Who Called Me from Area Code 878?
- No voicemail? Let it go. Real callers leave messages.
- Recognize the pattern? Check the number in the prefix lookup.
- Getting repeats? ActiveArmor® blocks and labels them automatically.
- Same prefix calling again? Compare it against this month’s most-reported 878 prefixes, right on this page.
- Curious who issued a number? Every 878 prefix belongs to a carrier — the registry names it.
52 unwanted-call reports naming 878 numbers in FTC Do Not Call complaint data, July 2–17, 2026. Consumer-reported and unverified.
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Is Area Code 878 a Scam?
It’s added to the 412 region in 2001 and serves Pittsburgh and surrounding communities. But legitimacy of the code says nothing about any single call. Scammers spoof local numbers constantly.
Been targeted? Report it to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov. Reports feed the complaint data that powers spam blocking.
Scam texts from area code 878 numbers
The most common area code 878 text scam is the “wrong number” opener: a friendly message that pretends to know you, then moves the chat to WhatsApp and eventually to an investment pitch. Scripts currently circulating:
- “U at home?” · “Are you busy tomorrow?” · “How are you doing?”
- Delivery-problem and job-offer texts that link out to a login page
Don’t reply. A response marks your number as live. Forward scam texts to 7726 (SPAM), and AT&T ActiveArmor® filters known senders automatically.
How number spoofing works in area code 878
Caller ID is easy to forge. Spoofing fakes the number a call displays. The real owner of that 878 number isn’t involved and usually has no idea. That’s why blocking one number rarely stops the calls.
- A call from a number almost identical to yours (same 878 and prefix) is “mirror spoofing.” A missed call from your own number is never worth returning.
- Strangers calling you back saying you called them? Your 878 number is being spoofed. It typically passes within days, and you don’t need a new number. Report it at reportfraud.ftc.gov.
- The caller-ID checkmark: AT&T verifies network calls (STIR/SHAKEN). A verified mark means the displayed number wasn’t faked. No mark doesn’t always mean scam, but treat it with more caution.
Spoofed or not, the rule holds: unexpected caller, no voicemail? Let it go.
878 Area Code Prefix & Carrier Lookup
The three digits after the area code identify the carrier a number was issued to. All 190 assigned 878 prefixes below are real, from the public numbering registry. Type to filter.
This isn’t a reverse phone lookup: no legitimate free service can tell you who owns a specific number. What a 878 prefix does show: the carrier that issued it, whether it’s wireless, landline or VoIP, and the community it belongs to, which is often enough to judge whether a call was worth returning.
| Prefix | Carrier | Line type |
|---|---|---|
| 878-200 | Boost Mobile | Landline |
| 878-201 | Peerless Network | VoIP |
| 878-202 | Spectrum (TWC IP) | Landline |
| 878-203 | Lumen (CenturyLink) | Landline |
| 878-204 | Windstream | Landline |
| 878-205 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-206 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-207 | Comcast (Xfinity Voice) | VoIP |
| 878-208 | Verizon Business (MCImetro) | Landline |
| 878-209 | Boost Mobile | Landline |
| 878-210 | Windstream | Landline |
| 878-212 | Verizon Wireless | Wireless |
| 878-213 | Bandwidth.com | VoIP |
| 878-214 | Idt America | Landline |
| 878-215 | Boost Mobile | Landline |
| 878-216 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-217 | Lumen (Level 3) | VoIP |
| 878-218 | Verizon Wireless | Wireless |
| 878-219 | Comcast (Xfinity Voice) | VoIP |
| 878-220 | Verizon Business (MCImetro) | Landline |
| 878-221 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-222 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-223 | Csc Wireless | Wireless |
| 878-224 | AT&T Mobility | Wireless |
| 878-225 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-226 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-227 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-228 | Lumen (CenturyLink) | Landline |
| 878-229 | Verizon Wireless | Wireless |
| 878-230 | Hd Carrier | Landline |
| 878-231 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-232 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-233 | Bandwidth.com | VoIP |
| 878-234 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-235 | Telnyx | Landline |
| 878-236 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-237 | Stratus Networks | Landline |
| 878-238 | Laurel Highland Telephone Company | Landline |
| 878-239 | Comcast (Xfinity Voice) | VoIP |
| 878-240 | Vonage | VoIP |
| 878-241 | Bandwidth.com | VoIP |
| 878-242 | Bandwidth.com | VoIP |
| 878-243 | Telnyx | Landline |
| 878-244 | Metro by T-Mobile (MetroPCS) | Wireless |
| 878-245 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-246 | Comcast (Xfinity Voice) | VoIP |
| 878-247 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-248 | Windstream (Paetec) | Landline |
| 878-249 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-250 | AT&T Mobility | Wireless |
| 878-251 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-252 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-253 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-254 | Verizon Business (MCImetro) | Landline |
| 878-255 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-256 | AT&T (Teleport Communications) | Landline |
| 878-257 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-258 | Salsgiver Telecom | Landline |
| 878-259 | Commio | Landline |
| 878-260 | Comcast (Xfinity Voice) | VoIP |
| 878-261 | Lumen (Level 3) | VoIP |
| 878-262 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-263 | AT&T Mobility | Wireless |
| 878-264 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-265 | Bandwidth.com | VoIP |
| 878-266 | Windstream | Landline |
| 878-267 | AT&T Mobility | Wireless |
| 878-268 | AT&T (Teleport Communications) | Landline |
| 878-269 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-270 | Consolidated Communications Of Pennsylvania | Landline |
| 878-271 | Lumen (CenturyLink) | Landline |
| 878-272 | Comcast (Xfinity Voice) | VoIP |
| 878-273 | Comcast (Xfinity Voice) | VoIP |
| 878-274 | Verizon Business (MCImetro) | Landline |
| 878-275 | Commio | Landline |
| 878-276 | Commio | Landline |
| 878-277 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-278 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-279 | Commio | Landline |
| 878-280 | Commio | Landline |
| 878-281 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-282 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-283 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-284 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-285 | Stratus Networks | Landline |
| 878-286 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-287 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-288 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-289 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-290 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-291 | Advanced Telephone Sys Inc dba Htc Communications | Landline |
| 878-292 | Boost Mobile | Landline |
| 878-293 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-294 | AT&T Mobility | Wireless |
| 878-295 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-296 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-297 | AT&T Mobility | Wireless |
| 878-298 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-299 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-300 | Boost Mobile | Landline |
| 878-301 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-302 | Peerless Network | VoIP |
| 878-303 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-305 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-306 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-307 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-309 | Bandwidth.com | VoIP |
| 878-313 | Verizon Wireless | Wireless |
| 878-322 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-329 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-332 | Lumen (Level 3) | VoIP |
| 878-333 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-335 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-336 | FracTEL | Landline |
| 878-345 | FracTEL | Landline |
| 878-348 | FracTEL | Landline |
| 878-355 | Aerial Communications | Wireless |
| 878-356 | FracTEL | Landline |
| 878-377 | FracTEL | Landline |
| 878-378 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-379 | Verizon Wireless | Wireless |
| 878-400 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-422 | Salsgiver Telecom | Landline |
| 878-425 | Armstrong Telecommunications | Landline |
| 878-433 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-439 | Verizon Business (MCImetro) | Landline |
| 878-444 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-465 | FracTEL | Landline |
| 878-477 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-489 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-500 | FracTEL | Landline |
| 878-522 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-529 | FracTEL | Landline |
| 878-545 | Verizon Wireless | Wireless |
| 878-553 | Verizon Business (MCImetro) | Landline |
| 878-587 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-598 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-599 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-600 | Terra Nova Telecom | Landline |
| 878-626 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-645 | Verizon Wireless | Wireless |
| 878-666 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-668 | Windstream | Landline |
| 878-670 | Commio | Landline |
| 878-673 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-677 | FracTEL | Landline |
| 878-678 | Core Communications | Landline |
| 878-688 | FracTEL | Landline |
| 878-707 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-723 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-728 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-732 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-736 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-744 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-768 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-777 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-778 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-780 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-782 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-783 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-784 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-786 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-787 | FracTEL | Landline |
| 878-788 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-789 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-800 | Wiretap Telecom, LLC. | Landline |
| 878-808 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-822 | Skye Telecom LLC dba Skyetel | Landline |
| 878-834 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-837 | Core Communications | Landline |
| 878-840 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-844 | Ton80 Communications | Landline |
| 878-847 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-867 | Commio | Landline |
| 878-868 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-870 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-877 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-878 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-879 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-880 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-881 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-884 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-887 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-888 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-895 | Twilio | VoIP |
| 878-898 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-900 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-978 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-988 | Onvoy Spectrum (Sinch) | VoIP |
| 878-999 | Onvoy (Sinch) | VoIP |
Line type reflects the registry assignment; ported numbers can differ. Unknown 878 number calling? ActiveArmor® screens it before you ever look it up.
Cities & Communities in and around Area Code 878
Communities the 878 serves, filtered against the numbering registry’s rate centers, with each community’s key ZIP codes and the AT&T home internet available there. Cities link to their local AT&T internet page.
| City / community | Key ZIP codes | AT&T internet |
|---|---|---|
| Arona | 15617, 15625, 15663 | Check address |
| Crabtree | 15624, 15662, 15635 | Internet Air |
| Irwin | 15692, 15642, 15647 | Internet Air |
| Manor | 15665, 15692, 15636 | Internet Air |
City list: AT&T service-area records and the public numbering registry. Key ZIPs: U.S. Census data for each community. Internet type: AT&T eligibility data, June 2026. Availability is always confirmed at your exact address.
878 Area Code Map
Area code 878 serves Pittsburgh and nearby communities in PA.
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Counties Covered by the 878 Area Code
Counties are served in whole or in part; population is U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023.
Area Code 878: More Than a Number in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh, the 878 is more than digits on a caller ID. It arrived in 2001, layered onto the 412 region, and it has meant Pittsburgh and surrounding communities ever since — 190 carrier prefixes keep its lines busy today, and an established 878 number still says you’ve been here a while.
The map tells its own story: Pittsburgh and surrounding communities, with 724 sharing the same streets today. Several codes, one local calling area, no long-distance between any of them — only the 878 came first.
Keeping a 878 matters here. An existing 878 number ports to a new phone, a new carrier, or a new AT&T line, and stays yours anywhere in the U.S. New lines in the area often draw 724 instead — one more reason locals hold on to theirs.
Need a new local number? Shop plans Keep your 878: bring it to AT&TInternet, wireless & stores in the 878
AT&T Home Internet in Area Code 878
AT&T home internet serves communities across area code 878, with AT&T Fiber where it’s built and AT&T Internet Air covering the gaps. Availability is decided address by address; every community in the table above links to its local internet page.
AT&T Fiber: Ltd. avail/areas. Speeds based on wired connection. Actual speeds vary. For 5-GIG, single device wired speed maximum 4.7Gbps. For more info., visit att.com/speed101. AT&T Internet Air: AT&T Internet Air not available in all areas. In rare cases, if your usage is contributing to congestion on the network, AT&T will greatly reduce your speed for a minimum of 30 min.
Pair it with wireless in an internet + wireless bundle. Run a business in the 878? AT&T Business Internet is available at many addresses.
Moving to Area Code 878?
Set up home internet in area code 878 before the boxes arrive, and find your new community in the table above or check your exact address below.
Your number moves with you: port your 878 number from anywhere, or keep your old number when you arrive. An AT&T store nearby can handle the whole switch in one visit.
AT&T Wireless in Area Code 878
AT&T’s 5G network covers most of area code 878. ActiveArmor® spam blocking is included with every unlimited plan, your 878 number stays yours, and great cell phone deals in Pittsburgh are a tap away.
AT&T may temporarily slow data speeds if the network is busy. 5G req’s compatible plan & device. Coverage not available everywhere. Learn more at att.com/5Gforyou.
Need a new 878 number? Ask when you activate a line: the 878 shares its territory with 724, so new lines may draw one of those codes, and porting an existing 878 number keeps it yours.
AT&T Stores in Area Code 878
Looking for cell phone stores in area code 878? These stores serve the 878 area — walk in for switching, porting, upgrades and hands-on help. (The 878 is new enough that most local stores still answer on longer-established numbers.)
Every AT&T store in the region, company owned and authorized retailer alike, each with its own store page.
All AT&T Stores Serving the 878 Area
Every AT&T store serving the 878’s communities. Tap any number to call.
International Calling from Area Code 878
Calling abroad from area code 878? AT&T International Calling adds discounted or unlimited rates to 200+ countries on top of your existing plan, and unlimited texting from the U.S. to 200+ destinations is already included on AT&T unlimited plans.
Top places of birth among foreign-born residents of the 878’s counties, U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023.
Calling abroad from a 878 number: dial 011 + country code + number (or just + on a mobile). Traveling abroad instead? International Day Pass® takes your talk, text and data with you for a flat daily rate.
International Calling and International Day Pass® availability, rates and included destinations vary by plan; see att.com for the current country list.
878 Area Code Quick Facts & Dialing
How to dial a 878 number
| Scenario | Format | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Local call (within the region) | 878 + 7-digit number | (878) 555-0100 |
| Long distance (within the U.S.) | 1 + 878 + 7-digit number | 1 (878) 555-0100 |
| Calling 878 from another country | +1 878 + 7-digit number | +1 878 555 0100 |
| From a mobile phone | (878) + 7-digit number | (878) 555-0100 |
A Short History of Area Code 878
Added in 2001 to the 412 region, the 878 serves Pittsburgh and surrounding communities. No splits or overlays have divided its territory since.
In service since 2001. Today the 878’s territory is shared with overlay code 724, so ten-digit dialing is required.
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