Unfortunately fibre services are not available from Openreach to customers connected to the Achnashellach telephone exchange at present. Please look out for upgrades by Openreach to your services in the future.
ADSL services are available with speeds up to 18Mbps, dependant on the line distance from the Achnashellach exchange to your property. ADSL suppliers include BT, Plusnet, John Lewis Broadband & ee Unlimited Broadband
Achnashellach Exchange is on the Exchange Activate Program
What is Exchange Activate?
As part of BT Wholesales' broadband access offering, there are a number of smaller exchanges which are broadband enabled as part of the 'Broadband Activate' programme. This allows Openreach to provide fixed rate ADSL services (up to 512k) to a number of remote communities as part of joint funding with local government and/or authorities.
Exchanges, including the Achnashellach exchange have limited capacity for broadband service and can only be ordered as a 512k service. If capacity exists you can order this limited service.
Local Authority = The Highland Council
UK area dialling code (STD code) for the Achnashellach exchange is 01520
International dialling code for the Achnashellach exchange is +44 1520 or 0044 1520
The Achnashellach exchange is in the Lochcarron group of exchanges.
5 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.
OS Grid Ref: NH 01156 48691
Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
Lair,
Achnashellach,
STRATHCARRON.
IV54 8YU
/// what3words geocode = Lightbulb Hoaxes Width
Achnashellach -> Highland -> Scotland
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 Achnashellach Exchange as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' and the 'Stop Sell' date will be September 2023.
TalkTalk
Sky