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Area code 870

Area code 870 serves Arkansas, including Jonesboro, Pine Bluff and El Dorado (Central time). It has been in service since April 14, 1997 and shares its area with 327.

Numbers starting with 870 drew 1,859 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 449 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so an 870 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
ArkansasLittle Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area and Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area
Time zone
Central
In service since
April 14, 1997Created from 501
Overlay
Same area as 327
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
785 of 792held by 58 carriers
Projected to run out
2Q 2062NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 870 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 870. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

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

1,859

FCC complaints since November 2023

449

Different 870 numbers reported

2,020

FCC complaints naming an 870 number, by month

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

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MonthComplaints
November 20237
December 20235
January 20245
February 20243
March 20244
April 20244
May 202411
June 20245
July 202413
August 20246
September 20249
October 202410
November 202416
December 20246
January 20253
February 202515
March 20257
April 20257
May 20259
June 202510
July 20257
August 202510
September 202510
October 20252
November 20259
December 202527
January 2026128
February 20263
March 202610
April 20263
May 20265
June 20266
July 202612
August 20268
September 202611
October 202634

What people said 870 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 1,351 of 1,859 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other797
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)423
Medical and prescriptions203
Dropped call or no message150
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends142
Warranties and protection plans17

Most reported 870 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 870

NANPA lists 245 rate centers for 870. 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.
  • Jonesboro46
  • Pine Bluff45
  • El Dorado24
  • Harrison18
  • Blytheville15
  • Paragould14
  • Arkadelphia13
  • Mountain Home13
  • Batesville12
  • Camden12
  • Forrest City12
  • Texarkana12
  • West Memphis12
  • Hope11
  • Helena9
  • Magnolia9
  • Crossett8
  • Berryville7
  • De Queen7
  • Fordyce7
  • Monticello7
  • Nashville7
  • Newport7
  • Pocahontas7
Show all 245 rate centers

Stuttgart, Brinkley, Glenwood, Osceola, Sheridan, Ashdown, Bay, Marshall, Trumann, Tuckerman, Walnut Ridge, Warren, Wynne, Ash Flat, Cherokee Village, Cherry Valley, De Witt, Gurdon, Hardy, Mallard Point, Marianna, Marion, Melbourne, Midway (baxter), Mount Ida, Mountain View, Prescott, Augusta, Bearden, Blevins, Bodcaw, Bull Shoals, Cave City, Clarendon, Corning, Elaine, Flippin, Gassville, Green Forest, Hamburg, Harrisburg, Imboden, Lake City, Lake Village, Lakeview, Marvell, Mcgehee, Monette, Newark, Piggott, Rosston, Salem, Smackover, Sparkman, Star City, Strong, Viola, Waldo, Weiner, Altheimer, Amity, Biggers, Black Rock, Blackfish Lake, Blooming Grove, Calico Rock, Caraway, Carthage, Cash, Concord, Crawfordsville, Daisy, Dalark, Delaplaine, Delight, Dell, Dermott, Des Arc, Dierks, Dumas, Earle, Eudora, Fisher, Foreman, Fouke, Fulton, Gillham, Gould, Grubbs, Hatfield, Hazen, Holly Grove, Horseshoe Bend, Hughes, Jesup, Joiner, Junction City, Leachville, Lockesburg, Luxora, Mammoth Spring, Manila, Marked Tree, Mccrory, Murfreesboro, Norman, Norphlet, North Springhill, Oden, Oil Trough, Okolona, Parkin, Payneway, Rector, Rison, Roe, Stamps, Stephens, Swifton, Trigg, Turrell, Umpire, Washington, Wilmot, Wilson, Allison, Almyra, Alpena, Arkansas City, Banks, Bradley, Calion, Carlisle, Carryville, Chidester, Compton, Cotton Plant, Cove, De Valls Bluff, Deer, Diamond City, Dodge City, Dyess, Emerson, Evening Shade, Fiftysix, Fox, Franklin, Gamaliel, Garden Point, Gillett, Grady, Hampton, Henderson, Hermitage, Hickory Plains, Hickory Ridge, Horatio, Humphrey, Huttig, Jasper, Keiser, Kingsland, Knobel, Lead Hill, Leola, Leonard, Lepanto, Leslie, Lewisville, Louann, Lurton, Macedonia, Marmaduke, Maynard, Mcneil, Mineral Springs, Moro, Mount Holly, Mount Judea, Mount Pleasant, Norfork, Oak Acres, Oak Grove, Omaha, Osage, Oxford, Ozark Acres, Pleasant Grove, Pollard, Ponca, Portland, Prattsville, Prim, Pyatt, Rowell, Rudd, Saint Charles, Saint Joe, Saratoga, South Myrtle, Success, Sunnyland, Taylor, Tillar, Timbo, Tracy Ferry, Tupelo, Tyronza, Urbana, Village, Waldenburg, Watson, Western Grove, Wheatley, Whiteville, Wickes, Wilmar, Winthrop, Witts Springs, Yellville.

Phone companies holding 870 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 76% 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 58 carriers

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

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Southwestern Bell152
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL106
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - AR85
Windstream Arkansas, Inc.72
Level 3 Communications, LLC - AR47
Brightspeed of Central Arkansas, LLC44
E. Ritter Communications, LLC22
Csc Voice, LLC21

When today's 870 exchanges were assigned

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

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YearExchanges
200132
200244
200342
200413
200513
200610
200713
20084
20094
20104
20116
20124
20139
201410
201521
20169
20179
201813
20199
20209
20215
202216
202311
202417
20251

Check an 870 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 Arkansas

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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