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Area code 659
Area code 659 is centred on Birmingham, Alabama. We hold 1,666 allocated blocks for it across 64 rate centres, split 25% mobile, 8% landline and 68% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 659
Area code 659 does not have Birmingham to itself. 1 other code — 205 — serves the same rate centres, laid over the same ground rather than dividing it. That is an overlay: a new code added when the old one ran out of numbers, covering the same streets. Two neighbours can hold different area codes, so the code says roughly when a number was issued rather than where it sits.
2055,866 blocks, 71 rate centres, mostly landline
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 659 number and a 205 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Birmingham by area code needs all 2 of them.
659 is not confined to Birmingham itself: its blocks sit across 64 rate centres, named in the table below.
Alabama is split across 7 area codes — 256, 205, 334, 251, 938, 659 and others. By allocated blocks 659 is the 6th largest of them, holding 7% of the Alabama total.
Where 659 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Springvl and W Blocton are shortened. Names are reproduced as recorded rather than expanded — the abbreviation is the key the block data is filed under.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 659 |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 384 | 23% |
| Tuscaloosa | 141 | 8% |
| Bessemer | 112 | 7% |
| Alabaster | 72 | 4% |
| Springvl | 63 | 4% |
| Warrior | 43 | 3% |
| Jasper | 42 | 3% |
| Pinson | 42 | 3% |
| Eutaw | 33 | 2% |
| Trussville | 31 | 2% |
| Pell City | 30 | 2% |
| Gardendale | 28 | 2% |
| Clanton | 27 | 2% |
| Chelsea | 24 | 1% |
| Dora | 24 | 1% |
| Hamilton | 24 | 1% |
| Montevallo | 24 | 1% |
| Columbiana | 22 | 1% |
| W Blocton | 21 | 1% |
| Calera | 20 | 1% |
| Guin | 19 | 1% |
| Jemison | 19 | 1% |
| Leeds | 19 | 1% |
| Graysville | 18 | 1% |
40 further rate centres in 659 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 659 blocks
Onvoy615 blocks
AT&T Wireless195 blocks
Powertel Birmingham Licenses, Inc.152 blocks
Bandwidth115 blocks
Onvoy Spectrum100 blocks
Fractel, Llc54 blocks
Onvoy alone holds 37% of every block in 659, which is unusually concentrated for an area code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 659 number still reports the carrier it started with. Closing that gap needs a live query against the routing database. How line type is derived.
Check a single 659 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 659?
Area code 659 covers Birmingham, Alabama. It is not the only code there: 205 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Birmingham, Alabama number can start with any of them.
Is a 659 number a mobile or a landline?
It can be either, and the digits do not say which. North American mobile and landline numbers share the same ranges, so the answer comes from the carrier holding the block. In 659 the split runs 25% mobile, 8% landline and 68% VoIP, so VoIP is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 659 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, Powertel Birmingham Licenses, Inc.. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 659 numbers are there?
The code holds 1,666 allocated blocks in our copy of the numbering plan. A block is 1,000 or 10,000 consecutive numbers depending on how deeply it has been pooled, so 659 covers on the order of 1,666,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.