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Verified Nov 1, 2026 · Source: NANPA CO Code Assignment Records

GARDNER prefixes in area code 978

NANPA records 10 assigned NXX blocks to rate center GARDNER in area code 978, 1.3% of the 773 blocks assigned in the code. A rate center is the billing geography a block is allocated to – NANPA truncates the name to ten characters, so read it as a NANPA label rather than a town. 7 holders hold those blocks, the largest being PAETEC ITEL, LLC (2), VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC. (2), LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - MA (2). 9 of them are in thousands-block pooling, so those prefixes are shared between carriers in 1,000-number lots. The same rate center name also appears in area codes 701, 719, 815, 913 – overlay codes cover the same geography, so a rate center is served by all of them.

10 assigned blocks – 1.3% of 978
7 holders of record
9 of them pooled in 1,000-number lots

Prefixes assigned here

PrefixHolder of recordAssignedPooledIn service
978-334 Verizon MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC – yes yes
978-410 Windstream PAETEC ITEL, LLC – yes yes
978-630 Verizon VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC. – yes yes
978-632 Verizon VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC. – no yes
978-669 Windstream PAETEC ITEL, LLC – yes yes
978-730 AT&T TC SYSTEMS, INC. – yes yes
978-754 BARR TELL USA, INC. - MA – yes yes
978-919 Lumen LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - MA – yes yes
978-958 Bandwidth BANDWIDTH.COM CLEC, LLC - MA – yes yes
978-991 Lumen LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - MA – yes yes

The holder is who received the block from the numbering administrator. It is not necessarily the carrier serving a given number: numbers move with their owners, and a pooled block is shared.

Who holds the blocks

HolderBrandBlocksShare here
PAETEC ITEL, LLC Windstream 2 20%
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC. Verizon 2 20%
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - MA Lumen 2 20%
MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC Verizon 1 10%
TC SYSTEMS, INC. AT&T 1 10%
BARR TELL USA, INC. - MA – 1 10%
BANDWIDTH.COM CLEC, LLC - MA Bandwidth 1 10%

Same rate center in other codes

Overlay codes cover the same geography, so one rate center is served by all of them.

Frequently asked

Which prefixes belong to GARDNER in area code 978?

10 blocks: 334, 410, 630, 632, 669, 730, 754, 919, 958, 991. The table above gives the holder of each.

Which carriers have numbers in GARDNER?

PAETEC ITEL, LLC (2 blocks), VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC. (2 blocks), LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - MA (2 blocks), MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC (1 block), TC SYSTEMS, INC. (1 block), BARR TELL USA, INC. - MA (1 block). These are the holders on record; the carrier actually serving a given number can differ, because numbers move with their owners.

Is GARDNER a city?

It is a rate center – the unit NANPA allocates number blocks to. Its name is abbreviated to ten characters and is not necessarily a settlement: we print it as recorded rather than guess at the full name.

Other rate centers in 978

All 773 prefixes in 978