Phone prefixes in Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, QC

In numbers

In-service prefixes

4

Telephone numbers covered

40,000

Carriers

2

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

August 14, 2007

Most recent assignment

September 5, 2018

Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge’s share of its area codes

Within area code 450, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge accounts for only 2 of 775 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Granby and spread over 129 rate centres. Within area code 579, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge accounts for only 2 of 644 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Granby and spread over 126 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Telebec Ltee. holds the largest share at 2 prefixes, 50.0% of the total, ahead of 1 other carrier. Code by code: in 450, Telebec Ltee. leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others; in 579, Telebec Ltee. leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others. 2 carriers hold prefixes in every one of Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge’s 2 area codes, while all of them hold prefixes in more than one.

Wireless and wireline

None of Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 4 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Telebec Ltee and Videotron Ltd. A call showing a Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge’s dated assignments run from 2007 to 2018. The busiest period was 2015–2019, when 2 prefixes went to 2 carriers. 1 prefixes (25%) 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 Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge is flat.

Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Telebec Ltee: this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Videotron Ltd. in 2007. The most recent arrivals are Telebec Ltee. (2018) and Videotron Ltd. (2007), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge.

Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge has just 4 prefixes (40,000 numbers): a very small rate centre, typical of a village or rural area served by a single switching office.

Telebec Ltee. leads with 50.0% of the prefixes, but 1 competitors have set up in Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge: 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 2015–2019, and 1 prefixes go back to the undated monopoly era. New Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge numbers mostly come out of blocks that were assigned long ago.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge number

Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge is served by 2 overlaid area codes (450 and 579). A 579 number is no more “out of town” than a 450 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge shares area codes 450 and 579 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Granby, Joliette, St-Jerome, St-Hyacinthe, Longueuil, Ste-Therese, Pont-Viau and Sorel. The largest of them, Granby, holds 51 prefixes in 450 and 579; the smallest on the list, Lachute, has just 17.

What a Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge number tells you

A number attached to Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Quebec, most often Telebec Ltee.. 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 a Quebec area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge: code 450-296 is recorded for Telebec Ltee., so every 450-296-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Quebec” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge prefix

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

Had a call from a Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge 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

   Forward a scam or spam text to 7726 (SPAM on the keypad). It's free, and your carrier uses it to block the sender. Don't tap links or reply.

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Allocated prefixes

All 4 in-service prefixes, grouped by rate centre.

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