Phone prefixes in River Hebert, NS

In numbers

In-service prefixes

4

Telephone numbers covered

40,000

Carriers

4

Area codes

2

Provinces and territories

1

First assignment

March 4, 2004

Most recent assignment

June 7, 2021

River Hebert’s share of its area codes

Within area code 782, River Hebert accounts for only 2 of 456 prefixes (0.4%): the code is dominated by Halifax and spread over 142 rate centres. Within area code 902, River Hebert accounts for only 2 of 782 prefixes (0.3%): the code is dominated by Halifax and spread over 175 rate centres.

Who holds these numbers

Aliant Telecom (NS) holds the largest share at 1 prefixes, 25.0% of the total, ahead of 3 other carriers. Code by code: in 782, Distributel leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others; in 902, Aliant Telecom (NS) leads with 1 of 2 prefixes ahead of 1 others. No carrier holds prefixes in every one of River Hebert’s 2 area codes, while 4 appear in just one.

Wireless and wireline

None of River Hebert’s holders carries a mobility brand in its registered name: all 4 prefixes belong to wireline or wholesale carriers, among them Aliant Telecom (NS), Bragg Communications Inc, Distributel and Fibernetics Corporation. A call showing a River Hebert number therefore nominally comes from a landline, cable or VoIP platform rather than a locally assigned cellphone.

How the allocation was built up

River Hebert’s dated assignments run from 2004 to 2021. The busiest period was 2000–2004, when 1 prefixes went to 1 carrier. 1 prefixes (25%) carry no date in the register: these are the historic pre-1999 assignments, the wireline bedrock of the rate centre. Since 2020 another 1 prefixes have been added, so the rate centre is still growing.

River Hebert’s oldest prefixes, the ones the register leaves undated, belong to Aliant Telecom (NS): this carrier made up the landscape before competition arrived. The first dated assignment went to Bragg Communications Inc. in 2004. The most recent arrivals are Fibernetics Corporation (2021), Distributel (2018) and Bragg Communications Inc. (2004), a sign that new carriers are still asking for numbers in River Hebert.

River Hebert 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.

No single carrier dominates River Hebert: the leader, Aliant Telecom (NS), holds only 25.0% of the prefixes against 3 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 2000–2004. The rate centre is growing at a regular rather than explosive pace.

1 undated in the register.

Dialling a River Hebert number

River Hebert is served by 2 overlaid area codes (782 and 902). A 902 number is no more “out of town” than a 782 one; from abroad, dial +1 and the full ten digits.

The numbering neighbourhood

River Hebert shares area codes 782 and 902 with at least 20 other rate centres, including Halifax, Charlottetown, Sydney, Truro, Amherst, New Glasgow, Kentville and Summerside. The largest of them, Halifax, holds 220 prefixes in 782 and 902; the smallest on the list, Musquodoboit Harbour, has just 12.

What a River Hebert number tells you

A number attached to River Hebert tells you that its prefix was issued to a carrier for this rate centre in Nova Scotia, most often Aliant Telecom (NS). It does not tell you where the handset is today: a subscriber may have ported the number to any of the 4 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 Nova Scotia area code is easy to borrow to look local.

Reading a register entry for River Hebert: code 902-251 is recorded for Aliant Telecom (NS), so every 902-251-XXXX number (10,000 possible) descends from that assignment. “River Hebert, Nova Scotia” there names a rate centre, not a municipality, and several area codes overlay it.

Every River Hebert prefix

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

Allocated prefixes

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

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