Fibre to the Cabinet & Fibre on Demand services are available to customers connected to the Alston exchange. Most customers can now upgrade from ADSL to fibre internet. Suppliers include BT Superfast Fibre, Plusnet Fibre Broadband, TalkTalk Fast Broadband & ee Unlimited Fibre Broadband
Local Authorities = Eden District Council & Cumbria County Council
UK area dialling code (STD code) for the Alston exchange is 01434
International dialling code for the Alston exchange is +44 1434 or 0044 1434
The Alston exchange is in the Bellingham - Haltwhistle - Hexham group of exchanges.
20 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.
Alston
Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
Nenthead Road,
ALSTON.
CA9 3SN
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Alston -> Cumbria -> North West
See Location Map Below
The first stage Openreach propose to facilitate the retirement of their public switched telephone network (PSTN) is to issue 'Stop Sell' dates for specific telephone exchanges. Once a 'Stop Sell' date has passed, communication providers (CP's) will be unable to order any copper based products if a fibre solution is available at the customer's premises. Accepted fibre solutions include FTTP and SOGEA/SOGFast.
Impacted product and services that will be unavailable beyond a 'Stop Sell' date include WLR3 analogue, ISDN 2, ISDN 30, LLU SMPF, SLU SMPF, Narrowband Line Share and Classic products.
Openreach have identified 581 specific 'FTTP Priority Exchanges' that will be the first to receive 'Stop Sell' notices, see below.
Openreach have not identified the Alston Exchange as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' and the 'Stop Sell' date will be September 2023.