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Those "local presence" numbers are highly depleted and highly unlikely to be available for MVNOs. Not to mention you don't need to be basically present in NYC to use those numbers.

The real reason this shit is in NYC is because the number of tower cells is huge due to population density. It makes having a few hundred to thousand devices in one office a bit more viable.

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I live in the NY area (Long Island), and have a business line on my phone, so I get dozens of scam calls per day.

Most are spoofed. Many, from local Long Island exchanges.

All the spoofed calls just reuse existing numbers. When I first started getting them, I called a couple, until I figured it out. I usually got some poor, confused schlub.

I’ve gotten some calls, myself, and have been said poor, confused schlub.

Bonus points when they spoof your own number?

Hasn't happened to me, but a friend of mine, said it happened to him.

> Those "local presence" numbers are highly depleted

Yeah, the last time I asked for a 212 number from Verizon Wireless the guy literally laughed at me.

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