ignore it.

Re:Area Code 212 isn't mentioned in the song..

[GeorgeH]

Area code 212 is coveted by New Yorkers because it's the original NPA for NYC, before 646 and 917. It's kind of a status symbol there, and I'm sure that has something to do with the price going so high. The New York Post has more information on the desire for 212.