The Most Expensive Phone Number

In the modern era, your phone number is more important than ever, and being able to move between cell phone providers but keep your digits is something we all take for granted. But some numbers are better than others, and if you want a certain combination you might have to pay for it. The biggest price ever paid for a single phone number is a whopping $2.75 million, shelled out by an anonymous bidder in a Qatari auction in 2006. The number - 666-6666 - seems Satanic to Western eyes but has positive associations with "Ellah," one of the Arabic words for "God." The previous record-setting phone number was 8888-8888, set in a Chinese auction a few years prior.