Phone numbers in Athens, Alabama
Athens has 30 phone prefixes in area codes 256, 938.
Biggest holders: AT&T (local phone), AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile (including Sprint). This is the local calling area (rate center) where those prefixes were first assigned.
- Mobile carrier 43%
- Local phone company 27%
- Internet / business phone carrier 27%
- Phone company 3%
Every prefix in Athens
Search the first six digits of a number in this list. If it's here, the number started in Athens with the carrier shown. If it isn't, check the Alabama page or look the number up.
| Prefix | Carrier | Type | Assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 256-206 | AT&T Mobility | Mobile carrier | 2002 |
| 256-216 | AT&T (local phone) | Local phone company | – |
| 256-230 | AT&T (local phone) | Local phone company | – |
| 256-232 | AT&T (local phone) | Local phone company | – |
| 256-233 | AT&T (local phone) | Local phone company | – |
| 256-262 | Windstream (PAETEC) | Internet / business phone carrier | – |
| 256-278 | Level 3 (Lumen) | Internet / business phone carrier | 2002 |
| 256-321 | AT&T Mobility | Mobile carrier | – |
| 256-374 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | 2002 |
| 256-431 | AT&T Mobility | Mobile carrier | – |
| 256-434 | MetroPCS (T-Mobile) | Mobile carrier | – |
| 256-444 | Windstream (PAETEC) | Internet / business phone carrier | – |
| 256-497 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | – |
| 256-501 | MetroPCS (T-Mobile) | Mobile carrier | 2002 |
| 256-559 | AT&T Mobility | Mobile carrier | 2003 |
| 256-614 | AT&T (local phone) | Local phone company | – |
| 256-729 | AT&T (local phone) | Local phone company | – |
| 256-771 | AT&T (local phone) | Local phone company | – |
| 256-777 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | – |
| 256-795 | AT&T (local phone) | Local phone company | 2020 |
| 256-800 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | 2016 |
| 256-867 | Level 3 (Lumen) | Internet / business phone carrier | 2002 |
| 256-871 | Onvoy | Internet / business phone carrier | 2020 |
| 256-874 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | – |
| 256-991 | Bandwidth | Internet / business phone carrier | 2023 |
| 256-998 | AT&T Mobility | Mobile carrier | – |
| 938-202 | Shelcomm | Phone company | 2020 |
| 938-256 | Onvoy | Internet / business phone carrier | 2024 |
| 938-304 | T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | 2025 |
| 938-463 | TON80 Communications | Internet / business phone carrier | 2022 |
Most prefixes are pooled: the 10,000 numbers in each are handed out in blocks of 1,000 to different carriers, and people can also take their numbers to another carrier. So the carrier shown is where the prefix started, not a guarantee about any one number. Source: NANPA central office code records, 2026-10-10.