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MCI[edit]

MCI no longer exists as a company, should these references be changed to Verizon now? Androsyn (talk) 16:40, 12 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Dead at least on 6-13-23 2600:1016:B129:CAE2:0:57:64AB:4C01 (talk) 18:43, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled[edit]

Can anyone say where the content of this page came from? It was all put here in one edit, with a low link density, which is usually a sign of copyright violation. Derrick Coetzee 18:05, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

  • It looks like much (if not all) of it is from old phone phreaking resources on BBSs from the late 1980s and early 1990s. I really don't think anybody is compiling this stuff anymore. -71.49.161.98 16:55, 4 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
People are still making lists of this sort of stuff. See Phreaks and Geeks. Timsheridan 18:56, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Don't worry, eyes are watching the list, and stuff has been added and removed. This list is practically public knowledge anyway. --Nmatavka (talk) 07:21, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

These numbers are not entirely private and are used by many telephony service personnel today which means most of the numbers are still current. I suggest that the removal of the list was in haste, as it's not clear that any copyright has been violated. Although these numbers are not published in local directories, they are freely available if requested from local interconnect and central offices.

I decided to bring the directory back, since there was no consensus to remove it in the 1st place. The above comment is right---I feel that removing the numbers may be counter-productive. I have, however, removed a few numbers that do not work, and I have added a few that I have discovered myself. --Nmatavka (talk) 05:33, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Eyes are not watching this rubbish list. The phreaksandgeeks.com domain is parked at GoDaddy, so proves nothing. There are numbers still listed which were marked as dead by editors here as far back as 2012, right in the article body, and never removed. Some have been assigned to other purposes years ago; for instance "in area NPA, just dial 999 and it tells you your own number" fails if 1-NPA-999-XXXX has been a regular exchange prefix for years. (Oh, and don't try that in England...) Similarly, using anything N-1-1 is broken in communities where those prefixes all point to their standard locations (2-1-1 community info, 3-1-1 city hall, 4-1-1 directory info, 5-1-1 road conditions, 6-1-1 repair or business office, 7-1-1 TDD operator, 8-1-1 telehealth/teletriage or cable location, 9-1-1 distress). This is a joke. Furthermore, these are usually provider-specific (so a wireless provider or a CLEC might use different numbers, or not support this at all) with no provider specified. If the number was for the incumbent landline carrier only, say so, if it was reassigned years ago, remove it.
This whole mess fails WP:RS, claiming "some phone phreak put this on a list in 1980" is not a valid source to affirm the number works now. We can say that 958 and 1-NPA-959 contain test numbers as NANPA.com marks these 'UA' (unassignable) in their CO code list for that area code; the same might be true if there's some other clear 'UA' flag that can't be attributed to something else (such as other adjacent or in-state area codes, N-1-1 or premium numbers). Listing these after making a test call is questionable (WP:OR seems to prohibit it, but at least it would be a working number) but info with no cited source and most likely wrong is worthless. If there's no NANPA (or CNAC, in Canada) reservation on the prefix, and what's there isn't a regular line which can be verified to be announcing ANAC or CID, get these off the list. Better yet, delete the entire list of local-only test numbers as unverifiable; it falls so far short of the accuracy standards here that I wouldn't even offer it to Uncyclopedia. K7L (talk) 17:59, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a directory[edit]

Wikipedia is not a list of phone numbers. This page is for explaining what an ANAC is, not listing every ANAC in the known world. FCYTravis 04:24, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but put it to a vote/consensus before removing the list next time. --Nmatavka (talk) 05:33, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Does this list meet the standards applied to any other Wikipedia content? If this were a list of blonde jokes or light bulb jokes, instead of a list of test numbers that (mostly) no longer work, at this level of usability, it would've been removed in a NY minute. K7L (talk) 18:30, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
+1 NPA-958-2580 can be verified simply by calling it from any regular incumbent landline in Bell Canada territory - the same is presumably true for any of the other system-wide numbers for major carriers. We know that NPA-958-xxxx and 1-NPA-959-xxxx (except +1 204 958-xxxx MTS Winnipeg) are test numbers because those blocks are called out as test numbers in the CO code lists on NANPA.com or CNAC.ca. Even if we don't have "every ANAC in the world" (as a small, local independent telco in Moose Creek, Ontario or somewhere is hard to verify unless one were in Moose Creek) the system-wide 958/959 numbers for the major carriers are verifiable (by calling them from that carrier) and are notable. 204.237.51.164 (talk) 22:06, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This page should have at least one number listed that announces your number[edit]

I know there are several numbers that can be used to get your phone number played back to you, and that was the reason why I came here to this article, and the article does not have a number listed that you can call.

One such number that works is 1-800-444-4444.

It doesn't work anymore. Try 1-800-437-7950. --Nmatavka (talk) 05:33, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This page should list this number on it as a reference for people who need to see what number a phone they have is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.138.246.93 (talk) 03:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I tried 1-800-444-4444; from toronto.voip.ms it just gives "number not available from your calling area". If there were issues with it not working as far back as 2010, why is it (and a stack of similar MCI CSR numbers) still on the list? I'm also unsure why we're listing "XYZ Bank, Fraud department" in various forms when these were never intended for ANAC use. K7L (talk) 18:46, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

link broken[edit]

The link at the bottom is broken —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.179.5.200 (talk) 14:21, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

giant list[edit]

instead of a giant list, it woudl be much easier to read if this was in tabular format. --RichardMills65 (talk) 17:59, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Graveyard[edit]

These have been removed from the article as the prefixes have been assigned for other purposes, such as N-1-1 or regular exchanges:


Deprecated Canadian test numbers
  • N11 codes:
    • 211 (604 BC)
    • 311 (403, formerly Alberta, Yukon and N.W. Territory) and 311 (905, Ontario -Rogers, Telnet Communications)
  • Former 320-xxxx test codes in Bell Canada territory, now reassigned to standard exchanges:
    • 320-1112 (819 Quebec)
    • 320-1180 (450 514 and 819, most of the province of Quebec)
    • 320-4567 (705 North Bay/Sault Ste. Marie)
    • 320-5123 or 320-9123 (613 Kingston)
  • Vertical service codes (individual features activation within an exchange):
    • 306: 115 Saskatchewan (likely deprecated, conflicts with use of 1157 or *57 to actuate Call Trace service for unwanted calls [1])
  • Other former test codes now listed as standard local exchanges:
    • 403: 908-222-2222 Alberta, Yukon and N.W. Territory (403-908 is now a Distributel exchange in High River[1])
    • 403: 999 Alberta, Yukon and N.W. Territory (403-999 is now a Calgary Telus mobile exchange)


Deprecated US test numbers
  • 206: 411 WA (Not US West) (likely deprecated as 4-1-1 is directory info in most of WA[2])
  • 210: 951 Brownsville/Laredo/San Antonio, TX (GTE) (deprecated, 951 is available for reassignment as of 2012.)
  • 214: 570 Dallas, TX (deprecated, now a standard exchange)
  • 214: 790 Dallas, TX (GTE) (deprecated, now a standard exchange)
  • 215: 511 Philadelphia, PA was deprecated by state-wide use of 511 as road info in 2009; PA is the 36th state to adopt the system.[3]
  • 216: 331 Akron/Canton/Cleveland/Lorain/Youngstown, OH (deprecated, 331 is available for assignment as a new CO code as of 2012.)
  • 219: 550 Gary/Hammond/Michigan City/Southbend, IN (deprecated, 550 is available for reassignment as of 2012.)
  • 219: 559 Gary/Hammond/Michigan City/Southbend, IN (deprecated, 559 is available for reassignment as of 2012.)
  • 270: 559 AT&T, Fishskill NY. (Invalid. 270-559 is an exchange in Paducah KY; 270 is *not* NYS)
  • 301: 200-200-6969 Hagerstown/Rockville, MD (deprecated, 301-200 is now an exchange in Indian Head MD)
  • 305: 200-200-200-200-200 Ft. Lauderdale/Key West/Miami, FL (deprecated, 305-200 is an exchange in Miami)
  • 305: 200-555-1212 Ft. Lauderdale/Key West/Miami, FL (deprecated, 305-200 is an exchange in Miami)
  • 305: 780-2411 Ft. Lauderdale/Key West/Miami, FL (invalid, 305-780 available for assignment in 2014)
  • 312: 290 Chicago, IL (deprecated, 312-290 is a wireless exchange in Chicago, Zone 1)
  • 315: 953 Syracuse/Utica, NY (deprecated, 953 is an exchange in Vernon NY)
  • 317: 310-222-2222 Indianapolis/Kokomo, IN (deprecated, 317-310 is an exchange in Indianapolis)
  • 317: 559-222-2222 Indianapolis/Kokomo, IN (deprecated, 317-559 is an exchange in Indianapolis)
  • 317: 743-1218 Indianapolis/Kokomo, IN (invalid, 317-743 has been made available for assignment in 2014)
  • 337: 350 Lafayette Main, LA (deprecated, 337-350 is an exchange in Centerville LA)
  • 337: 370 New Iberia, LA (deprecated, 337-370 is an exchange in Jennings LA)
  • 337: 720 Lafayette Vermillion, LA (invalid, 337-720 is available for assignment as an exchange in 2014)
  • 352: 200-2002 Gainesville, FL (deprecated, 352-200 is now a Weekiwachee Springs mobile exchange)
  • 401: 200-200-4444 RI (deprecated, 401-200 is an exchange in Bristol RI)
  • 404: 311 Atlanta, GA (deprecated, reassigned to City Hall in 2012)[4]
  • 404: 990 Atlanta, GA (deprecated, 404-990 is a mobile exchange in Atlanta)
  • 405: 890-7777777 Enid/Oklahoma City, OK (invalid, 405-890 is available for assignment as an exchange in 2014)
  • 405: 897 Enid/Oklahoma City, OK (invalid, 405-890 and 405-897 are available for assignment as exchanges in 2014)
  • 407: 200-222-2222 Orlando/West Palm Beach, FL (Bell South) (deprecated, 407-200 is an exchange in Winter Park FL)
  • 407: 520-3111 Orlando/West Palm Beach, FL (United) (invalid, 407-520 is an exchange in Kissimmee FL)
  • 409: 951 Beaumont/Galveston, TX (deprecated, 409-951 is an exchange in Beaumont TX)
  • 410: 200-200-6969 Annapolis/Baltimore, MD (deprecated, 410-200 is an exchange in Easton MD)
  • 410: 200-555-1212 Annapolis/Baltimore, MD (deprecated, 410-200 is an exchange in Easton MD)
  • 412: 211 Pittsburgh, PA (DTMF Response) (deprecated, now PA 2-1-1 Southwest, community info)
  • 412: 975 Pittsburgh, PA (invalid, 412-975 is available for assignment as an exchange in 2014)
  • 413: 200-555-5555 Pittsfield/Springfield, MA (deprecated, 413-200 is an exchange in Cummington MA)
  • 414: 330-2234 Fond du Lac/Green Bay/Milwaukee/Racine, WI (likely invalid, 414-330 is a Milwaukee mobile exchange)
  • 423: 200-200-200 Chattanooga, Johnson City, Knoxville, TN (deprecated, 423-200 is an exchange in Morristown TN)
  • 478: 3336 Metter, GA. (PINELAND TELEPHONE) (deprecated, 478-333 is now a Centerville (Houston) exchange)
  • 478: 990 Dublin, GA. (BELLSOUTH & AT&T) (invalid, 478-990 is available for assignment in 2014)
  • 502: 200-222-2222 Frankfort/Louisville/Paducah/Shelbyville, KY (invalid, 502-200 is available for assignment in 2014)
  • 502: 997-555-1212 Frankfort/Louisville/Paducah/Shelbyville, KY (invalid, 502-997 is available for assignment in 2014)
  • 503: 999 Portland, OR (GTE) (deprecated, 503-999 is an exchange in Salem OR)
  • 504: 201-269-1111 Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA (deprecated, 504-201 is an exchange in Kenner LA, 1-201 is NJ)
  • 504: 997-1111 New Orleans/Metairie/Kenner/River Ridge, LA (Bell South) <Verified 02/04/2006> (deprecated, available for assignment in 2014)
  • 504: 998-82233 Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA (deprecated, available for assignment in 2014)
  • 504: 998 Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA (deprecated, available for assignment in 2014)
  • 504: 99851-0000000000 Baton Rouge/New Orleans, LA (deprecated, available for assignment in 2014)
  • 509: 560 Spokane/Walla Walla/Yakima, WA (deprecated, 509-560 is an exchange in Oroville WA)
  • 515: 5463 Des Moines, IA (deprecated, 515-546 is an exchange in Clare IA)
  • 516: 968 Hempstead/Long Island, NY (invalid, available for assignment as exchange in 2014)
  • 517: 200-222-2222 Bay City/Jackson/Lansing, MI (deprecated, 517-200 is an exchange in Litchfield MI)
  • 517: 200200200200200 Bay City/Jackson/Lansing, MI (deprecated, 517-200 is an exchange in Litchfield MI)
  • 518: 511 Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY (deprecated, 5-1-1#New York is statewide highway info)
  • 540: 211 Roanoke, VA (GTE) (deprecated, now community info)[5]
  • 541: 200 Bend, OR (deprecated, 541-200 is an exchange in Medford OR)
  • 603: 200-222-2222 New Hampshire (NH) (deprecated, 603-200 is an exchange in Newmarket NH)
  • 606: 711 Ashland/Winchester, KY (deprecated, 7-1-1 is kentuckyrelay.com)
  • 606: 997-555-1212 Ashland/Winchester, KY (invalid, 606-997 is available for assignment in 2014)
  • 615: 200-200-200-200-200 Chattanooga/Knoxville/Nashville, TN (deprecated, 615-200 is a Nashville exchange)
  • 615: 200-222-2222 Chattanooga/Knoxville/Nashville, TN (deprecated, 615-200 is a Nashville exchange)
  • 615: 830 Nashville, TN (deprecated, 615-830 is a standard exchange in Nashville TN)
  • 616: 200-222-2222 Battle Creek/Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, MI (deprecated, 616-200 is a Trufant MI exchange)
  • 659: 220-2622 Newmarket, NH (invalid, there is no area code 659)
  • 682: 970-1234 Ft. Worth, TX (AT&T / SBC) (invalid, 682-970 is a Cleburne TX exchange)
  • 703: 211 VA (deprecated, now community info)[6]
  • 703: 511-3636 Culpeper/Orange/Fredericksburg, VA (deprecated, see 5-1-1#Virginia)
  • 707: 211-2222 Eureka, CA (deprecated, now 2-1-1 Humboldt County community info)[7]
  • 708: 200-6153 Chicago/Elgin, IL (deprecated, 708-200 is an exchange in La Grange IL)
  • 712: 580-9999 Council Bluffs, IA (invalid, this is Spencer IA's municipal telco in another LATA)
  • 713: 380 Houston, TX (deprecated, 713-380 is a Houston CLEC exchange)
  • 713: 380-5555-5555 Houston, TX (deprecated, 713-380 is a Houston CLEC exchange)
  • 716: 511 Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY (deprecated, 5-1-1 is NY highway info statewide)
  • 716: 990 Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY (deprecated, 716-990 is a Leap Wireless exchange in Niagara Falls)
  • 717: 711 Coaldale/Lansford/Summit Hill, PA (Alltel) (deprecated, 7-1-1 is PA Relay service.)
  • 770: 780-2311 Atlanta/Marietta/Norcross, GA (is not active 5/2013) (is a Monroe GA exchange, 12/2014)
  • 781: 511 Dedham, MA (RCN Phone Service) (deprecated, http://www.mass.gov/511/ is road info)
  • 802: 200-1111 Vermont (deprecated, 802-200 is available for assignment in 2014)
  • 802: 200-222-2222 Vermont (deprecated, 802-200 is available for assignment in 2014)
  • 802: 222-2222-2222 Vermont (deprecated, 802-222 is a Fairpoint exchange in Bradford VT)
  • 804: 990 Virginia Beach/Richmond, VA (invalid, 804-990 is available for assignment in 2014)
  • 812: 410-555-1212 Evansville, IN (deprecated, 812-410 is an exchange in Greensburg IN)
  • 813: 311 St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL (deprecated, see Tampa on 3-1-1#United States)
  • 815: 270-3374 Crystal Lake, IL (deprecated, 815-270 is an exchange in Roscoe IL)
  • 815: 770-3374 Crystal Lake, IL (deprecated, 815-770 is an exchange in Harvard IL)
  • 815: 290 La Salle/Rockford, IL (deprecated, 815-290 is an exchange in Minooka IL)
  • 817: 211 Ft. Worth/Waco, TX (deprecated, now tarrantcounty211.org)
  • 845: 990 Hudson Valley Region, NY (invalid, 845-990 is available for assignment to an exchange in 2014)
  • 880: 739 Verizon, Yuka Flats Wa. (invalid area code, 880 is reserved for tollfree expansion)
  • 903: 970-611-1111 Tyler, TX (invalid, 903-970 is available for assignment in 2014)
  • 904: 200-222-222 Jackonsville/Pensacola/Tallahassee, FL (deprecated, 904-200 is Verizon Wireless Jacksonville)
  • 912: 940 Vidalia, GA. (BELLSOUTH & AT&T) (invalid, 912-940 is available for assignment in 2014)
  • 916: 461 Sacramento, CA (Roseville Telephone) (invalid, 916-461 is available for assignment in 2014)
  • 919: 200 Durham, NC (deprecated, 919-200 is an exchange in Siler City, NC)
  • 919: 711 Durham, NC (deprecated, now relaync.com/711.html)
  • 928: 666-1111 Northern Arizona (invalid, 928-666 is available for assignment in 2014)
  • 954: 200-555-1212 Ft. Lauderdale, FL (invalid, 954-200 is a Metro PCS exchange in Fort Lauderdale)
  • 954: 200-200-200-200-200 Ft. Lauderdale, FL (invalid, 954-200 is a Metro PCS exchange in Fort Lauderdale)
  • 954: 780-2411 Ft. Lauderdale, FL (invalid, 954-780 is an exchange in Coral Spring FL)
  • 972: 970-1234 Plano, TX (AT&T / SBC) (invalid, 972-970 is a Metrotel exchange in Irving TX)
  • 985: 998-222-2222 Houma, LA (invalid, 985-998 is available for assignment in 2014)

References

  1. ^ http://cnac.ca/data/ac403.htm
  2. ^ http://www.utc.wa.gov/consumers/telephone/Pages/directoryAssistance.aspx
  3. ^ "PennDot launches 511 travellers info service". Philadelphia Inquirer. September 2, 2009.
  4. ^ http://www.atlantaga.gov/index.aspx?page=672&recordid=1080
  5. ^ http://www.dss.virginia.gov/community/211.cgi
  6. ^ http://www.dss.virginia.gov/community/211.cgi
  7. ^ http://www.ci.eureka.ca.gov/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=397&targetid=1

Unlisted ANAC[edit]

In one example of this concern, most payphones in the United States are assigned a telephone number and can ring if the number is called. The phone can then be used to make and receive calls by anyone, making it a potential tool in anonymous criminal activity such as narcotics trafficking.

Disputed: So what? Calling any number with caller ID would reveal the info. If they don't want incoming calls to a coin phone, they would disable incoming calls outright or remove the bell. If the ANAC number is unlisted, it's to stop the public from tying up the ANAC machine when telco installers need or want to use it. K7L (talk) 17:35, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

United Kingdom[edit]

Should we remove 020 81 803 803? It goes to the exact same place as 08081707788 and since 080 numbers became free to call from mobiles serves no practical purpose. David Ramsbotham (talk) 20:54, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ANAC numbers[edit]

This is the list that one user took it upon himself to decide to unilaterally remove here:

"One such toll-free service is one owned by MCI - 1-800-444-4444. This number (US only) is easy to remember and, when called, will read back the number after a very short message.[1] A suspended (out of service) line or an incoming only line would not be able to reach any toll-free numbers."

The list is presented by area code, number and location. In some regions, there are several numbers, depending on the telephone company or the area code of the caller, as there can be several central offices serving some areas.


United States[edit]

The North American Numbering Plan reserves 958-XXXX and 1-NPA-959-XXXX for local and long-distance test numbers in almost all USA and Canadian area codes.


Frequently, a prefix outside the 958 or 959 range (such as 200, 997, 998, 999) was also listed as a test exchange, only to be reclaimed and issued as a block of standard numbers at a later date. NANPA's utilised codes report will indicate 'UA' (unassignable) for valid test prefixes; if a formerly 'UA' code newly appears on the available list or becomes an active exchange, any former test numbers from its time as a reserved prefix are presumed invalid and deprecated. N11 prefixes such as 211, 311 and 511 are also disappearing as test numbers as these codes are reassigned to local services such as city, community or highway information.


958, 959 test prefixes
The standard location for test numbers in most NANP area codes, although specific local numbers vary. 1-NPA-959 traditionally contained long-distance test numbers, but this convention is often ignored; AT&T's 959-1122 and GTE (Verizon)'s 959-1114 are local. Some area codes will flag additional codes as 'UA' or unassignable, in some cases reserving them for test numbers.


A few commonly-used 958 or 959 numbers for major incumbent landline carriers:

  • 958, as a three-digit number in many former NYNEX/Bell Atlantic areas, now Verizon or FairPoint (207 Maine, 212 New York, 215 Pennsylvania, 315 New York, 413 Massachusetts, 508 Massachusetts, 516 New York, 603 New Hampshire, 609 New Jersey, 610 Pennsylvania, 617 Massachusetts, 718 New York, 732 New Jersey, 856 New Jersey, 958 New Jersey)
  • 959-1114 Verizon, for all former GTE points in California (area codes 310, 714, 760, 805); also Southwestern Virginia (276), Farmersburg/North Terre Haute/South Terre Haute/Riley Indiana (812) and Durham, North Carolina (919)
  • 959-1122 PacBell (AT&T), all points (California area codes 209, 213, 310, 408, 415, 510, 530, 619, 650, 714, 760, 805, 831, 909, 916 and 925)
  • 959-1122 Southwestern Bell (AT&T), (417 Missouri, 620 Kansas, 816 Missouri, 913 Kansas, 817 Texas, 972 Texas and 682 Texas)


Numbers otherwise vary arbitrarily by locality:

  • 216: 959-9892 Akron/Canton/Cleveland/Lorain/Youngstown, Ohio
  • 301: 958-9968 Hagerstown/Rockville, Maryland
  • 309: 959-1114 Central Illinois (Frontier, Ex-Verizon)
  • 309: 959-9833 Quad City Illinois Area (AT&T)
  • 412: 959-1114 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (Verizon)
  • 503: 958 Portland, Oregon (CLEC, MCIMetro ATS)
  • 602/623/480: 958-7847 Phoenix Metro Area (Qwest)
  • 610: 958-4100 Allentown/Reading, Pennsylvania
  • 717: 958 Harrisburg/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania <CenturyLink: "Sorry but your call can not be completed">
  • 724: 959-1114 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (Verizon)
  • 787: 787-959-1240 Puerto Rico (PRTC)
  • 787: 787-959-1250 Puerto Rico (PRTC)
  • 805: 959-1123 Bakersfield/San Luis Obispo, California (?) (Returns DTMF Tones)
  • 814: 958-2111 Cresson, Pennsylvania
  • 850: 959-3111 Tallahassee, Florida
  • 860: 959-9822 Connecticut
  • 919: 959-1031 Raleigh/Cary/Apex, North Carolina area. (BellSouth/AT&T) Dial as 7-digits.[2]
  • 919: 959-1041 Raleigh/Cary/Apex, North Carolina area. (BellSouth/AT&T) Dial as 7-digits.[2]
  • 970: 958-(any 4 digits) Greeley, Colorado (Qwest)
  • 973: 973-959-3111 Northern New Jersey (Centurylink)


Other regionally nonassignable (UA) test prefixes
These are, over time, being phased out. As each reservation consumes a block of 10000 numbers, the prefixes are increasingly being recovered for use as regular exchange codes and the test numbers moved (usually) to 958-XXXX. If the number is active for test, the prefix listed (often 200, 990, 997, 998, 999) remains within a block currently marked by NANPA.com as unassignable[3] in the one specified area code. These test numbers will be shut down before the 'UA' flag is removed, the prefix made available[4] or reassigned as a standard exchange.
  • 210: 830 Brownsville/Laredo/San Antonio, Texas
  • 214: 970-222-2222 Dallas, Texas (Southwestern Bell)
  • 214: 970-611-1111 Dallas, Texas (Southwestern Bell)
  • 312: 200 Chicago, Illinois (Ameritech)
  • 313: 200-200-2002 Ann Arbor/Dearborn/Detroit, Michigan
  • 313: 200-222-2222 Ann Arbor/Dearborn/Detroit, Michigan
  • 313: 200-200-200-200-200 Ann Arbor/Dearborn/Detroit, Michigan
  • 315: 998 Syracuse/Utica, New York
  • 412: 975 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Verizon)
  • 508: 200-222-1234 Fall River/New Bedford/Worcester, Massachusetts
  • 508: 200-222-2222 Fall River/New Bedford/Worcester, Massachusetts
  • 508: 260-11 Fall River/New Bedford/Worcester, Massachusetts (Verizon)
  • 512: 830 Austin/Corpus Christi, Texas
  • 513: 380-55555555 Cincinnati/Dayton, Ohio
  • 518: 997 Albany/Schenectady/Troy, New York
  • 518: 998 Albany/Schenectady/Troy, New York
  • 607: 993 Binghamton/Elmira, New York
  • 617: 200-222-1234 Boston, Massachusetts
  • 617: 200-222-2222 Boston, Massachusetts
  • 617: 200-444-4444 Boston, Massachusetts (Woburn, Massachusetts)
  • 617: 220 Boston, Massachusetts (Verizon)
  • 617: 220-2622 Boston, Massachusetts (Verizon)
  • 618: 930 Alton/Cairo/Mt. Vernon, Illinois
  • 724: 975 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Verizon)
  • 781: 200-222-2222 Boston, Massachusetts
  • 810: 200-200-200-200-200 Flint/Pontiac/Southfield/Troy, Michigan
  • 817: 970-611-1111 Ft. Worth/Waco, Texas (Southwestern Bell)
  • 817: 970-1234 Ft. Worth, Texas (AT&T / SBC)
  • 914: 990-1111 Peekskill/Poughkeepsie/White Plains/Yonkers, New York


Vertical service codes, carrier-specific
Most vertical service codes are activated with #, * or a leading 11- and are internal to an individual landline or wireless carrier. This block mostly contains codes to activate or deactivate features such as call forwarding, but rarely a test number may appear in this set.
  • 515: 552# Des Moines Metro Area (CLEC), Iowa
  • 434: 118 Charlottesville, Virginia (Verified 2013)
  • 732: *99 Central New Jersey (Optimum Phone Service)
  • 802: 111-2222 Vermont
  • 909: 111 Riverside/San Bernardino Counties, California (GTE) <This is the GT Ringback/Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands code, no Idaho here>
  • 909: 114 and 959-1114 Ontario/Pomona/San Bernardino, California (Current for all GTE switches in California)
  • 914: *99 Westchester County, New York (Cablevision/Optimum Voice)


Long-distance carrier-specific
Area code 700 is reserved for carrier-specific numbers operated by interstate long-distance providers, such as AT&T. With the exception of 1-700-555-4141 (which identifies the default interexchange carrier on a line), all of these are LD carrier-specific. Area code 700 is therefore rarely used.


Area code 1-200
There is no non-geographic area code 200, although exchange 1-NPA-200-XXXX now exists in many local area codes (if it has not been explicitly reserved). The 1-200 area has occasionally been used as an unused space in which to place test numbers, but is rare as in most communities a 1- indicates a long-distance trunk call.
  • 312: 1-200-555-1212 Chicago, Illinois
  • 312: 1-200-8825 Chicago, Illinois (Last Four Change Rapidly)
  • 708: 1-200-555-1212 Chicago/Elgin, Illinois
  • 708: 1-200-8825 Chicago/Elgin, Illinois (Last Four Change Rapidly)
  • 906: 1-200-222-2222 Marquette/Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan


Local numbers
These are regular numbers within valid local exchanges in the communities listed. Many belong to competitive local exchange carriers or independent telephone company exchanges. Supposedly, a test call gives an automatic announcement. Some may announce caller ID instead of ANI; these will incur a toll (if they work at all) for calls outside their home area. These are unverified; there is a risk these will be reassigned to individual subscribers:
  • 334: 557-2311 Montgomery, Alabama (CLEC) (no answer, 2014)
  • 334: 557-2411 Montgomery, Alabama (CLEC) (busy/no answer, 2013)
  • 419: 353-1206 Bowling Green, Ohio (Frontier) (Verified March 2022 - Works from Verizon, but not from AT&T and VoIP carriers)
  • 503: 266-1021 Canby-Needy, Oregon (Canby Telephone Association, independent, returns ANI) (Verified March 2022, but does not supervise; will not work via Google Voice)
  • 503: 697-0053 Clackamas/Lake Oswego, Oregon (Qwest, returns Caller ID) (Verified May 2018, but will only work when calling from the Centurylink Lake Oswego exchange)
  • 505: 243-0049 Albuquerque, New Mexico (Quest, returns Caller ID, additional test menu) (Verified March 2022)
  • 508: 200-5555 Worcester, Massachusetts (Dial 7 digits—City VZ landlines only?) (Verified September 2019 via Worcester 5ESS)
  • 515: 280-1241 Des Moines, Iowa (Qwest, returns Caller ID, additional test menu) (Verified March 2022)
  • 541: 330-0024 Bend, Oregon (Qwest, returns Caller ID, additional test menu) (Verified March 2022)
  • 561: 364-1781 Boynton Beach, Florida (Bellsouth, West Palm Beach/Jupiter/Juno Beach, returns Caller ID) (out of service, dead air, March 2022)
  • 570: 674-0086 Dallas, Pennsylvania (Frontier/Commonwealth Telephone) (Verified March 2022)
  • 602: 253-0227 Phoenix, Arizona (Qwest) (No answer, February 2018) (Reassigned to customer December 2019)
  • 608: 884-1206 Edgerton, Wisconsin (Frontier North, 7 digits only, returns Caller ID) (Verified March 2022)
  • 702: 889-4579 Las Vegas, Nevada (CenturyLink) (no answer, 2014) (No answer, February 2018)
  • 712: 343-1206 Avoca, Iowa (Windstream) (Verified, October 2022)
  • 747: 268-1966 La Cañada Flintridge, California (FPPTN/California Bell) (Out of service, March 2022)
  • 806: 863-9999 Woodrow, Texas (South Plains Telephone Co-Op) (Out of service, March 2022)
  • 812: 462-1218 Terre Haute, Indiana (Frontier North) (no answer, 2014)


N-1-1 numbers
These are mostly dead, except in rare locations where some of the standard information numbers (2-1-1 through 8-1-1) have not yet been assigned to their usual function. The corresponding test number will stop working when 2-1-1 becomes community info, 3-1-1 becomes city or county hall, 4-1-1 becomes directory info or 5-1-1 provides highway conditions, for instance. With rare exception, one should not expect these numbers to be valid.
  • 402: 311 Lincoln, Nebraska (Verified 2016)
  • 410: 811 Annapolis/Baltimore, Maryland
  • 419: 311 Toledo, Ohio
  • 434: 311 Danville, Virginia (Verizon)
  • 501: 511 Arkansas
  • 503: 611 Portland, Oregon
  • 515: 811 Des Moines, Iowa
  • 540: 311 Roanoke, Virginia (GTE) (Verified 2016)
  • 703: 811 Alexandria/Arlington/Roanoke, Virginia
  • 713: 811 Humble, Texas
  • 810: 311 Pontiac/Southfield/Troy, Michigan
  • 907: 811 Alaska
  • 908: 311-MMYY Northern New Jersey (Embarq, now CenturyTel) (MMYY is current Month/Year)


US toll-free[edit]

Please note that it is always preferable to call the local ANAC; only if the local ANAC number can not be called is it advisable to call a toll-free ANAC number. It is also preferable to call an open ANAC rather than the password-protected one given below.

  • 1-800-444-4444 MCI ANAC (no input needed) (Verified January 25, 2022 from Raleigh NC) (not reachable from Canada)
  • 1-800-437-7950 MCI ANAC (no input needed) (Verified January 25, 2022 from Raleigh NC) (Verified March 9, 2021 from Canada)
  • 1-800-223-1104 PASSWORD-PROTECTED ANAC 195632 (Verified June 20, 2020)
  • 1-855-343-2255 TracFone ANAC (press 1 for English) (January 25, 2022 from Raleigh NC)
  • 1-855-227-3250 Consolidated Communications ANAC (January 25, 2022 from Raleigh NC)
  • 1-877-521-2311 CenturyLink (Verified March 9, 2021 from US & Canada)


The below numbers are not true ANAC numbers; however, they do read back one's phone number. These numbers provide valuable services to the customers they serve; it is, therefore, inadvisable to misuse them.

  • 1-800-225-5313 BANK OF SOUTH SIDE VIRGINIA, FRAUD DEPT (press 1) (Verified March 9, 2021 from US and Canada)
  • 1-800-225-5214 NATIONAL CAPITAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, FRAUD DEPT (press 1) (Verified April 2018)
  • 1-800-444-2222 MCI customer service (business) (Verified March 9, 2021 from US and Canada)
  • 1-800-444-3333 MCI customer service (residential) (Verified March 9, 2021 from US and Canada)
  • 1-800-314-4258, 1-800-444-0800, 1-800-444-4444, 1-800-950-5555 and 1-888-624-9266 (press 2 at prompt) are also often listed as MCI customer service.
  • 1-800-660-2626, 1- 800-288-2020 AT&T Customer Service (Verified April 2018)


Canada[edit]

The current use of exchange prefixes for each area code is listed by CNAC;[5] if an exchange changes from "plant test" to reclaimed or active, any former test numbers with the associated prefix are invalidated. Commonly-used test numbers for major carriers (dialled with any of the local area codes, as 10 digits) include:

  • 555-0311 Rogers (403 Alberta, 519 613 Ontario)
  • 958-2580 Bell Canada (519 613 416 705 905 Ontario, 450 418 438 514 579 581 819 873 Quebec)
  • 958-6111 Telus landline (403 780 Alberta, 250 BC)


These numbers are carrier specific and may be blocked from some individual payphones.


Additional plant test codes may be in use locally in some areas:

  • 403: 555-0311 Alberta (GroupTel - may work in other parts of Canada - untested)
  • 306: 958-1115 Saskatchewan (SaskTel - Bell 306 Mobility does not connect)
  • 604: 1116 British Columbia (Telus)
  • 604: 1211 British Columbia (Telus)
  • 819: 959-1135 Most of Outaouais region (Bell Canada)
  • 604: 827-2440 University of British Columbia


Occasionally, a number in an existing, standard local exchange in the area is used. These will incur a toll (and might not work) outside their home area. Some may be announcing caller ID, which is not the same as ANI. As standard local calls, they are not accessible from ADSL "dry loop", inbound-only or unsubscribed lines:

  • 403: 705-0311 Calgary, Alberta (Allstream - gives "call cannot be completed as dialled" in other parts of Canada, identifying as Allstream, active November 2019)
  • 416: 477-0034 Toronto, Ontario (Fibernetics - Verified January 2021)
  • 416: 477-0035 Toronto, Ontario (Fibernetics - verified January 2021; this number allows you to leave a message for reasons not yet determined)
  • 416: 981-0001 Toronto, Ontario (verified July 2010) (busy, September 2015)
  • 905: 310-3789 Mississauga, ON (Now no longer includes loop line or ringback. In NPAs where Bell Canada is incumbent, 310-xxxx is assigned as a pseudo-tollfree exchange which may be called at local call rates from an entire area code.)


In Bell Canada territory, +1-areacode-320 was formerly reserved for 320-xxxx test numbers; these were moved to the 958-xxxx range and 320-xxxx reclaimed for use as a standard exchange. 958-ANAC was in use by Bell Canada (416 Toronto) but looks to have been replaced by 416-958-2580. The use of N11 prefixes (such as 3-1-1) for test numbers is also deprecated as 3-1-1 now often reaches city hall or municipal services while 2-1-1 is local community information.


Some lists erroneously mention 1-555-1313 as ANAC (506 New Brunswick). The purpose of +1-areacode-555-1313, a pay-per-use "name that number" reverse lookup information service introduced in the mid-1990s, differs from ANAC. ANAC announces the caller's own number; the reverse lookup gives the directory name for a listed telephone number input by the user. 555-1313 is one of the rare uses of the 555 exchange for other than the standard 555-1212 directory information line.


United Kingdom[edit]

  • 17070, Openreach Linetest Facilities
  • 020 8759 9036, same recording as 17070 but useful on LLU and cable lines where 17070's functionality is limited. Not usable on mobiles.
  • 0808 170 7788, it does have a long introductory message, but it is useful on COCOTs which have 17070 barred.
  • 18866, Same recording as 0808 170 7788 but a shorter number to remember.
  • 020 8180 3803, Same recording as 0808 170 7788. These numbers are set up by a company offering low-charge calls in the UK, these numbers are meant to be used as a sort of operator routed through in order to qualify for these cheap calls. However, if the phone these numbers are dialled from is already registered with this company it will not announce the number.


Ireland[edit]

  • 19 9000

This service announces the line number on all Eir lines, including lines where calls are carried by another provider using carrier preselect.

The same number also works for lines provided by local-loop unbundling.


The number is called out without the leading 0. For example, 021 XXX XXXX is read back as "21 XXX XXXX".


There is also an extended ANAC service for identifying which carrier handles calls. Dialling these numbers will cause the local switch to announce which carrier the calls are being routed through for a specific category of calls.

  • 19 800 - International calls
  • 19 822 - Local calls
  • 19 801 - Calls to other parts of the Republic of Ireland, Irish mobile numbers and to landlines in Northern Ireland.


Israel[edit]

  • *110 (Not working in all networks)


Australia[edit]

  • 1800 801 920
  • 127 22 123(Telstra landlines only)


New Zealand[edit]

  • 1956 or 0 (8) 320-1231 area code and number
  • 1957 or 0 (8) 320-1234 local number


Subscribers may also dial +64 (8) 320-1231 from overseas to test if the (CPN) Caller ID number is being passed on to New Zealand; this should announce the area code and local number as it appears on call display.


South Africa[edit]

  • +27 21 405 9111 Cape Town ANAC (Verified functional Oct. 2022)
  • +27 21 405 9116 Cape Town ANAC with a callback (Verified functional Oct. 2022)
  • +27 10 130 0999 Johannesburg ANAC (Picks up line but doesn't answer Oct. 2022)
  • +27 31 120 0999 Durban ANAC (Disconnected Oct. 2022)
  • +27 87 180 0999 VoIP ANAC (Disconnected Oct. 2022)
  • +27 84 190 0048 Mobile ANAC (Disconnected Oct. 2022)

References

  1. ^ "Maintaining / Phreaking modems lines using ANAC numbers". Archived from the original on 2003-09-30.
  2. ^ a b "Testing.HTM". pages.furmannet.net. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ^ NANPA report of Colorado codes in use or reserved by area code
  4. ^ NANPA list of available/unassigned Colorado codes by area code
  5. ^ "CO codes (list of all exchanges in each area code, including test and reserved prefixes)". Canadian Numbering Administrator.

Listing of ANA numbers removed[edit]

The listing of ANA numbers serves no real purpose and Wikipedia is not a directory service, WP:NOTDIRECTORY, especially not of relatively obscure items that are not encyclopedic, and of interest only for highly specialized audiences which would probably not rely on WP for this information. The article does not even have decent references for its topic. kbrose (talk) 22:40, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I strongly disagree with this edit. I can see removing a purely-local number which only applies to one small city, but if they're system-wide or statewide on a major carrier (such as Verizon, ATT, Bell, Telus...) they are notable. They do serve a real purpose as they're a useful tool for installers, which are not a highly specialised audience as inside wiring largely is the property (and the responsibility) of the subscriber, not the local ILEC. 204.237.51.164 (talk) 21:46, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I've chopped this down to list just the system-wide numbers (or numbers which cover a vast geographic area) on major carriers. The individual local numbers might be difficult to keep up-to-date, but something that's ATT-wide or Telus-wide is likely safe to list as those aren't going to change often. 204.237.51.164 (talk) 01:01, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The article is about ANAC, the "automatic number announcement circuit". These large network do not provide ANACs, but a service that may seem to have similar results, but those are not circuits. An ANAC only exists at the local level. We don't list telephone directories on WP either, for example of 800-numbers, which may be notable somehow. Listing these numbers is clearly against WP:NOTDIRECTORY. kbrose (talk) 03:02, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Not true... all of these numbers are listed in WP: 1-800-222-1222, 1-800-225-5288, 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-8255 (single), 1-800-273-8255 (song), 1-800-273-TALK, 1-800-4-A-CHILD, 1-800-4-OK-SODA, 1-800-411-PAIN, 1-800-466-4411, 1-800-4664-411, 1-800-528-1234, 1-800-54-Giant, 1-800-701-BOMB, 1-800-999-9999, 1-800-ABCDEFG, 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre, 1-800-BING-411, 1-800-BarNone, 1-800-CALL-411, 1-800-CALL-ATT, 1-800-CAN-LEARN, 1-800-COLLECT, 1-800-CONTACTS v. WhenU Inc., 1-800-CRIME-TV, 1-800-Collect, 1-800-DINOSAUR, 1-800-Dinosaur, 1-800-FLOWERS, 1-800-FREE-411, 1-800-FREE-411 (service offering), 1-800-FREE411, 1-800-Flowers, 1-800-Flowers.com, 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., 1-800-GET-SLIM, 1-800-GET-THIN, 1-800-GET-THIN advertising campaign, 1-800-GOOG-411, 1-800-GOT-JUNK, 1-800-HOTLINEBLING, 1-800-I-FEEL-OK, 1-800-I-FLY-SWA, 1-800-I-Feel-OK, 1-800-Love, 1-800-Love (film), 1-800-MAGIC, 1-800-MISSING, 1-800-MUSIC-NOW, 1-800-MY-APPLE, 1-800-Magic, 1-800-Mattress, 1-800-Missing, 1-800-NEW-FUNK, 1-800-Newfunk Ad (song), 1-800-O-Canada, 1-800-OOPS-JEW, 1-800-PHONE-THX, 1-800-PetMeds, 1-800-Pitshop.com 300, 1-800-THE-ROCK, 1-800-USA-1000, 1-800-USA-RAIL, 1-800-flowers.com, 1-800-free411, 1-800-getthin, 1-800-suicide, 1-800-the-info, 1-800 Contacts, 1-800 Dinosaur, 1-800 Flowers.com, 1-800 Suicide, 1-800 Vindication, 1-800 magic, 1-800 number, 1-866-SPEAK-UP, 1-866RBCTerm.com 200, 1-877-JAIL-FON, 1-888-628-9454, 1-888-88-DREAM, 1-888-COMIC-BOOK, 1-888-GET-ON-GO, 1-900-Lucky, 1-900-Lucky (Medium), 1-900-MIXALOT and that's just North American non-geographic numbers, not PEnnsylvania 6-5000 and the like. 66.102.87.40 (talk) 05:15, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It is perfectly within the scope of WP to write articles about specific telephone numbers if there is a story to tell with references. But to just list a directory of numbers, you collide with WP:NOTADIRECTORY. kbrose (talk) 14:21, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
What's currently here is not a directory. It's a handful of examples, with fewer than a dozen per country and only stable numbers operating NPA-wide or system-wide across major carriers. Your repeated removal, without consensus, of valid factual information from the article has become edit warring. The usual procedure around here appears to be that the next incident is reported to the administrator, who will roll this back to the last stable version before the edit war (even if you feel that it's the "wrong version") with the page protected or semi-protected until the problematic edits stop. And no, this doesn't need to cross 3RR to cross that line. 66.102.87.40 (talk) 16:53, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
These listings are entirely unsourced. They add nothing to the article, which is already poorly sourced. The whole thing is a piece of hobbyist chatter. Sources and reliable statements would add a lot more to the credibility of the article than lists of telephone numbers. I know source are difficult with this topic, but it is no reason to just let this cancer grow. Take it to ANI or some place, but don't add them again. It is descriptive that this editor would resort to threats immediately when when content against WP guidelines, and poor editing is removed. Examples should illustrate the topic or provide a practical explanation of some sort for an abstract concept. But there is nothing illustrative about listing telephone numbers ad nauseam, other then that the facility was actually installed, but that should be established with reliable references in prose, not by crowd-sourced or plagiarized lists.kbrose (talk) 17:05, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The matter has been taken to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection/Increase#Automatic_number_announcement_circuit - please do not do this again without consensus. 66.102.87.40 (talk) 05:10, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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