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Area code 828
Area code 828 is centred on Asheville, North Carolina. We hold 5,325 allocated blocks for it across 74 rate centres, split 48% mobile, 38% landline and 13% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 828
Area code 828 is not a city code. It covers 74 separate rate centres — billing areas, each its own local calling zone. The largest of them are named in the table below.
That matters twice over. A call between two 828 numbers is not necessarily a local call, because they can sit in different rate centres. And a code this wide narrows a subscriber to a region rather than a town.
North Carolina is split across 10 area codes — 336, 910, 704, 252, 919, 828 and others. By allocated blocks 828 is the 6th largest of them, holding 12% of the North Carolina total.
Where 828 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Hendersnvl and Waynesvl 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 828 |
|---|---|---|
| Asheville | 665 | 12% |
| Hickory | 553 | 10% |
| Morganton | 461 | 9% |
| Hendersnvl | 415 | 8% |
| Arden | 206 | 4% |
| Boone | 163 | 3% |
| Lenoir | 137 | 3% |
| Forestcity | 117 | 2% |
| Waynesvl | 106 | 2% |
| Marion | 104 | 2% |
| Ruthefrdtn | 99 | 2% |
| Sylva | 98 | 2% |
| Newton | 91 | 2% |
| Granitefls | 80 | 2% |
| Highlands | 70 | 1% |
| Franklin | 68 | 1% |
| Canton | 67 | 1% |
| Sprucepine | 64 | 1% |
| Taylorsvl | 64 | 1% |
| Enkacandlr | 61 | 1% |
| Blowing Rk | 57 | 1% |
| Claremont | 56 | 1% |
| Black Mt | 54 | 1% |
| Newland | 54 | 1% |
50 further rate centres in 828 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 828 blocks
AT&T Wireless966 blocks
Onvoy696 blocks
Verizon Wireless521 blocks
Bandwidth288 blocks
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel236 blocks
Suncom Dba T-Mobile Usa176 blocks
The largest holder, AT&T Wireless, has 18% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 828 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 828 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 828?
Area code 828 is centred on Asheville, North Carolina and spans 74 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 828 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 828 the split runs 48% mobile, 38% landline and 13% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 828 numbers?
The largest holders are AT&T Wireless, Onvoy, Verizon Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 828 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,325 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 828 covers on the order of 5,325,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.