Area Code Overview

Area code 828 is a geographic telephone area code in North Carolina that went into service on March 22, 1998. The geographic regions covered by this area code overlay has a population of approximately 1,239,845.

Overlay and Dialing Rules

Area Code: 828
State: North Carolina
Type: General Purpose Code
In Service Date: March 22, 1998
Overlay Complex: 828
Local Dialing Plan: This area does not require you to dial the area code when calling locally.

Estimated Number of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 828

This area code is ranked 148th out of 363 nationwide in estimated assigned phone numbers. Within the state territory it serves, it is ranked 5th out of 10.

5,560,000

Estimated Service-Type Mix of Assigned Phone Numbers in Area Code 828

Total assigned 5,560,000

Wireless

2,113,000 assigned

38.00%

Wireline and VoIP

2,796,000 assigned

50.29%

Other / Unclassified

651,000 assigned

11.71%

Estimated Share of Wireless Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 828

Estimated assigned wireless phone numbers: 2,113,000

Numbers may later be ported to another carrier, but this chart reflects original number assignment, not current subscriber share.

AT&T Wireless 825,000 (39.04%)

Verizon Wireless 823,000 (38.95%)

SUNCOM DBA T-MOBILE USA 238,000 (11.26%)

UScellular 111,000 (5.25%)

T-Mobile 59,000 (2.79%)

CAROLINA WEST WIRELESS, INC. 54,000 (2.56%)

Optimum Mobile 3,000 (0.14%)

Estimated Share of Wireline and VoIP Numbers Originally Assigned to Each Carrier in Area Code 828

Estimated assigned wireline and VoIP phone numbers: 2,796,000

AT&T 759,000 (27.15%)

Onvoy 641,000 (22.93%)

Bandwidth 260,000 (9.30%)

PAETEC ITEL, LLC 222,000 (7.94%)

Lumen 142,000 (5.08%)

CHARTER IP ENABLED SERVICES, LLC 134,000 (4.79%)

Verizon 103,000 (3.68%)

Spectrum 98,000 (3.51%)

Peerless Network 72,000 (2.58%)

Commio 69,000 (2.47%)

BALSAMWEST FIBERNET, LLC - NC 65,000 (2.32%)

TERRA NOVA TELECOM INC. 49,000 (1.75%)

Other / Unclassified Assigned Numbering in Area Code 828

Estimated assigned other or unclassified phone numbers: 651,000

BRIGHTSPEED OF NORTH CAROLINA, LLC 200,000 (30.72%)

TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - NC 89,000 (13.67%)

SPOK, INC. 70,000 (10.75%)

CITIZENS TEL. CO. 60,000 (9.22%)

SKYLINE TEL. MEMBERSHIP CORP. 60,000 (9.22%)

SKYBEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - NC 23,000 (3.53%)

SOUTH CAROLINA NET, INC. - NC 20,000 (3.07%)

TON80 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 19,000 (2.92%)

CSC VOICE, LLC 16,000 (2.46%)

FRACTEL, LLC 14,000 (2.15%)

IP HORIZON LLC 14,000 (2.15%)

A BEEP AWAY 10,000 (1.54%)

Cities and Towns in Area Code 828

How These Figures Were Built

These figures are estimates based on public phone-number assignment records. They are meant to show the likely mix of assigned phone numbers associated with area code 828, not live customer counts.

Some providers may have assigned phone numbers tied to this area code even if they do not actively market or sell service locally. These figures reflect public number-assignment records, not confirmed local service availability.

They also do not reflect number portability at the individual phone-number level, so some numbers may now be used on a different network or by a different provider than the original assignment records suggest.

Population data and locality matching provided by GeoNames.

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