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by TheSpiceIsLife
2840 days ago
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When I was younger and worked for an ISP, I had one of the VoiceOps people assign me a VoIP number. The number is (08) 80087355 - which is leetspeak for oh eight boobless. Anyway, one year I discovered calling Centrelink from that number bumps me to the top of the phone queue because the 08 8008 part of the phone number is assigned to a geographic region in remote NSW, even though the area code is 08 because it's closer to Adelaide than Sydney (Broken Hill's area code is also 08). It looks like this still works, as per the Centrelink website here: https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/subjects/paymen... Our rural call centres answer calls from dedicated catchment areas in rural Queensland and South Australia. Our specialist staff answer all calls made to Centrelink 13 numbers from the catchment areas. They also answer all calls made to the Farmers Assistance hotline from anywhere in Australia. Bonus points for being able to keep this number on a $0 per month pay what you use plan. |
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