Area Code 228

Area Code 228 was created in 1997 for serving the Mississippi State of United States. The particular code was created as a result in split of area code 601. The Code 601 is one of the original area codes and served the State without any change until 1997. The original code was getting exhausted because of the ever increasing demands for telephone lines and the area was running out of available telephone numbers. To deal with the problem it was decided to split off area code 601.
The State of Mississippi is one of the East South Central States - one of the nine geographic divisions of United States of America. There are total four States making up the particular division:

Alabama
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee

The Gulf Coast Area of the State is served by the code 228 and the Standard Time Zone followed by the particular code is Central Time Zone. At present the State of Mississippi is served by total three area codes:

228 (Created in 1997)
601 (Created in 1947)
662 (Created in 1999)

Area Codes surrounding Area Code 228 are:

West: Area Code 985
North: Overlaid Area Codes 601/769
East: Area Code 251
South: Gulf of Mexico

List of Counties:

GEORGE
HANCOCK
HARRISON
JACKSON
MOBILE
PEARL RIVER
STONE

List of Cities:

BAY SAINT LOUIS
BILOXI
DIAMONDHEAD
DIBERVILLE
GAUTIER
GULFPORT
HURLEY
KILN

LONG BEACH
LUCEDALE
MOSS POINT
OCEAN SPRINGS
PASCAGOULA
PASS CHRISTIAN
PEARLINGTON
PERKINSTON

PICAYUNE
SAUCIER
STENNIS SPACE CENTER
VANCLEAVE
WAVELAND
WILMER

Leading institutions, ISPs and Telephone companies:

Some of the leading educational institutions serving the code 228 are:

Corinthian College (228) 867-2579
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (228) 432-5312
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community (228) 497-9602
St Stanislaus College Prep (228) 466-3418
University of Mississippi Regional Admissions (228) 872-2424
University of Southern Mississippi (228) 865-4503
William Carey College On the Coast (228) 865-1500

Some of the main carriers and telephone companies for 228 areas are:

CENTURYTEL TEL OF ALABAMA, LLC (SOUTHERN)
DELTACOM, INC. - AL
KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES, TELEPHONE DIVISION
LEAP WIRELESS INTL, INC. DBA CRICKET COMM, INC.
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - AR
MCIMETRO, ATS, INC.
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC - GA
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
O1 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - CA
PAC - WEST TELECOMM, INC.
PACIFIC BELL
QWEST CORPORATION
ROYAL STREET COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
SOUTHWESTERN BELL
TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP - LOS ANGELES
TW TELECOM OF CALIFORNIA LP - CA
VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC.-CA (GTE)
XO CALIFORNIA, INC.

Some of the ISPs offering dialup and dedicated services for the people of 228 areas are:

ISPpc.com
Jenco Speed Web
Karma Technologies LLC
LanZing Internet
KwikIT.com - eMallsAmerica, Inc.
1+ Long Distance Network
Lucky U Web

Reverse Phone Check for the area code 228:

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