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Area code 706
Area code 706 is centred on Augusta, Georgia. We hold 5,521 allocated blocks for it across 112 rate centres, split 44% mobile, 46% landline and 10% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 706
Area code 706 does not have Augusta to itself. 1 other code — 762 — 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.
7623,637 blocks, 99 rate centres, mostly mobile
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 706 number and a 762 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Augusta by area code needs all 2 of them.
706 is not confined to Augusta itself: its blocks sit across 112 rate centres, named in the table below.
Georgia is split across 10 area codes — 470, 678, 912, 706, 229, 404 and others. By allocated blocks 706 is the 4th largest of them, holding 11% of the Georgia total.
Where 706 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Dawsonvl is 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 706 |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta | 658 | 12% |
| Columbus | 582 | 11% |
| Athens | 390 | 7% |
| Rome | 291 | 5% |
| Lagrange | 226 | 4% |
| Dalton | 225 | 4% |
| Calhoun | 114 | 2% |
| Madison | 109 | 2% |
| Rossville | 102 | 2% |
| Eatonton | 90 | 2% |
| Toccoa | 82 | 1% |
| Waynesboro | 78 | 1% |
| Ellijay | 71 | 1% |
| Dawsonvl | 68 | 1% |
| Thomson | 67 | 1% |
| Greensboro | 66 | 1% |
| Cornelia | 64 | 1% |
| Monticello | 64 | 1% |
| Warrenton | 64 | 1% |
| West Point | 64 | 1% |
| Thomaston | 59 | 1% |
| Cleveland | 57 | 1% |
| Dahlonega | 56 | 1% |
| Royston | 55 | 1% |
88 further rate centres in 706 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 706 blocks
Verizon Wireless742 blocks
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel601 blocks
AT&T Wireless595 blocks
Onvoy540 blocks
Powertel Atlanta Licenses, Inc.281 blocks
Bandwidth275 blocks
The largest holder, Verizon Wireless, has 13% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 706 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 706 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 706?
Area code 706 covers Augusta, Georgia. It is not the only code there: 762 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Augusta, Georgia number can start with any of them.
Is a 706 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 706 the split runs 44% mobile, 46% landline and 10% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 706 numbers?
The largest holders are Verizon Wireless, Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel, AT&T Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 706 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,521 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 706 covers on the order of 5,521,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.