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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask theBuddha, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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LoL Hope nobody ever gets that number

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555 numbers are all fake. There is no 555. That's reserved and they use it as example numbers or numbers in media - like fake numbers in movies and television. So, there's no 555 - with one exception and I'm not sure if it's still true. The number I had out was once the number for information/directory services. That was <your area code> 555-1212. I hand that one out frequently.

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Someday they may need those numbers

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I doubt it. They just add new area codes. Lemme do some math...

Every 3 digit area code can have ~8 million numbers. There are 999 combinations - minus some reserved numbers like the 555 numbers and the 800 numbers. (Those will be trivial in the results.)

There are just a touch less than 8 billion possible numbers.

That's BILLION. That's a bit less than the total global population. If they need to, they'd either increase the area code's number of digits or add another digit somewhere. But, it's gonna be a long, long time before they need 8 billion numbers in the US - and Canada. (Canada shares the system with us, which is why you can call Canada for free, often times, and why you don't need to dial a country-code when calling Canada, unlike when you call every other country. We have no such agreements with anyone else, just Canada.)

So, we're gonna be fine for a long, long time.

Eventually, we may not even use real numbers to connect to others. So, there's also that aspect.