Phone prefixes in Beeton, ON

In numbers

In-service prefixes

15

Telephone numbers covered

150,000

Carriers

12

Area codes

4

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

October 4, 2000

Most recent assignment

June 20, 2023

Beeton’s share of its area codes

Within area code 365, Beeton accounts for only 6 of 702 prefixes (0.9%): the code is dominated by Markham and spread over 88 rate centres. Within area code 905, Beeton accounts for only 5 of 773 prefixes (0.6%): the code is dominated by Hamilton and spread over 94 rate centres. Within area code 289, Beeton accounts for only 3 of 772 prefixes (0.4%): the code is dominated by Hamilton and spread over 87 rate centres. Within area code 742, Beeton accounts for only 1 of 146 prefixes (0.7%): the code is dominated by Brampton and spread over 68 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

TELUS Mobility holds the largest share at 3 prefixes, 20.0% of the total, ahead of 11 other carriers. Code by code: in 365, Comwave Networks leads with 1 of 6 prefixes ahead of 5 others; in 905, TELUS Mobility leads with 2 of 5 prefixes ahead of 3 others; in 289, TELUS Mobility leads with 1 of 3 prefixes ahead of 2 others; Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) is the only holder in 742. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Beeton’s 4 area codes, while 10 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

6 of Beeton’s 15 prefixes (40.0%) are held by carriers whose registered name marks a wireless business: TELUS Mobility, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) and Fido Solutions Inc. Wireline prefixes still outnumber them, carried by Bell Canada, Comwave Networks, Distributel and Fibernetics Corporation. This is a sort by name, not a licence lookup, and a mobile prefix may have been ported to another network since.

How the allocation was built up

Beeton’s dated assignments run from 2000 to 2023. The busiest period was 2010–2014, when 3 prefixes went to 3 carriers. 2 prefixes (13%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 3 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Beeton’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Bell Canada and Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless): these carriers made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to TELUS Mobility in 2000. The most recent arrivals are ISP Telecom Inc. (2023), Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Wireless) (2023) and Fibernetics Corporation (2020), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Beeton.

Beeton has only 15 prefixes, or 150,000 numbers: a small rate centre, where the arrival of a single new carrier visibly changes the landscape.

No single carrier dominates Beeton: the leader, TELUS Mobility, holds only 20.0% of the prefixes against 11 competitors, a sign of a highly fragmented market where cable companies, mobility brands and VoIP providers weigh as much as the incumbent.

Demand remains steady: 23.1% of the dated prefixes go back to the last ten years, the most active period being 2010–2014. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

2 undated in the register.

Dialling a Beeton number

Beeton is served by 4 overlaid area codes (365, 905, 289 and 742). A 742 number is no more “out of town” than a 365 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Beeton shares area codes 365, 905, 289 and 742 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Hamilton, Brampton, Oshawa, St. Catharines-Thorold, Oakville, Markham, Ajax-Pickering and Cooksville. The largest of them, Hamilton, holds 221 prefixes in 289, 365, 742 and 905; the smallest on the list, Dunnville, has just 28.

What a Beeton number tells you

A number attached to Beeton tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Ontario, most often TELUS Mobility. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 12 carriers present here or to a VoIP service usable anywhere. Nor does it tell you who is calling: caller ID can be spoofed, and an Ontario area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Beeton: code 905-801 is recorded for TELUS Mobility, so every 905-801-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Beeton, Ontario” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Beeton prefix

Each row is an in-service central-office code recorded for Beeton, with its original holder and year of assignment.

Allocated prefixes

All 15 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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