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Area code 717

Area code 717 serves Pennsylvania, including Harrisburg City Zone-1, Lancaster and York (Eastern time). It has been in service since January 1, 1947 and shares its area with 223.

Numbers starting with 717 drew 2,449 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 778 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 717 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Pennsylvania(harrisburg--Lebanon--Carlisle, PA Msa) and (harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area)
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
January 1, 1947
Overlay
Same area as 223
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
784 of 792held by 42 carriers
Projected to run out
4Q 2055NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 717 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 717. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,449

FCC complaints since November 2023

778

Different 717 numbers reported

3,022

FCC complaints naming a 717 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202330
December 202317
January 202420
February 202414
March 202413
April 202422
May 202433
June 202414
July 202418
August 202416
September 202419
October 202441
November 202454
December 202413
January 20258
February 202518
March 202527
April 202529
May 202524
June 202529
July 202529
August 202527
September 202518
October 20251
November 202514
December 202513
January 202613
February 202613
March 202616
April 202620
May 202611
June 202633
July 202628
August 202620
September 202621
October 202636

What people said 717 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,499 of 2,449 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,235
Dropped call or no message277
Medical and prescriptions227
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends223
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)134
Home improvement and cleaning80

Most reported 717 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 717

NANPA lists 107 rate centers for 717. 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.
  • Harrisburg City Zone-1155
  • Lancaster101
  • York75
  • Lebanon29
  • Chambersburg28
  • Carlisle24
  • Mechanicsburg18
  • Hanover (york)15
  • Lewistown (mifflin)14
  • Hershey13
  • Harrisburg City Zone-211
  • Gettysburg10
  • Middletown9
  • Columbia8
  • Landisville7
  • New Oxford7
  • Ephrata6
  • Hummelstown6
  • Lewisberry6
  • Millersville6
  • Red Lion6
  • Waynesboro6
  • Elizabethtown5
  • Lititz5
Show all 107 rate centers

Palmyra, Shippensburg, Annville, Blue Ridge Summit, Dauphin, Delta, Dover, Glen Rock, Greencastle, Jonestown, Manchester, Mountville, New Bloomfield, New Holland, Strasburg, Biglerville, Dillsburg, Duncannon, Elizabethville, Fairfield, Leola, Loganville, Manheim, Mcconnellsburg, Mercersburg, Mifflintown, Millerstown, Mount Gretna, Mount Joy, Myerstown, Quarryville, Saint Thomas, Shellsville, Spring Grove, Stewartstown, Wrightsville, York Springs, Adamstown, Airville, Akron, Allensville, Belleville, Blain, Brogue, Denver, Dry Run, East Berlin, East Waterford, Fawn Grove, Fayetteville, Frystown, Gap, Gratz, Halifax, Hensel, Intercourse, Jefferson (york), Kirkwood, Littlestown, Loysville, Marietta, Marion, Marysville, Mcalisterville, Millersburg, Mount Holly Springs, Newburg (cumberland), Newport, Newville, Port Royal, Rawlinsville, Reedsville, Richfield, Schaefferstown, Terre Hill, Thompsontown, Tower City, Ickesburg, Liverpool, Lykens, Mcveytown, Needmore, Warfordsburg.

Phone companies holding 717 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 71% 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 42 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc.121
Brightspeed of Pennsylvania, LLC80
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC77
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - PA72
Level 3 Communications, LLC - PA65
Verizon North, Inc. - PA55
D&e/Omnipoint Wirel Joint Vent LP dba PCS One52
Comcast IP Phone, LLC27

When today's 717 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200127
200238
20034
20041
20054
200618
200716
200821
200924
20107
201112
201212
20135
201412
201517
201622
201717
20181
20201
20212
20241

Check a 717 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 Pennsylvania

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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