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Bellsouth LD

alias: AT&T

Large Telcom Group: AT&T

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Bellsouth LD BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. (BSLD) is a telecommunications company providing long distance services, including outbound direct dial, inbound toll-free (e.g., 800/888), and operator-assisted calls, primarily to BellSouth Telecommunications… read more ↓

Transfer network

How toll free numbers move between Bellsouth LD (BD) and other Resp Orgs, reconstructed from Somos registry snapshots. Larger nodes = more transfer volume; Bellsouth LD is highlighted. Open the full interactive map →

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Transfer Funnel (acquired at a drop, then moved on) Off-hours fast pickup
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Based in St Louis, MO
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At a glance

Active numbers
5,821
#190 of 481
Change over 4 years
-23,269
-80.0% · #98 of 159
Opportunism Index
0.61%
#138 of 320
Vanity matches
31.9%
#64 of 206
Median inventory age
58 mo
4.8 years since last change
#64 of 206 oldest
Sub-codes in use
6
BDL01, BDL99, BDL30, BDL07, BDL77, BDL29

Inventory by NPA

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By status

  • WORKING 5,802, 99.9%
  • UNAVAIL 5, 0.1%

Inventory age buckets

  • < 1 month 15, 0.2%
  • 1–3 months 9, 0.1%
  • 3–12 months 21, 0.3%
  • 1–2 years 8, 0.1%
  • 2–5 years 4,930, 72.7%
  • 5+ years 790, 11.7%

Ages are measured from each number's last change in the Somos registry, that's the most recent activation, transfer, or status move. Not necessarily the date this RespOrg originally acquired it.

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Trajectory

Total active inventory Numbers harvested from disconnect pool that month
29K22K15K7K02018-032022-122026-06
Show monthly numbers
MonthInventoryAcquiredHarvestedLostFrom spareTo spare
2018-03 29,090 0 0 0 0 0
2018-06 28,045 210 3 1,255 106 302
2018-09 27,037 215 1 1,223 86 185
2018-10 26,794 88 0 331 46 16
2018-11 26,495 74 2 373 39 9
2018-12 26,190 69 0 374 43 3
2019-01 25,824 56 0 422 29 6
2019-02 25,546 54 4 332 27 5
2019-03 25,208 45 1 383 15 6
2019-04 24,922 57 4 343 30 5
2019-05 24,640 68 3 350 46 6
2019-06 24,361 57 1 336 27 11
2019-08 21,523 98 3 2,936 53 2,336
2019-09 23,508 2,286 0 301 2,261 16
2019-10 23,301 57 0 264 33 27
2019-11 23,009 40 2 332 23 15
2019-12 22,741 30 0 298 18 9
2020-01 22,433 24 0 332 14 10
2020-02 22,130 42 1 345 25 4
2020-03 21,823 32 1 339 18 3
2020-04 21,567 28 2 284 14 5
2020-05 21,400 15 0 182 7 5
2020-06 21,013 25 0 412 12 3
2020-07 20,717 33 0 329 19 1
2020-08 20,602 29 0 144 18 0
2020-09 20,233 24 0 393 14 4
2020-10 20,044 17 0 206 9 4
2020-11 19,847 30 0 227 18 2
2020-12 19,640 11 0 218 6 0
2021-01 19,392 24 0 272 4 3
2021-02 19,168 17 0 241 11 0
2021-03 19,007 20 0 181 10 1
2021-04 10,378 21 0 8,650 14 2
2021-05 10,217 32 0 193 17 1
2022-05 6,849 13 0 3,381 4 1,400
2022-06 6,808 0 0 41 0 0
2022-07 6,784 0 0 24 0 0
2022-08 6,762 0 0 22 0 0
2022-09 6,716 0 0 46 0 0
2022-10 6,672 0 0 44 0 0
2022-11 6,646 0 0 26 0 0
2022-12 6,604 0 0 42 0 0
2023-01 6,559 0 0 45 0 0
2023-02 6,510 0 0 49 0 0
2023-03 6,474 0 0 36 0 0
2023-04 6,427 0 0 47 0 0
2023-05 6,381 0 0 46 0 0
2023-06 6,348 0 0 33 0 0
2023-07 6,784 436 0 0 3 0
2023-08 6,293 0 0 491 0 3
2023-09 6,258 0 0 35 0 0
2023-10 6,221 0 0 37 0 0
2023-11 6,186 0 0 35 0 0
2023-12 5,916 0 0 270 0 2
2024-02 6,109 193 0 0 1 0
2024-03 6,081 0 0 28 0 0
2024-04 6,049 0 0 32 0 0
2024-05 6,031 0 0 18 0 0
2024-06 6,016 0 0 15 0 0
2024-07 6,000 0 0 16 0 0
2024-08 5,981 0 0 19 0 0
2024-09 5,966 0 0 15 0 0
2024-10 5,955 0 0 11 0 0
2024-11 5,942 0 0 13 0 0
2024-12 5,922 0 0 20 0 0
2025-01 5,908 0 0 14 0 0
2025-02 5,904 0 0 4 0 0
2025-03 5,904 0 0 0 0 0
2025-04 5,898 0 0 6 0 0
2025-05 5,890 0 0 8 0 0
2025-06 5,881 0 0 9 0 0
2025-07 5,876 0 0 5 0 0
2025-08 5,870 0 0 6 0 0
2025-09 5,876 10 0 4 10 0
2025-10 5,872 0 0 4 0 0
2025-11 5,866 0 0 6 0 0
2025-12 5,858 0 0 8 0 0
2026-01 5,852 0 0 6 0 0
2026-02 5,848 0 0 4 0 0
2026-03 5,844 0 0 4 0 0
2026-04 5,837 0 0 7 0 0
2026-05 5,830 0 0 7 0 0
2026-06 5,821 0 0 9 0 0

Flow patterns (42-month cumulative)

Inbound (numbers acquired)

Direct transfer from another RespOrg4,266.0
Harvested from disconnect pool84.0
First assigned from spare pool9,390.0
Reactivated own disconnects1,293.0

Outbound (numbers lost)

Direct transfer to another RespOrg59,544.0
Standard disconnect aging process (3+ months in DISC)6,301
Abbreviated disconnect period (1–2 months in DISC)4,569
Released directly to spare pool17,640.0

Of the 10,870 disconnect episodes this RespOrg has sent through aging, 42% were abbreviated (1–2 snapshots in DISC status).

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Top direct-transfer destinations (OUT of BD)

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VZ263.0Verizon Business (Verizon)
SO193.0Signal One
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LQ173.0Inteliquent

Summary

The name on the Resporg is still Bellsouth LD but it's part of AT&T. But since AT&T is like some other large companies that have grown through acquisitions, using multiple different resporgs and systems, it is very important to know which section a number is in.

About Bellsouth LD

BellSouth Long Distance, Inc. (BSLD) is a telecommunications company providing long distance services, including outbound direct dial, inbound toll-free (e.g., 800/888), and operator-assisted calls, primarily to BellSouth Telecommunications customers under the AT&T brand.[1][5] It was founded in 1996 as a holding of AT&T and fully acquired by AT&T in 2006 following AT&T's purchase of BellSouth Corporation.[1] BSLD operates as part of the public company AT&T Inc. (website: https://www.att.com/); note that the listed HQ in St. Louis, MO lacks confirmation in sources, which associate BellSouth with Atlanta, GA.[1][2]

Affiliations: Subsidiary/holding of AT&T Inc.; served BellSouth Telecommunications customers (now part of AT&T); related to BellSouth Corporation (acquired by AT&T in 2006).[1][2]

Toll free / RespOrg activity: Offers inbound toll-free services (e.g., 800 or 888 numbers) as part of long distance offerings per tariff documents; no recent (past 36 months) RespOrg-specific news or activity found.[5]

AI-generated summary (confidence: medium), last updated 2026-04-30. Verify against primary sources before quoting.

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