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Do any of you remember "900 numbers"?

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KCRoadFan:
For me, this is post number 900, which made me think of so-called "900 numbers" - an 80's and 90's phenomenon that I'm too young to remember myself, but which I've read about some. From what I can tell, they were phone numbers starting with 900 (of course), and charged a fee per minute. Many of the "900 numbers" had the sort of info that you would look up on the internet or smartphone today - weather, sports scores, and stuff like that. Other ones, however, connected you to, I might say, crazier stuff - celebrity hotlines and that sort of thing.

Anyway, do any of you remember having called a "900 number", and if so, what was the experience like?

Flint1979:

--- Quote from: KCRoadFan on May 10, 2023, 10:10:36 PM ---For me, this is post number 900, which made me think of so-called "900 numbers" - an 80's and 90's phenomenon that I'm too young to remember myself, but which I've read about some. From what I can tell, they were phone numbers starting with 900 (of course), and charged a fee per minute. Many of the "900 numbers" had the sort of info that you would look up on the internet or smartphone today - weather, sports scores, and stuff like that. Other ones, however, connected you to, I might say, crazier stuff - celebrity hotlines and that sort of thing.

Anyway, do any of you remember having called a "900 number", and if so, what was the experience like?

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Yeah they were a phone number you called and they charged your phone bill for it. It was for entertainment purposes for the most part like psychic hotlines, and adult chat lines and stuff. They'd charge like $2.99 for the first minute then like $0.99 for each minute after that give or take a few bucks lol.

Henry:

--- Quote from: Flint1979 on May 10, 2023, 10:38:55 PM ---
--- Quote from: KCRoadFan on May 10, 2023, 10:10:36 PM ---For me, this is post number 900, which made me think of so-called "900 numbers" - an 80's and 90's phenomenon that I'm too young to remember myself, but which I've read about some. From what I can tell, they were phone numbers starting with 900 (of course), and charged a fee per minute. Many of the "900 numbers" had the sort of info that you would look up on the internet or smartphone today - weather, sports scores, and stuff like that. Other ones, however, connected you to, I might say, crazier stuff - celebrity hotlines and that sort of thing.

Anyway, do any of you remember having called a "900 number", and if so, what was the experience like?

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Yeah they were a phone number you called and they charged your phone bill for it. It was for entertainment purposes for the most part like psychic hotlines, and adult chat lines and stuff. They'd charge like $2.99 for the first minute then like $0.99 for each minute after that give or take a few bucks lol.

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Also, 976-xxxx was a local variant of the 900 number.

Rothman:
I am happy when the young people admit that they are young.

You're too young to be dialing 900 numbers.

mgk920:
IIRC, the first use of a '900' number was in a  radio call-in program put on by the then President Jimmy Carter.  Yes, it was toll free, but it was in the late 1970s.

Mike

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