New York

Area code 838

Area code 838 covers Albany, Colonie, Schenectady, Johnstown, Troy and more in New York, in the Eastern time zone. It has been in service since 2017. It shares its area with 518 (an overlay).

WhereNew York

Time zoneEastern

Exchanges227

Flagged numbers311 complaints

Most reported 838 numbers

(838) 217-2867CautionScam or spam text5 complaintsPolitical (838) 217-2774CautionHealth insurance / Medicare3 complaintsHealth insurance (838) 204-1243CautionImpersonation (IRS, SSA, bank, Amazon...)3 complaintsLegal actions

Carriers in 838

Onvoy (Sinch)74 42%
Fractel33 19%
AT&T Mobility19 11%
Coretel New York16 9%
Peering Hub14 8%
Right Call9 5%
Ton80 Communications6 3%
Verizon Wireless5 3%

Line types

VoIP / internet phone127 56%
Landline68 30%
Wireless (cell phone)32 14%

Counted over the exchanges, from the carrier each was assigned to.

Cities in area code 838

AlbanyColonieSchenectadyJohnstownTroyHudsonAmsterdamCatskill

Every 838 exchange

The first six digits of a number. Each one with 3 or more flagged numbers has its own page: who it was assigned to and the numbers in it.

Exchange	City	Carrier	Type	Flagged
838-200	Albany	Firstlight Fiber	Landline	0
838-201	Hoosick Falls	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-202	Albany	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	0
838-203	Schenectady	Vonage	VoIP	0
838-204	Hampton	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	1
838-205	Valley Falls	Tc Systems	Landline	0
838-206	Claverack	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-207	Albany	Exiant Communications	Landline	0
838-208	Copake	Csc Wireless	Wireless	0
838-209	Claverack	Valstar	Landline	0
838-210	Millerton	Lte Wireless INC D/B/A Lte...	Wireless	0
838-212	Albany	Right Call	Landline	0
838-213	Glens Falls	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-214	Amsterdam	Right Call	Landline	0
838-215	Catskill	Right Call	Landline	0
838-216	Albany	Tc Systems	Landline	0
838-217	Albany	Peering Hub	Landline	2
838-218	Albany	IP Horizon	VoIP	0
838-219	Kinderhook	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	0
838-220	Colonie	Right Call	Landline	0
838-221	Albany	Nuso	Landline	0
838-222	Port Chester	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-223	Westport	Charter IP Enabled Services	Landline	0
838-224	Wells	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-225	Hudson	Right Call	Landline	0
838-226		Tc Systems	Landline	0
838-227		Hd Carrier	Landline	0
838-228	Windham	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-229	Argyle	Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-230	Middleburgh	Right Call	Landline	0
838-231	Colonie	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-232	Schenectady	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-233	Saranac Lake	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	0
838-234	Altamont	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-235	Lexington	Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-236	Richmondville	Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-237	Ticonderoga	Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-238		Right Call	Landline	0
838-239		Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-240	Troy	Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-241	W Lebanon	Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-242	Warrensburg	Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-243	Westerlo	Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-244	Oakfield	AT&T	Landline	0
838-245	Schenectady	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-246	Cairo	Telnyx	VoIP	0
838-247		Fractel	VoIP	0
838-248	Cobleskill	Stratus Networks	Landline	0
838-249	Gloversville	T-Mobile	Wireless	0
838-250	Albany	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	0
838-251	Schenectady	T-Mobile	Wireless	0
838-252		Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-253		Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-254	Saranac	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-255	Tupper Lake	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-256	Lake Pleasant	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-257	Athens	Nuso	Landline	0
838-258	Freehold	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-259	Amsterdam	Commio	VoIP	0
838-260	Johnstown	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-261	Albany	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-262	Troy	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-263	Valley Falls	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-264	Windham	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-265	Albany	Comcast (Xfinity)	VoIP	0
838-266	Johnstown	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-267	Albany	Nuso	Landline	0
838-268	Colonie	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-269	Schenectady	Boost Subscriberco	Landline	0
838-270	Troy	Boost Subscriberco	Landline	0
838-271	Schroon	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-272	Mechanicville	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-273	Hudson	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-274	Johnstown	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-275	Fort Ann	Commio	VoIP	0
838-276	Galway	Commio	VoIP	0
838-277	Kattskl By	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-278	Schuylerville	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-279	Catskill	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-280	Albany	Verizon Business	VoIP	0
838-281	Troy	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-282	Lyons	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-283	Voorheesville	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-284	Albany	Callworks	Landline	0
838-285	Malone	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-286	Saratoga Springs	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-287	Ballston Spa	Slic Network Solutions	Landline	0
838-288	Sharon Springs	Bandwidth	VoIP	0
838-289	Schenectady	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-290	Colonie	T-Mobile	Wireless	0
838-291	Albany	IP Horizon	VoIP	0
838-292	Albany	Leap Telecom	Landline	0
838-293		AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-294	Hudson	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-295	Albany	Verizon Wireless	Wireless	0
838-296	Johnstown	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-297	Troy	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-298	Colonie	T-Mobile (Metro)	Wireless	0
838-299	Hillsdale	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-300	Tupper Lake	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-301	Albany	Wavenation	Landline	0
838-302	Averill Pk	AT&T	Landline	0
838-303	Lake Placid	T-Mobile (Metro)	Wireless	0
838-304	Albany	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-305	Ballston Spa	Tpx Communications	Landline	0
838-306	Amsterdam	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-307	Colonie	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-308	Johnstown	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-309	Johnstown	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-310	Johnstown	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-312	Albany	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-313	Colonie	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-314	Glens Falls	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-315	Colonie	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-316	Colonie	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-317	Johnstown	AT&T Mobility	Wireless	0
838-322	Sharon Springs	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-328	Putnam	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-330	Fort Plain	Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-331	Fort Covington	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-332	Glens Falls	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-333	Albany	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-334	Greenwich	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-335	Hartford	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-336		Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-337	Hoosick Falls	IP Horizon	VoIP	0
838-338	Schenectady	Right Call	Landline	0
838-339	Johnstown	Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-345	Argyle	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-348	Athens	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-356	Averill Pk	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-368	Malone	Ton80 Communications	VoIP	0
838-372	Greenville	Ton80 Communications	VoIP	0
838-377	Prattsville	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-379	Schenectady	T-Mobile (Metro)	Wireless	0
838-380	Lake George	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-381	Lake Placid	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-383	Amsterdam	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-384	Castleton-on-Hudson	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-385	Mineville	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-386	Troy	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-387	Moira	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-388	Berne	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-399	Granville	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-400	Round Lake	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-433	Albany	Skyetel	Landline	0
838-435	Claverack	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-438	Salem	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-440	Whitehall	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-444	Hague	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-448	Keene	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-465		Fractel	VoIP	0
838-468	Whitehall	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-481	Malone	Westelcom Network	Landline	0
838-488	Fort Covington	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-499	Canaan	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-500	Round Lake	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-529	Fonda	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-538	Troy	Right Call	Landline	0
838-558	Lyons	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-566	Tannersville	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-577	Gloversville	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-588	Delanson	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-599	Castleton-on-Hudson	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-600	Hoosick Falls	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-621	Schenectady	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-638		Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-639	Delanson	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-666	Esperance	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-667	Hudson	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-668	Cambridge	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-677	Colonie	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-688	Broadalbin	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-697	Broadalbin	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-699		Fractel	VoIP	0
838-722	Glens Falls	Ton80 Communications	VoIP	0
838-723	Schenectady	Ton80 Communications	VoIP	0
838-732	Greenwich	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-733		Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-738	Philmont	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-746	Saratoga Springs	Ton80 Communications	VoIP	0
838-758	Berlin	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-766	Warrensburg	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-777	Philmont	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-786	Cairo	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-788	Berne	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-789	Canajoharie	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-799		Fractel	VoIP	0
838-800	Saranac	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-828	Hillsdale	Greenway Communications	Landline	0
838-830	Esperance	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-831	Elizabethtown	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-832	Dannemora	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-833		Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-834	Clarksville	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-835	Chateaugay	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-836	Catskill	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-837		Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-838	Troy	Bandwidth	VoIP	0
838-839	Albany	Hd Carrier	Landline	0
838-842	Germantown	Coretel New York	Landline	0
838-848	Fort Ann	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-858	Hague	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-866		Fractel	VoIP	0
838-868	Hampton	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-877	Hudson	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-878	Salem	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-880	Albany	8X8	VoIP	0
838-881		Peering Hub	Landline	0
838-882	Oakfield	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-883	Castleton-on-Hudson	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-884	Pittstown	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-888	Hoosick Falls	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-895	Albany	Twilio	VoIP	0
838-899		Fractel	VoIP	0
838-900	Albany	Terra Nova Telecom	Landline	0
838-910	Albany	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-934	Albany	Ton80 Communications	VoIP	0
838-938	Port Chester	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0
838-939	Putnam	Terra Nova Telecom	Landline	0
838-944	Catskill	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-945	Athens	State Tel-Athens	Landline	0
838-946	Ballston Spa	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-966	Bolton	Fractel	VoIP	0
838-977		Fractel	VoIP	0
838-988	Albany	Yorkstream Communications	Landline	0
838-999	Peru	Onvoy (Sinch)	VoIP	0

Area code 838 questions

Where is area code 838?

Area code 838 is in New York. Its biggest rate centers are Albany, Colonie, Schenectady, Johnstown, Troy.

What time zone is area code 838?

Area code 838 is in the Eastern time zone.

Is a call from area code 838 a scam?

An area code alone can't tell you. Scammers use and spoof numbers in every area code. 3 838 numbers have been flagged on ShadyCall. Look up the full number to see its reports and FTC/FCC complaints.

What carriers use area code 838?

Of its 227 exchanges, the most were assigned to Onvoy (Sinch), Fractel, AT&T Mobility. Numbers can be ported to any carrier, so the exchange shows the original carrier only.

What area codes overlay 838?

838 shares its area with 518. In an overlay, new numbers get the newer codes and you dial all ten digits.