Phone prefixes in Binbrook, ON

In numbers

In-service prefixes

13

Telephone numbers covered

130,000

Carriers

10

Area codes

3

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

March 14, 2005

Most recent assignment

August 9, 2023

Binbrook’s share of its area codes

Within area code 289, Binbrook accounts for only 7 of 772 prefixes (0.9%): the code is dominated by Hamilton and spread over 87 rate centres. Within area code 365, Binbrook accounts for only 5 of 702 prefixes (0.7%): the code is dominated by Markham and spread over 88 rate centres. Within area code 905, Binbrook accounts for only 1 of 773 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by Hamilton and spread over 94 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Fibernetics Corporation holds the largest share at 2 prefixes, 15.4% of the total, ahead of 9 other carriers. Code by code: in 289, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable) leads with 2 of 7 prefixes ahead of 4 others; in 365, Fibernetics Corporation leads with 2 of 5 prefixes ahead of 3 others; Bell Canada is the only holder in 905. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Binbrook’s 3 area codes, while 10 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Binbrook’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 13 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Fibernetics Corporation, Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (Cable), Zayo Canada Inc and Beanfield Technologies Inc. A call showing a Binbrook number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Binbrook’s dated assignments run from 2005 to 2023. The busiest period was 2020–2024, when 4 prefixes went to 3 carriers. 1 prefixes (8%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 4 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

Binbrook’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Bell Canada: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Zayo Canada Inc. in 2005. The most recent arrivals are Fibernetics Corporation (2021), Beanfield Technologies Inc. (2021) and TekSavvy Solutions Inc (2020), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Binbrook.

Binbrook has only 13 prefixes, or 130,000 numbers: a small rate centre, where the arrival of a single new carrier visibly changes the landscape.

No single carrier dominates Binbrook: the leader, Fibernetics Corporation, holds only 15.4% of the prefixes against 9 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: 33.3% of the dated prefixes go back to the last ten years, the most active period being 2020–2024. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Binbrook number

Binbrook is served by 3 overlaid area codes (289, 365 and 905). A 905 number is no more “out of town” than a 289 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Binbrook shares area codes 289, 365 and 905 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Hamilton, Oshawa, Brampton, St. Catharines-Thorold, Oakville, Markham, Cooksville and Ajax-Pickering. The largest of them, Hamilton, holds 213 prefixes in 289, 365 and 905; the smallest on the list, Woodbridge, has just 28.

What a Binbrook number tells you

A number attached to Binbrook tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Ontario, most often Fibernetics Corporation. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 10 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 Binbrook: code 365-371 is recorded for Fibernetics Corporation, so every 365-371-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Binbrook, Ontario” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Binbrook prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

All 13 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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