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Area code 208

Area code 208 serves Idaho, including Boise, Pocatello and Idaho Falls (Mountain and Pacific time). It has been in service since January 1, 1947 and shares its area with 986.

Numbers starting with 208 drew 2,414 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 1,009 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 208 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
IdahoBoise City, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Mountain and Pacific
In service since
January 1, 1947
Overlay
Same area as 986
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
785 of 792held by 63 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2066NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 208 numbers

Reports where the number on the consumer's caller ID (or, for the FCC, the number the caller asked them to call back) starts with 208. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

FTC reports, Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026

2,414

FCC complaints since November 2023

1,009

Different 208 numbers reported

3,170

FCC complaints naming a 208 number, by month

November 2023 to October 2026. Source: FCC Consumer Complaints Data.

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MonthComplaints
November 202320
December 202323
January 20249
February 20247
March 202414
April 202418
May 202423
June 202415
July 202418
August 202420
September 202419
October 202426
November 202420
December 202420
January 202524
February 202522
March 202515
April 202529
May 202524
June 202517
July 202516
August 202513
September 202519
October 20250
November 20257
December 202586
January 202672
February 202632
March 202626
April 202639
May 202625
June 202643
July 202683
August 202635
September 202640
October 202656

What people said 208 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,654 of 2,414 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,009
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)564
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends341
Dropped call or no message130
Medical and prescriptions102
Home improvement and cleaning72

Most reported 208 numbers

Numbers with at least five reports from three or more places in the last twelve months. Many of them are likely spoofed.

Places served by 208

NANPA lists 145 rate centers for 208. A rate center is the town or district a block of numbers is tied to for billing; sorted here by how many exchanges each holds.
  • Boise210
  • Pocatello53
  • Idaho Falls51
  • Coeur D'alene50
  • Twin Falls44
  • Nampa28
  • Lewiston18
  • Burley15
  • Ketchum15
  • Sandpoint12
  • Mountain Home11
  • Caldwell10
  • Moscow10
  • Blackfoot9
  • Payette8
  • Post Falls8
  • Emmett6
  • Hayden Lake6
  • Mccall6
  • Rupert6
  • Salmon6
  • Weiser6
  • Driggs5
  • Kellogg5
Show all 145 rate centers

Grangeville, Rathdrum, Tygee Valley, Arco, Bayview, Cottonwood, Harrison, Irwin, Kamiah, Lapwai, Melba, New Plymouth, Nu Acres, Orofino, Priest River, Rigby, Saint Maries, Wallace, Aberdeen, Albeni, Bonners Ferry, Bruneau, Cascade, Craigmont, Dubois, Evergreen, Filer, Fruitland, Garden Valley, Genesee, Grand View, Homedale, Horseshoe Bend, Juliaetta, Kooskia, Malad, Malta, Midvale, Murtaugh, Nezperce, Parma, Plummer-Worley, Saint Anthony, Stanley, Troy, Albion, Almo, Alpine, Arbon, Ashton, Atlanta, Bluebell, Boise River, Bovill, Cambridge, Carey, Challis, Clark Fork, Clayton, Cora, Council, Deary, Donnelly, Elba, Elk Bend, Elk City, Fairfield, Freedom, Grasmere Riddle, Hamer, Holbrook, Hollister, Hope, Indian Valley, Island Park, Kendrick, Kilgore, Lakeview, Leadore, Lenore, Leon, Lowman, Mackay, Marsing, May, Minidoka, Monteview, Mullan, New Meadows, Norland, Oakley, Paris, Paul, Peck, Pierce, Potlatch, Powell, Prairie, Priest Lake, Raft River, Richfield, Riggins, Rock Creek, Rockland, Setters, Shoup, South Mountain, Spirit Lake, Springfield, Sweet, Terreton, Three Creek, Tipanuk, Warm Lake, Warren, Wayan, Weippe, Wellesley, White Bird, Wilder, Yellowpine.

Phone companies holding 208 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 66% of these exchanges are pooled: their numbers are handed out in blocks of 1,000 to other carriers, so the holder below is not always the company serving a given number.

Exchanges held, top 8 of 63 carriers

NANPA central office code assignments, file of November 11, 2026.

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Qwest Corporation186
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - ID105
Onvoy, LLC - ID63
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC57
Ziply Fiber Northwest, LLC dba Ziply Fiber54
T-Mobile USA, Inc.47
Level 3 Communications, LLC - ID30
Ziply Fiber Idaho, LLC dba Ziply Fiber19

When today's 208 exchanges were assigned

Exchanges still assigned, by year of assignment. Exchanges returned since are not counted.

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YearExchanges
200129
200233
200312
20049
20057
20066
200710
20086
20096
20102
201111
20129
20138
201412
201521
20168
20174
201810
201912
202010
202112
20221
20231
20241

Check a 208 number

A check shows the carrier and rate center of the number's exchange and every FTC and FCC report about that exact number. Why the number on screen can be fake.

Other area codes in Idaho

NANPA area code database and central office code file of November 11, 2026; FCC complaints November 1, 2023 to November 11, 2026; FTC reports August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. How the data is used.

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