Just caught this on Digg.
There's a guy Luke Johnson who is doing The Luke Johnson Phone Experiment He's posted a video on YouTube with his phone number. In the video he asked anyone and everyone to call to see if he can get it to ring off the hook 24/7.
At first when I saw this video I laughed because I could imagine myself doing something like this, only instead of giving my number, give a friends number. In college we would always prank each other and try to one up, each other. This seems like it would be unbeatable in the prank realm.
After I saw the video I thought about not calling, I mean why be involved in something like this. But I chose to becuase this is why I love the internet. Some college kid, with a cheap camera, put a video up on a site and can reach the world (and they can reach back). The free flow of information and the ease at which it spreads. How quickly it spreads. Incredible. I love it.
I called the number, 1-602-435-3694 for the experiment and actually spoke with Luke. We chatted for about 30 seconds and he told me I was caller number 1,063 or something like that in the two days since this started. As this catches on I'm sure he'll get inundated with calls.
I sure hope this guy has unlimited call me minutes or he doesn't get dropped by his carrier.