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Is there some technical reason why it doesn't work, or is it just... never assigned?
They are just never assigned. I thought they were specifically set aside to be used in fiction, but it seems like that might have just been 555-01XX. But because of the association to that, no one ever wanted a 555 number for anything else and now they are all unused except for 1 number that leads to 'directory assistance'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_(telephone_number)