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"993–994" ] }, { "name": "Paetec Itel", "exchanges": 25, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 25 }, "ranges": [ "230", "233", "236", "244–246", "252", "282", "286", "295", "312", "349", "407", "456", "460", "546", "549", "567", "678–679", "701–702", "707", "797", "901" ] }, { "name": "Verizon", "exchanges": 22, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 2, "mobile": 20 }, "ranges": [ "209", "213", "224", "239", "263–265", "281", "304–305", "337", "341", "351", "355", "357", "363", "365", "369", "380", "609", "760", "777" ] }, { "name": "T-Mobile", "exchanges": 20, "byLineType": { "mobile": 20 }, "ranges": [ "215", "226", "235", "249", "254", "257", "261", "313", "323", "343", "348", "366", "382–383", "424", "437", "547", "617", "671", "918" ] }, { "name": "Lumen", "exchanges": 19, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 17, "voip": 2 }, "ranges": [ "205–207", "220", "222", "273", "275", "284", "314", "346", "364", "372", "376–377", "395", "438", "447", "471", "591" ] }, { "name": "Sinch (Inteliquent)", "exchanges": 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"byLineType": { "voip": 2 }, "ranges": [ "529", "820" ] }, { "name": "Dish Wireless", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "mobile": 2 }, "ranges": [ "225", "279" ] }, { "name": "Nuso", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 2 }, "ranges": [ "203", "227" ] }, { "name": "Rgtn Usa", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 2 }, "ranges": [ "444", "587" ] }, { "name": "SouthernLINC Wireless", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "mobile": 2 }, "ranges": [ "381", "518" ] }, { "name": "Ton80 Communications", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "voip": 2 }, "ranges": [ "837", "853" ] }, { "name": "Voip Street", "exchanges": 2, "byLineType": { "voip": 2 }, "ranges": [ "277", "308" ] }, { "name": "Ahoi", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "500" ] }, { "name": "Airus Inc", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "325" ] }, { "name": "Bandwidth.com", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "voip": 1 }, "ranges": [ "446" ] }, { "name": "Brightlink Communications", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "voip": 1 }, "ranges": [ "262" ] }, { "name": "CSC Wireless LLC", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "mobile": 1 }, "ranges": [ "269" ] }, { "name": "Callworks Corporation", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "voip": 1 }, "ranges": [ "253" ] }, { "name": "Comcast", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "voip": 1 }, "ranges": [ "240" ] }, { "name": "HD Carrier", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "voip": 1 }, "ranges": [ "338" ] }, { "name": "IP Horizon", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "voip": 1 }, "ranges": [ "274" ] }, { "name": "Mcc Telephony", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "231" ] }, { "name": "Terra Nova Telecom", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "voip": 1 }, "ranges": [ "999" ] }, { "name": "Twilio International", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "voip": 1 }, "ranges": [ "895" ] }, { "name": "Vonage", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "voip": 1 }, "ranges": [ "260" ] }, { "name": "Wavenation", "exchanges": 1, "byLineType": { "fixed_line": 1 }, "ranges": [ "389" ] } ], "grid": "vfffffffmmmummfmmmmmfufmmmmfumffffmmffmmvffmfffffmvufvmfvmffvmvmmffffmffffvfmvmmvmfvfffmvvvvvmvfvmvfvmmmmmm-v--ufmf--------mmfmmf--mmvmvvmvm-mmmm-v-mf-f--fmvm-----mvmmv-m--f-f-ff--mmmm-fffff--f--ff---v------f---u----------v-m-------f--ffmf-----f-vf----f---f---f--f-mff-f-f--ff-----------------m---f--f----------u------m---ff-----v---f-----f------fm-f-----u-------f---f------ff----------fff--f--f-m---mu--f----m-u-----m-----m---m-------------f--------------------u---v--m-m------ff-------fff------fm--uff----f---uf------------------m----------------------------mvf------f-------m-------------------f--v-----m-mf-u-f----ffv-f---f-m--ff----v------------m--v------mm-fff-ff-fff--f----m-------v------vff--vf--------vu------m--------------fff--f-----------u-------uu-------v--------u--------u--u-m--ff----v", "patterns": { "all": "^\\+1228[2-9]\\d{6}$", "fixed_line": "^\\+1228(?:2(?:0[1-7]|14|2[027]|3[0-367]|4[124-8]|5[2589]|6[5-8]|7[0-35]|8[24-6]|9[59])|3(?:1[24]|2[58]|49|5[14]|7[2467]|8[5-9]|9[256])|4(?:[09]7|3[2568]|4[47]|5[26]|6[03679]|7[145])|5(?:00|2[23]|3[39]|4[69]|6[37]|7[45]|8[6-8]|9[14])|6(?:04|41|7[89]|8[7-9]|96)|7(?:0[127]|12|6[29]|97)|8(?:09|1[389]|2[26]|3[12]|6[3-578]|7[0-25]|9[67])|9(?:01|3[3-58]|9[34]))\\d{4}$", "mobile": "^\\+1228(?:2(?:0[89]|1[0235-9]|2[3-69]|3[4589]|4[39]|5[47]|6[1349]|7[689]|8[17]|9[37])|3(?:0[1-6]|13|2[3467]|3[12479]|4[1-48]|5[57]|6[3569]|8[0-3])|4(?:24|37|65|93)|5(?:18|47|96)|6(?:0[09]|[19]7|2[37]|69|71)|7(?:31|60|77)|8(?:0[68]|28|[58]0|6[01])|9(?:18|90))\\d{4}$", "voip": "^\\+1228(?:2(?:[04]0|5[036]|6[02]|7[47]|8[0389]|9[0-2468])|3(?:0[08]|3[3568]|[45]6|6[47])|4(?:00|22|46)|529|666|761|8(?:[02]0|37|53|88|95)|9(?:[01]0|67|99))\\d{4}$" }, "sandbox": { "input": "+12285550123", "valid": true, "type": "Fixed line or mobile", "region": "US", "formats": { "e164": "+12285550123", "international": "+1 228-555-0123", "national": "(228) 555-0123", "rfc3966": "tel:+1-228-555-0123" }, "parts": { "countryCode": "+1", "destinationCode": "228", "destinationKind": "area code", "subscriber": "5550123" } }, "faq": [ { "question": "Where is area code 228?", "answer": "Area code 228 is in Mississippi, in the United States: all 295 of its exchanges on record are there. From abroad it is dialled +1 228, then the seven-digit number." }, { "question": "Is a 228 number mobile or landline?", "answer": "Either: in the North American Numbering Plan the line type belongs to the exchange (the three digits after the area code), not to the area code. Of the 295 exchanges on record in 228, 92 (31%) were allocated as mobile, 137 (46%) as fixed line, 45 (15%) as VoIP and 21 (7%) have no line type on record. A number can have been ported since, to another carrier and even to another line type." }, { "question": "Which carriers have numbers in area code 228?", "answer": "33 carriers hold exchanges in 228 on record; the most: AT&T (99), Paetec Itel (25) and Verizon (22). These are the original allocations: with number portability, a number may be served by another carrier today, which only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) can tell." }, { "question": "How do I validate a 228 phone number?", "answer": "In E.164 a 228 number matches ^\\+1228[2-9]\\d{6}$: +1, the area code, a central office code that does not start with 0 or 1, then four digits. Written nationally it reads (228) 555-0123. The exchange patterns on this page narrow it to the exchanges allocated as mobile, fixed line or VoIP." } ], "neighbours": { "sameRegion": [ "us-601", "us-662", "us-769" ], "previous": "us-227", "next": "us-229" }, "meta": { "dataAsOf": "2026-10-25", "dataPoints": 295, "references": [ { "authority": "NANPA", "title": "North American Numbering Plan Administrator", "url": "https://nanpa.com/" }, { "authority": "CNAC", "title": "Canadian Numbering Administrator", "url": "https://www.cnac.ca/" }, { "authority": "ITU", "title": "National numbering plan: United States", "url": "https://www.itu.int/oth/T02020000DE/en" } ] } }