instance_of area code 700
A telephone ___MASK88___ is a sequence of digits assigned to a fixed - line telephone subscriber ___MASK35___ connected to a telephone line or to a wireless electronic telephony device , such as a ___MASK56___ telephone or a mobile telephone , or to other devices for ___MASK40___ transmission via the public switched telephone network ( PSTN ) or other private networks . Most telephone numbers are assigned to one telephone line or one mobile telephone , and most lines or mobiles have one ___MASK88___ . A ___MASK77___ is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints . Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network , reachable by a system of destination code routing . Telephone numbering plans are defined in each of administrative regions of the public switched telephone network ( PSTN ) and they are also present in private telephone networks . The North American Numbering ___MASK44___ ( NANP ) is a ___MASK77___ that encompasses 25 distinct regions in twenty countries primarily in North America , including the Caribbean and the U . S . territories . Not all North American countries participate in the NANP . A telephone , or phone , is a telecommunications ___MASK11___ that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly . A telephone converts ___MASK73___ , typically and most efficiently the human voice , into electronic signals suitable for transmission via cables or other transmission media over long distances , and replays such signals simultaneously in audible form to its user . The Caribbean ( or ) is a ___MASK60___ that consists of the Caribbean ___MASK33___ , its islands ( some surrounded by the Caribbean ___MASK33___ and some bordering both the Caribbean ___MASK33___ and the North Atlantic Ocean ) and the surrounding coasts . The ___MASK60___ is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland , east of Central America , and north of South America . Area ___MASK64___ 700 of the North American Numbering Plan is reserved for carrier - specific ___MASK88___ assignments to special services or destinations . It was introduced in 1983 in anticipation of the introduction of long distance competition in the US . The area ___MASK64___ was intended for presubscribing telephone numbers to particular interexchange carriers . Numbers in this area ___MASK64___ are exclusive to the specific carrier , so the destination of a given ___MASK88___ in 700 may be different for each carrier . Almost all of the early ' 700 - offerings have faded into history , due to a combination of confusion , blocking of calls to them by many businesses worried about high - charge phone calls , and many alternative services . The ___MASK88___ 700 - 555 - 4141 is provided by all carriers who implement the area ___MASK64___ . It plays a recording identifying the carrier handling long distance and international calls . While this does not work with most cellular and VOIP systems this identification may help traditional land line consumers who have been slammed into a new carrier . The intent was that interexchange carriers could use 700 numbers to implement new services quickly . When a 700 ___MASK88___ is dialed , the local exchange carrier processing the call routes it to the presubscribed interexchange carrier , unless the caller has overridden presubscription by dialing 101XXXX before the ___MASK88___ . Thus each interexchange carrier has access to all 7 . 92 million 700 numbers . 700 numbers are different from all other North American Numbering Plan numbers because the destinations are not unique , and , in fact , depend on the ___MASK68___ the caller has selected . In 1992 AT & T introduced a 700 ___MASK88___ service branded as AT & T EasyReach 700 . It allowed subscribers to forward calls to their 700 ___MASK88___ to any domestic phone ___MASK88___ . It allowed either the caller or the subscriber to pay for the incoming calls . If the caller was calling from a phone not pre - subscribed to AT & T as its IXC , the caller was required to dial 10 - ATT prior to dialing the 700 ___MASK88___ . This service has since been discontinued . Some carriers have made use of the carrier - specific nature of area ___MASK64___ 700 to offer telephony - based services to their subscribers , dialable via ordinary telephones . For example , Vonage has provided weather information with ( 700 ) WEATHER ( 700 - 932 - 8437 ) .