Idaho Area Code Directory Information

Devised by AT&T and Bells Laboratories in the 1940s, the North American Numbering Plan was the original area code plan. It was put into effect in US and Canada in 1947. Initially the area codes were known as the numbering plan areas. The area codes are the first three digit numbers of the ten digit telephone numbers. If you are dialing from the same area, you need not dial the area code.

Area Code 208

Area codes were implemented in US and Canada so that the telecommunications network could be organized in a proper way. According to the original numbering area plan, Idaho was assigned only one numbering plan area, area code 208. The small population of the state was the reason behind this. Only one area code was sufficient for all the telephone numbers of the state.

An estimation of the Federal Communications Commission in 2001 revealed that the area code 208 would be exhausted within 2003 because of the increase in the population and the rise in the telephone numbers. The estimation indicated a probable split. But this was delayed when the Idaho Public Utilities Commission introduced the concept of the telephone number pooling in 2002.

The idea of telephone number pooling was initially introduced in the Boise area of Idaho. Later, in 2007, the concept was implemented on the whole state. This was done to avoid the projected exhaustion of telephone numbers in 2010. The whole state of Idaho is served by a single area code 208 in present times as well. There are no plans for any split or overlay of area code 208 in the near future.

Area Code 208: Counties

There are 49 counties within the area code 208. Some of them are Adams, Payette, Boise, Elmore, Minidoka, Bear Lake, Franklin, Madison, Boundary, Bonner, Washington, Gooding, Clark, Jefferson, Twin Falls, Canyon, Fremont, Idaho, Teton, Benewah, Kootenai, Clearwater, Multnomah, Whitman, Clark, Bingham, Gem, Shoshone, Caribou, Idaho, Power, Lewis, and others.

Area Code 208: Cities

261 cities of Idaho are served by area code 208. Some of them are Boise, Ammon, Burley, Blackfoot, Caldwell, Aberdeen, Ferdinand, Chubbuck, Garden City, Idaho Falls, Coeur d’Alene, Hayden, Eagle, Hailey, Nampa, Lewiston, Moscow, Jerome, Mountain Home, Meridian, Payette, Rexburg, Pocatello, Twin Falls, Post Falls, Sandpoint, Ashton, American Falls, Weiser, Rupert, Kuna, Emmett, Preston, and others.

The Idaho area code directory has 700 telephone exchanges within its jurisdiction. Some of the telephone exchanges within area code 208 are 331, 591, 734, 216, 455, 869, 593, 722, 205, 431, 565, 703, 842, 988, 690, 717, 855, and 323.

The telecommunications network of Idaho is one of the best in the US. Some of the cell phone service providers working in area code 208 are Cambridge Telephone Company, 360 Networks, Custer Telephone Cooperative, Gold Star Communications, Silver Star Telecom Co, MCI Worldcom Communications, Airpeak Communications, Rural Network Services Inc, and Blackfoot Telecom Corporation.

The chief telecom service providers of Idaho are CTC Telecom, All Idaho Online, First Step Internet, OneWest.net, BOSS Technologies, Velocitus, Cactus Computers, Solution Pro, Cutting Edge Communications, Surf1 Communications, Datawav-IS, IceHouse Internet, Pend Oreille Valley Network, Imbris, Fiberpipe Internet and Microserv Computer Technologies.