PAETEC is a business phone company that Windstream owns.
PAETEC was a business phone and data company based in Fairport, New York. Windstream bought it in 2011, and NANPA lists almost all of its prefixes under PAETEC iTel, LLC. NANPA, which runs the North American numbering plan, lists PAETEC as the holder of 5,552 prefixes in 46 states and territories, 2.8% of the 198,436 prefixes it has assigned.
- Name in NANPA's file
- PAETEC ITEL, LLC, and 1 other listing
- What it is
- Windstream's business phone network
- Prefixes held
- 5,552 of 198,436 (2.8%)
- States and territories
- 46 of 56, most in Florida, Massachusetts and New York
- Area codes
- 268
- Pooled prefixes
- 88%, shared in blocks of 1,000 numbers
From NANPA's central office code file of October 1, 2026. A prefix is the three digits after the area code.
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A lookup shows PAETEC when the number is a business line on its network.
PAETEC sells phone lines to companies, so many of its numbers are office lines, call centers and other business phone systems.
Numbers can also move between carriers, so a lookup reads the number's carrier today, and a number with a PAETEC prefix can show another company if it was ported.
PAETEC holds the most prefixes in Florida: 537 of its 5,552.
- Florida537
- Massachusetts483
- New York457
- Pennsylvania450
- North Carolina293
- Georgia273
- New Jersey267
- Maryland239
Plus 2,553 prefixes in 38 more states and territories.
PAETEC holds prefixes in 268 area codes, and these are its largest.
Of the prefixes NANPA dates, PAETEC received the most in 2001: 621.
NANPA's file gives an assignment date for 1,735 of PAETEC's 5,552 prefixes, all from 2001 on. The rest have no date in the file.
A call from a PAETEC number is not spam just because of the carrier.
PAETEC sells phone lines to businesses, so a call from one of its numbers often comes from a company's office or call center.
Whether that call is one you want is a separate question, and caller ID can be faked, so judge it by what the caller asks for.
Check the full number with our free spam phone checker before you call back.
You can read about 5 more carrier names here.
- Level 3 Communications, LLCLumen's business and wholesale network, 10,346 prefixes
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- LightpathBusiness fiber and phone network, 269 prefixes
- TPx CommunicationsBusiness phone and internet company, 807 prefixes
- AllstreamBusiness phone and internet company, 450 prefixes
These are the questions people ask about PAETEC.
What is PAETEC iTel, LLC?
PAETEC was a business phone and data company based in Fairport, New York. Windstream bought it in 2011, and NANPA lists almost all of its prefixes under PAETEC iTel, LLC.
Why does a phone lookup say PAETEC?
A lookup shows PAETEC when the number is a business line on its network. PAETEC sells phone lines to companies, so many of its numbers are office lines, call centers and other business phone systems. Numbers can also move between carriers, so a lookup reads the number's carrier today, and a number with a PAETEC prefix can show another company if it was ported.
Is a call from a PAETEC number spam?
PAETEC sells phone lines to businesses, so a call from one of its numbers often comes from a company's office or call center. Whether that call is one you want is a separate question, and caller ID can be faked, so judge it by what the caller asks for. Check the full number with our free spam phone checker before you call back.
How many phone prefixes does PAETEC hold?
NANPA lists PAETEC as the holder of 5,552 prefixes, 2.8% of all assigned US prefixes. A prefix is the three digits after the area code and covers up to 10,000 numbers. 88% of these are pooled, so blocks of 1,000 numbers inside them can belong to other carriers.
Which states have the most PAETEC prefixes?
Florida (537), Massachusetts (483) and New York (457) have the most, out of 46 states and territories.
Can I find out who owns a PAETEC number?
PAETEC does not publish who uses its numbers. Our free who called me lookup shows who a US number is listed to and the city and state on the listing, when the number has a listing.
Source: NANPA, the North American Numbering Plan Administrator: its central office code assignments, as of October 1, 2026. Company histories are from public records and each company's own descriptions.