Boston, Massachusetts

Massachusetts · Eastern (UTC-5) · — · 6 cities · Overlay: 857

State

Massachusetts

Major City

Boston

Time Zone

Eastern (UTC-5)

Current Local Time

—

Overlay Code

857

Cities Served

Cities Served by Area Code 617 (6 cities)

Boston+1 code Brookline+1 code Cambridge+1 code Newton+1 code Quincy+3 codes Somerville+1 code

Additional Details

Established

1947

Type

Original (1947)

Active Prefixes

800

Wireless Lines

26%

About Area Code 617

Area code 617 is one of the original 86 area codes established in 1947 when AT&T and the Bell System created the North American Numbering Plan. It has served the Boston area for over 75 years. This area code shares its territory with overlay code 857, meaning callers must dial all 10 digits for local calls. The area is in the Eastern time zone. It covers 6 cities and communities including Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Newton, Quincy and 1 more.

Phone Number Prefixes in Area Code 617

800 active NXX prefixes — 26% wireless, 74% landline. Each prefix (NXX) represents up to 10,000 phone numbers.

Verizon New England 334 (42%)MCI/Verizon 71 (9%)AT&T Mobility 68 (8%)Paetec Itel 44 (6%)Tc Systems 41 (5%)

Prefix	Carrier	Type	Rate Center
617-200	Verizon New England	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-201	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Cambridge
617-202	Paetec Itel	Landline	Brighton
617-203	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Everett
617-204	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-205	Norfolk County Internet	Landline	Boston
617-206	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Brighton
617-207	Comcast	Landline	Winthrop
617-208	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Brighton
617-209	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Belmont
617-210	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-211	Multiple Ocn Listing	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-212	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-213	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Newton
617-214	Onvoy	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-215	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-216	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Cambridge
617-217	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-218	Tc Systems	Landline	Cambridge
617-219	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-220	Verizon New England	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-221	Paetec Itel	Landline	Quincy
617-222	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-223	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-224	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Boston
617-225	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-226	Paetec Itel	Landline	Boston
617-227	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-228	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-229	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Cambridge
617-230	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Cambridge
617-231	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Watertown
617-232	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-233	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Cambridge
617-234	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-235	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-236	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-237	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Quincy
617-238	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Roxbury
617-239	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-240	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Saugus
617-241	Verizon New England	Landline	Charlestn
617-242	Verizon New England	Landline	Charlestn
617-243	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-244	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-245	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Cambridge
617-246	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-247	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-248	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-249	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Quincy
617-250	Tc Systems	Landline	Cambridge
617-251	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Cambridge
617-252	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-253	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-254	Verizon New England	Landline	Brighton
617-255	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-256	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Cambridge
617-257	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Saugus
617-258	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-259	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-260	Verizon New England	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-261	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-262	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-263	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-264	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-265	Verizon New England	Landline	Dorchester
617-266	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-267	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-268	Verizon New England	Landline	So Boston
617-269	Verizon New England	Landline	So Boston
617-270	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Chelsea
617-271	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Eastboston
617-272	Onvoy	Landline	Hyde Park
617-273	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Milton
617-274	Paetec Itel	Landline	Brookline
617-275	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Boston
617-276	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Hyde Park
617-277	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-278	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-279	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Boston
617-280	Nep	Landline	Cambridge
617-281	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Waltham
617-282	Verizon New England	Landline	Dorchester
617-283	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-284	Verizon New England	Landline	Somerville
617-285	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Saugus
617-286	Paetec Itel	Landline	Charlestn
617-287	Verizon New England	Landline	Dorchester
617-288	Verizon New England	Landline	Dorchester
617-289	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-290	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Cambridge
617-291	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Milton
617-292	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-293	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-294	Comcast	Landline	Everett
617-295	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-296	Verizon New England	Landline	Milton
617-297	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Dorchester
617-298	Verizon New England	Landline	Milton
617-299	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Cambridge
617-300	Tc Systems	Landline	Cambridge
617-301	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Cambridge
617-302	Ymax Communications	Landline	Quincy
617-303	Freedom Ring Communications	Landline	Boston
617-304	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-305	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-306	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-307	Paetec Itel	Landline	So Boston
617-308	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Cambridge
617-309	Paetec Itel	Landline	Boston
617-310	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-311	Multiple Ocn Listing	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-312	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-313	Paetec Itel	Landline	Milton
617-314	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Boston
617-315	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	So Boston
617-316	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-317	Norfolk County Internet	Landline	Quincy
617-318	Paetec Itel	Landline	Roxbury
617-319	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Brighton
617-320	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-321	Paetec Itel	Landline	Watertown
617-322	Comcast	Landline	Milton
617-323	Verizon New England	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-324	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-325	Verizon New England	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-326	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Dorchester
617-327	Verizon New England	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-328	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-329	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Winthrop
617-330	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-331	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-332	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-333	Verizon New England	Landline	Hyde Park
617-334	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	So Boston
617-335	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Cambridge
617-336	Paetec Itel	Landline	Chelsea
617-337	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Charlestn
617-338	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-339	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-340	Paetec Itel	Landline	Newton
617-341	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-342	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-343	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-344	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Jamaica Pl
617-345	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-346	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-347	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Quincy
617-348	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-349	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-350	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-351	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-352	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-353	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-354	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-355	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-356	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-357	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-358	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-359	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Cambridge
617-360	Verizon New England	Landline	Hyde Park
617-361	Verizon New England	Landline	Hyde Park
617-362	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Hyde Park
617-363	Verizon New England	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-364	Verizon New England	Landline	Hyde Park
617-365	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Dedham
617-366	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-367	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-368	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-369	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-370	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Chelsea
617-371	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-372	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-373	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-374	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-375	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-376	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-377	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-378	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-379	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Dorchester
617-380	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Charlestn
617-381	Verizon New England	Landline	Everett
617-382	Verizon New England	Landline	Everett
617-383	Paetec Itel	Landline	Brookline
617-384	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-385	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-386	Tc Systems	Landline	Cambridge
617-387	Verizon New England	Landline	Everett
617-388	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Cambridge
617-389	Verizon New England	Landline	Everett
617-390	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Jamaica Pl
617-391	Paetec Itel	Landline	Boston
617-392	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-393	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Watertown
617-394	Verizon New England	Landline	Everett
617-395	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Cambridge
617-396	Tc Systems	Landline	Brookline
617-397	Tc Systems	Landline	Cambridge
617-398	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Charlestn
617-399	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Boston
617-400	Norfolk County Internet	Landline	Roxbury
617-401	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Cambridge
617-402	Peerless Network Of Massachusetts	Landline	Watertown
617-403	American Messaging Services	Landline	Brighton
617-404	Onvoy	Landline	Quincy
617-405	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Quincy
617-406	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-407	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-408	Verizon New England	Landline	Hyde Park
617-409	Paetec Itel	Landline	Chelsea
617-410	Paetec Itel	Landline	Everett
617-411	Multiple Ocn Listing	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-412	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-413	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-414	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-415	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Brighton
617-416	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-417	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Cambridge
617-418	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Eastboston
617-419	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Boston
617-420	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Everett
617-421	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-422	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-423	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-424	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-425	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-426	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-427	Verizon New England	Landline	Roxbury
617-428	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-429	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-430	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Cambridge
617-431	Tc Systems	Landline	Newton
617-432	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-433	Tc Systems	Landline	Milton
617-434	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-435	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Jamaica Pl
617-436	Verizon New England	Landline	Dorchester
617-437	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-438	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-439	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-440	Paetec Itel	Landline	Somerville
617-441	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-442	Verizon New England	Landline	Roxbury
617-443	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-444	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-445	Verizon New England	Landline	Roxbury
617-446	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Dorchester
617-447	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-448	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-449	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Boston
617-450	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-451	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-452	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-453	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Cambridge
617-454	Tc Systems	Landline	Newton
617-455	Paetec Itel	Landline	Eastboston
617-456	Paetec Itel	Landline	Boston
617-457	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-458	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Watertown
617-459	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-460	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Cambridge
617-461	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Chelsea
617-462	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Dedham
617-463	Verizon New England	Landline	So Boston
617-464	Verizon New England	Landline	So Boston
617-465	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Cambridge
617-466	Comcast	Landline	Chelsea
617-467	Paetec Itel	Landline	Newton
617-468	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Cambridge
617-469	Verizon New England	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-470	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-471	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-472	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-473	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-474	Verizon New England	Landline	Dorchester
617-475	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Cambridge
617-476	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-477	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Jamaica Pl
617-478	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-479	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-480	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-481	Comcast	Landline	Quincy
617-482	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-483	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-484	Verizon New England	Landline	Belmont
617-485	Onvoy	Landline	Newton
617-486	Verizon New England	Landline	Belmont
617-487	Tc Systems	Landline	Brookline
617-488	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-489	Verizon New England	Landline	Belmont
617-490	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-491	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-492	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-493	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-494	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-495	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-496	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-497	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-498	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-499	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-500	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Cambridge
617-501	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Somerville
617-502	Paetec Itel	Landline	Boston
617-503	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-504	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-505	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Brookline
617-506	Paetec Itel	Landline	Dorchester
617-507	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Boston
617-508	Multiple Ocn Listing	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-509	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-510	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-511	Multiple Ocn Listing	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-512	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-513	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-514	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Dorchester
617-515	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-516	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Roxbury
617-517	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Boston
617-518	Onvoy	Landline	Charlestn
617-519	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-520	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-521	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-522	Verizon New England	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-523	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-524	Verizon New England	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-525	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-526	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-527	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-528	Tc Systems	Landline	Cambridge
617-529	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Saugus
617-530	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-531	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Boston
617-532	Paetec Itel	Landline	Boston
617-533	Verizon New England	Landline	Dorchester
617-534	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-535	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Boston
617-536	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-537	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-538	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Waltham
617-539	Verizon New England	Landline	Winthrop
617-540	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-541	Verizon New England	Landline	Roxbury
617-542	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-543	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-544	Paetec Itel	Landline	Everett
617-545	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Everett
617-546	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Newton
617-547	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-548	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Saugus
617-549	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-550		Landline
617-551	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-552	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-553	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-554	Verizon New England	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-555	Multiple Ocn Listing	Landline	Dir Asst
617-556	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-557	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-558	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-559	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-560	Verizon New England	Landline	Brighton
617-561	Verizon New England	Landline	Eastboston
617-562	Verizon New England	Landline	Brighton
617-563	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-564	Paetec Itel	Landline	Newton
617-565	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-566	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-567	Verizon New England	Landline	Eastboston
617-568	Verizon New England	Landline	Eastboston
617-569	Verizon New England	Landline	Eastboston
617-570	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-571	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-572	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-573	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-574	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-575	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-576	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-577	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-578	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-579	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-580	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Charlestn
617-581	Paetec Itel	Landline	Newton
617-582	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-583	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Cambridge
617-584	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Newton
617-585	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-586	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Brighton
617-587	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-588	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Cambridge
617-589	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-590	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-591	Verizon New England	Landline	Somerville
617-592	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-593	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-594	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-595	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-596	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	So Boston
617-597	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Newton
617-598	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-599	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-600	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Watertown
617-601	Norfolk County Internet	Landline	Everett
617-602	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Roxbury
617-603	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Boston
617-604	Verizon New England	Landline	Hyde Park
617-605	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Malden
617-606	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Roxbury
617-607	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Watertown
617-608	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Brookline
617-609	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Milton
617-610	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Newton
617-611	Multiple Ocn Listing	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-612	Tc Systems	Landline	Watertown
617-613	Tc Systems	Landline	Cambridge
617-614	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Newton
617-615	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Milton
617-616	Tc Systems	Landline	Somerville
617-617	Mass Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-618	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Newton
617-619	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-620	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-621	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-622	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	So Boston
617-623	Verizon New England	Landline	Somerville
617-624	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-625	Verizon New England	Landline	Somerville
617-626	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-627	Verizon New England	Landline	Somerville
617-628	Verizon New England	Landline	Somerville
617-629	Verizon New England	Landline	Somerville
617-630	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-631	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Newton
617-632	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-633	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Waltham
617-634	Verizon New England	Landline	Eastboston
617-635	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-636	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-637	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Jamaica Pl
617-638	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-639	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Quincy
617-640	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Dedham
617-641	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-642	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Cambridge
617-643	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-644	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Newton
617-645	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-646	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-647	American Messaging Services	Landline	Cambridge
617-648	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Boston
617-649	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Cambridge
617-650	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-651	Paetec Itel	Landline	Brookline
617-652	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Roxbury
617-653	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Quincy
617-654	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-655	Onvoy	Landline	Boston
617-656	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-657	Paetec Itel	Landline	Quincy
617-658	Paetec Itel	Landline	Newton
617-659	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-660	Verizon New England	Landline	Chelsea
617-661	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-662	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-663	Tc Systems	Landline	Newton
617-664	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-665	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-666	Verizon New England	Landline	Somerville
617-667	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-668	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Watertown
617-669	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Charlestn
617-670	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Boston
617-671	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-672	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-673	Verizon New England	Landline	Watertown
617-674	U.S. Telepacific	Landline	Cambridge
617-675	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Hyde Park
617-676	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-677	Norfolk County Internet	Landline	Brookline
617-678	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Newton
617-679	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-680	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-681	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Charlestn
617-682	Ymax Communications	Landline	Cambridge
617-683	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-684	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Somerville
617-685	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Cambridge
617-686	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-687	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Quincy
617-688	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Kingston
617-689	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-690	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Milton
617-691	Tc Systems	Landline	Quincy
617-692	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-693	Onvoy	Landline	Cambridge
617-694	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-695	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-696	Verizon New England	Landline	Milton
617-697	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-698	Verizon New England	Landline	Milton
617-699	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-700		Landline
617-701	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	So Boston
617-702	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Somerville
617-703	American Messaging Services	Landline	Cambridge
617-704	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Dorchester
617-705	Verizon New England	Landline	Hyde Park
617-706	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Quincy
617-707	Norfolk County Internet	Landline	Dorchester
617-708	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Roxbury
617-709		Landline
617-710	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Cambridge
617-711	Multiple Ocn Listing	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-712	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Charlestn
617-713	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-714	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Cambridge
617-715	Paetec Itel	Landline	Cambridge
617-716	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Eastboston
617-717	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-718	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Somerville
617-719	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-720	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-721	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-722	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-723	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-724	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-725	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-726	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-727	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-728	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-729	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Quincy
617-730	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-731	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-732	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-733	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-734	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-735	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-736		Landline
617-737	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-738	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-739	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-740	Verizon New England	Landline	Dorchester
617-741	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Somerville
617-742	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-743	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-744	Comcast	Landline	Watertown
617-745	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-746	Verizon New England	Landline	Brighton
617-747	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-748	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-749	Onvoy	Landline	Roxbury
617-750	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Quincy
617-751	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Brookline
617-752	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	So Boston
617-753	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-754	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-755	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-756	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-757	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-758	Paetec Itel	Landline	Cambridge
617-759	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Dedham
617-760	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-761	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-762	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Newton
617-763	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-764	Comcast	Landline	Somerville
617-765	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	So Boston
617-766	Tc Systems	Landline	So Boston
617-767	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Somerville
617-768	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-769	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-770	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-771	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Malden
617-772	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-773	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-774	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-775	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Newton
617-776	Verizon New England	Landline	Somerville
617-777	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-778	Paetec Itel	Landline	Boston
617-779	Verizon New England	Landline	Brighton
617-780	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-781	Commio	Landline	Dorchester
617-782	Verizon New England	Landline	Brighton
617-783	Verizon New England	Landline	Brighton
617-784	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-785	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-786	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-787	Verizon New England	Landline	Brighton
617-788	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-789	Verizon New England	Landline	Brighton
617-790	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-791	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Saugus
617-792	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Roxbury
617-793	Tc Systems	Landline	Quincy
617-794	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-795	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Newton
617-796	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-797	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Saugus
617-798	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Cambridge
617-799	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-800	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Cambridge
617-801	Paetec Itel	Landline	Quincy
617-802	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-803	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Cambridge
617-804	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Quincy
617-805		Landline
617-806	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-807	Paetec Itel	Landline	Boston
617-808		Landline
617-809		Landline
617-810		Landline
617-811	Multiple Ocn Listing	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-812	Onvoy	Landline	Cambridge
617-813		Landline
617-814	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-815		Landline
617-816	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-817	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Brighton
617-818	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-819	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Chelsea
617-820	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Boston
617-821	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Cambridge
617-822	Verizon New England	Landline	Dorchester
617-823	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-824	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-825	Verizon New England	Landline	Dorchester
617-826	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Belmont
617-827	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Weymouth
617-828	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-829	Hd Carrier	Landline	Quincy
617-830	U.S. Telepacific	Landline	Boston
617-831	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Newton
617-832	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-833	Paetec Itel	Landline	Hyde Park
617-834	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-835	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-836	Norfolk County Internet	Landline	Cambridge
617-837	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Quincy
617-838	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-839	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-840	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-841	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Winthrop
617-842	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Quincy
617-843	Onvoy	Landline	Everett
617-844	Paetec Itel	Landline	Cambridge
617-845	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Quincy
617-846	Verizon New England	Landline	Winthrop
617-847	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-848	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Boston
617-849	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-850	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-851	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-852	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Cambridge
617-853	Norfolk County Internet	Landline	Newton
617-854	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-855	Verizon New England	Landline	Belmont
617-856	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-857	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Brookline
617-858	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Roxbury
617-859	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-860	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Brookline
617-861	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-862	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Newton
617-863	Verizon New England	Landline	Somerville
617-864	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-865	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Boston
617-866	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-867	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-868	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-869	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-870	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Brighton
617-871	Paetec Itel	Landline	Cambridge
617-872	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-873	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-874	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Eastboston
617-875	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-876	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-877	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-878	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-879	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Brookline
617-880	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-881	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-882	Bandwidth.com	Landline	Newton
617-883	Verizon New England	Landline	Belmont
617-884	Verizon New England	Landline	Chelsea
617-885	Mobilesphere	Wireless	Boston
617-886	Verizon New England	Landline	Charlestn
617-887	Verizon New England	Landline	Chelsea
617-888	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-889	Verizon New England	Landline	Chelsea
617-890	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Quincy
617-891	Norfolk County Internet	Landline	Brighton
617-892	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Boston
617-893	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Newton
617-894	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-895	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Eastboston
617-896	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Boston
617-897	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-898	Verizon New England	Landline	Milton
617-899	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Cambridge
617-900	Verizon New England	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-901	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-902	Paetec Itel	Landline	Cambridge
617-903	Paetec Itel	Landline	Brighton
617-904	Paetec Itel	Landline	Boston
617-905	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Dorchester
617-906	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Brookline
617-907	Norfolk County Internet	Landline	Milton
617-908	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Boston
617-909	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Cambridge
617-910	Comcast	Landline	Hyde Park
617-911	Multiple Ocn Listing	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-912	Tc Systems	Landline	Boston
617-913	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Eastboston
617-914	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Cambridge
617-915	Onvoy	Landline	Milton
617-916	Comcast	Landline	Newton
617-917	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Everett
617-918	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-919	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-920	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-921	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-922	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Milton
617-923	Verizon New England	Landline	Watertown
617-924	Verizon New England	Landline	Watertown
617-925	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Brighton
617-926	Verizon New England	Landline	Watertown
617-927	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-928	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-929	Verizon New England	Landline	Dorchester
617-930	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Waltham
617-931	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-932	Tc Systems	Landline	Belmont
617-933	Paetec Itel	Landline	Boston
617-934	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Quincy
617-935	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Brookline
617-936	Paetec Itel	Landline	Boston
617-937	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-938	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Boston
617-939	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-940		Landline
617-941	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Somerville
617-942	Tc Systems	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-943	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Boston
617-944	Comcast	Landline	Everett
617-945	Comcast	Landline	Cambridge
617-946	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-947	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Boston
617-948	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Boston
617-949	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Cambridge
617-950		Landline
617-951	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-952	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Charlestn
617-953	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Brookline
617-954	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-955	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Cambridge
617-956	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-957	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Melrose
617-958	Onvoy	Landline	Chelsea
617-959	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-960	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Boston
617-961	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-962	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Waltham
617-963	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-964	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-965	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-966	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Waltham
617-967	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Waltham
617-968	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Waltham
617-969	Verizon New England	Landline	Newton
617-970	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Eastboston
617-971	Verizon New England	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-972	Verizon New England	Landline	Watertown
617-973	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-974	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	Waltham
617-975	Verizon New England	Landline	Brookline
617-976		Landline
617-977	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Belmont
617-978	Multiple Ocn Listing	Landline	Xxxxxxxxxx
617-979	Paetec Itel	Landline	Dorchester
617-980	Metro by T-Mobile	Wireless	Milton
617-981	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Eastboston
617-982	Omnipoint Miami E License	Landline	Boston
617-983	Verizon New England	Landline	Jamaica Pl
617-984	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-985	Verizon New England	Landline	Quincy
617-986	Paetec Itel	Landline	Boston
617-987	Rcn Telecom Services	Landline	Brighton
617-988	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-989	Verizon New England	Landline	Roxbury
617-990	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Hyde Park
617-991	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Brookline
617-992	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Brookline
617-993	Verizon New England	Landline	Belmont
617-994	Verizon New England	Landline	Boston
617-995	MCI/Verizon	Wireless	Cambridge
617-996	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Somerville
617-997	Lumen/Level 3	Landline	Eastboston
617-998	Verizon New England	Landline	Cambridge
617-999	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	Cambridge

Overlay Area Codes

857

All 9 area codes in Massachusetts

617339 351 413 508 774 781 857 978

About Area Code 617

Back in 1947, when the phone company first divvied up the country into area codes, 617 got the nod for what would become the heart of Massachusetts. It was one of those original codes, set up to handle the growing chatter in and around Boston as folks dialed up friends and family after the war. Picture this: Boston's narrow streets buzzing with streetcars and vendors, all connected by these newfangled phone lines that made life a bit easier. This code covers a bunch of tight-knit spots like Brookline with its leafy neighborhoods, Cambridge where students hustle between classes at MIT and Harvard, and Newton with its suburban charm. Then there's Quincy, known for its shipyards and that famous president who hailed from there, and Somerville, a place where old factories turned into trendy spots. What sets 617 apart is its mix of history and hustle; it's where revolutionaries once plotted independence and now innovators dream up the next big thing. Over the years, as the population swelled, they added overlay codes like 857 to keep up with demand, but 617 still feels like the old soul of the area. You'll hear it in local calls about Red Sox games or clam chowder recipes, tying together a region that's equal parts tradition and forward momentum.

⚠ Scam & Spam Alert for 617

If you're getting calls from a 617 number, don't ignore them outright, but stay sharp because scammers love targeting Massachusetts residents. We've seen a lot of IRS imposters who claim you owe taxes and demand payment on the spot—classic ploy to scare you into wiring money. Auto warranty scams are another headache; they'll say your car's coverage is expiring and push you to buy extended plans that don't exist. And tech support frauds pop up too, with folks pretending to be from big companies like Microsoft, warning about viruses so they can remote into your computer. It's smart to verify any suspicious call by hanging up and contacting the organization directly through their official website. Remember, legitimate agencies won't ask for sensitive info over the phone, so take a beat and think twice before you respond.

Local Snapshot

Boston's metro area packs in around 4.8 million people, making it one of the denser spots on the East Coast. That crowd fuels a economy driven by education and healthcare, with universities like Harvard and MIT churning out ideas that shape the world. The region is famous for its baked beans and historic sites, like the Freedom Trail that winds through spots where the American Revolution kicked off. Here's a quirky fact: Massachusetts has more colleges per square mile than almost anywhere else, which explains why the streets are always alive with students debating everything from politics to pizza toppings.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is area code 617?

Area code 617 serves Boston and surrounding communities in Massachusetts, including Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Newton, Quincy and 1 more. It is in the Eastern time zone.

What cities are in area code 617?

Area code 617 covers 6 cities in Massachusetts: Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Newton, Quincy, Somerville

What time zone is 617?

Area code 617 is in the Eastern time zone (UTC-5).

When was area code 617 created?

Area code 617 is one of the original area codes established in 1947 as part of the North American Numbering Plan.

Is 617 a legitimate area code?

Yes, 617 is a valid, active area code assigned to Boston, Massachusetts. However, scammers can spoof any area code, so receiving a call from 617 doesn't guarantee the caller is actually in this area.

What area codes overlap with 617?

Area code 617 shares its geographic area with overlay code 857. This means all local calls in the area require 10-digit dialing.

Has area code 617 ever been split?

Area code 617 was established in 1947 and was first split in 1988 to create area code 508 for areas outside Boston. It was split again in 1997 to form area code 781, helping manage the increasing demand for phone numbers in the region.

What major universities are in the 617 area code?

Harvard University and MIT are located in Cambridge, which is covered by 617. Boston University and Northeastern University are also in Boston under this code, drawing students from around the world.

How is the 617 area code connected to Boston's historical sites?

The 617 area code includes Boston, home to the Freedom Trail and the site of the Boston Tea Party. It also covers Quincy, linked to early American figures like the Adams presidents, highlighting the area's revolutionary past.

Boston, Massachusetts

Cities Served by Area Code 617 (6 cities)

About Area Code 617

Phone Number Prefixes in Area Code 617

All 9 area codes in Massachusetts

About Area Code 617

⚠ Scam & Spam Alert for 617

Local Snapshot

Frequently Asked Questions

Has area code 617 ever been split?

What major universities are in the 617 area code?

How is the 617 area code connected to Boston's historical sites?

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