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Area code 860

Area code 860 serves Connecticut, including Hartford, New London and Norwich (Eastern time). It has been in service since August 28, 1995 and shares its area with 959.

Numbers starting with 860 drew 2,046 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 1,563 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 860 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Connecticut(hartford, CT Msa) and (worcester, MA-CT Metropolitan Statistical Area)
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
August 28, 1995Created from 203
Overlay
Same area as 959
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
783 of 792held by 22 carriers
Projected to run out
3Q 2090NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 860 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 860. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

2,046

FCC complaints since November 2023

1,563

Different 860 numbers reported

3,398

FCC complaints naming an 860 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 202315
December 20238
January 202417
February 202455
March 202494
April 202462
May 202459
June 202488
July 2024157
August 202499
September 202483
October 2024102
November 2024100
December 202497
January 2025111
February 202531
March 202529
April 202520
May 202537
June 202517
July 202519
August 202520
September 20257
October 20251
November 20258
December 202512
January 202613
February 20268
March 202615
April 20269
May 20269
June 202626
July 202635
August 202623
September 202624
October 202640

What people said 860 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,526 of 2,046 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other1,041
Dropped call or no message259
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)224
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends171
Medical and prescriptions54
Warranties and protection plans42

Places served by 860

NANPA lists 58 rate centers for 860. 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.
  • Hartford260
  • New London40
  • Norwich35
  • Middletown28
  • New Britain26
  • Farmington20
  • Manchester20
  • Windsor20
  • Southington19
  • Willimantic19
  • Enfield17
  • Glastonbury17
  • Simsbury16
  • Bristol15
  • Old Saybrook15
  • Torrington15
  • Windsor Locks15
  • New Milford12
  • Putnam11
  • Rockville10
  • Harwinton9
  • Storrs9
  • Deep River8
  • Plainville8
Show all 58 rate centers

Mystic, Watertown, Cornwall, East Hampton, Danielson, Winsted, Canton, Clinton, Columbia, Coventry, Ledyard, Litchfield, Niantic, Plainfield, Stafford Springs, Canaan, Colchester, Essex, Haddam, Jewett City, Lebanon, Lyme, Moodus, Pawcatuck, Sharon, Thomaston, Canterbury, Kent, Killingworth, Lakeville, North Thompson, Washington, Norfolk, Xxxxxxxxxx.

Phone companies holding 860 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 67% 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 22 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Southern New England Telco dba Frontier Comm of CT325
Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC63
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - CT60
Teleport Communications America, LLC - CT56
Paetec Itel, LLC50
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - DC44
Metropcs, Inc.29
Level 3 Communications, LLC - CT28

When today's 860 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200115
200215
20031
20044
20051
20065
20072
20089
20092
20106
20117
20125
20137
20148
20157
20164
20201
20211
20221
20231
20241
20261

Check an 860 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 Connecticut

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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