Phone prefixes in Clinton Independant, ON

In numbers

In-service prefixes

2

Telephone numbers covered

20,000

Carriers

2

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

May 30, 2011

Most recent assignment

May 30, 2011

Clinton Independant’s share of its area codes

Within area code 226, Clinton Independant accounts for only 1 of 778 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by London and spread over 166 rate centres. Within area code 519, Clinton Independant accounts for only 1 of 779 prefixes (0.1%): the code is dominated by London and spread over 210 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Bragg Communications Inc. holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 50.0% of the total, ahead of 1 other carrier. Code by code: Bragg Communications Inc. is the only holder in 226; Tuckersmith Communications Co-operative Ltd. is the only holder in 519. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of Clinton Independant’s 2 area codes, while 2 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Clinton Independant’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 2 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Bragg Communications Inc and Tuckersmith Communications Co-operative Ltd. A call showing a Clinton Independant number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Clinton Independant’s dated assignments run from 2011 to 2011. The busiest period was 2010–2014, when 1 prefixes went to 1 carrier. 1 prefixes (50%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. No prefix has been added since 2020: demand for numbers in Clinton Independant is flat.

Clinton Independant’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Tuckersmith Communications Co-operative Ltd: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Bragg Communications Inc. in 2011. The most recent arrivals are Bragg Communications Inc. (2011), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Clinton Independant.

Clinton Independant has just 2 prefixes (20,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

Bragg Communications Inc. leads with 50.0% of the prefixes, but 1 competitors have set up in Clinton Independant: a market where the incumbent keeps the edge without exclusivity.

Allocation is mature: only 0.0% of the dated prefixes are less than ten years old, most having been handed out in 2010–2014, and 1 prefixes go back to the undated monopoly era. New Clinton Independant numbers mostly come out of blocks that were assigned long ago.

Dialling a Clinton Independant number

Clinton Independant is served by 2 overlaid area codes (226 and 519). A 519 number is no more “out of town” than a 226 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Clinton Independant shares area codes 226 and 519 with at least 20 other rate centres, including London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Windsor, Guelph, Brantford, Chatham, Sarnia and Hespeler. The largest of them, London, holds 178 prefixes in 226 and 519; the smallest on the list, Preston, has just 12.

What a Clinton Independant number tells you

A number attached to Clinton Independant tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Ontario, most often Bragg Communications Inc.. It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 2 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 Clinton Independant: code 226-447 is recorded for Bragg Communications Inc., so every 226-447-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Clinton Independant, Ontario” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Clinton Independant prefix

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

Had a call from a Clinton Independant number?

No clear pattern in reports on these numbers yet. If a call worried you:

1. Call back on a number you trust

   If a caller says they are your bank, the Canada Revenue Agency, a courier or your phone company, hang up and call the organization on the number from its website or your statement, never the number that called you. Caller ID can be faked.

2. Report the fraud

   Report the call or text to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre online or at 1-888-495-8501. If you lost money or gave out personal details, tell your bank first, then your local police.

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3. Register on the National Do Not Call List

   Registering a landline or mobile on the National DNCL is free. Registered charities, political parties, newspapers and companies you already do business with may still call.

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4. Forward suspicious texts to 7726

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Allocated prefixes

All 2 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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