Fibre to the Cabinet services are available to customers connected to the Applecross exchange. Most customers can now upgrade from ADSL to fibre internet. Suppliers include BT Superfast Fibre, Plusnet Fibre Broadband, TalkTalk Fast Broadband, John Lewis Broadband & ee Unlimited Fibre Broadband
Applecross 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 Applecross 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 Applecross exchange is 01520
International dialling code for the Applecross exchange is +44 1520 or 0044 1520
The Applecross exchange is in the Lochcarron group of exchanges.
5 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.
Applecross
Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
Applecross,
STRATHCARRON.
IV54 8LT
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Applecross -> 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 Applecross Exchange as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' and the 'Stop Sell' date will be September 2023.