Ballymena Telephone Exchange

Fibre Enabled

Fibre to the Cabinet, Fibre to the Premises & Fibre on Demand services are available to customers connected to the Ballymena 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 Authority = Mid and East Antrim Borough Council

UK area dialling code (STD code) for the Ballymena exchange is 028

International dialling code for the Ballymena exchange is +44 28 or 0044 28

The Ballymena exchange is in the Ballymena group of exchanges.

15 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.

Ballymena

Exchange Address

Located at :-
British Telecom,
Ballymena Telephone Exchange,
35 Trostan Avenue,
BALLYMENA.
BT43 7BW

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Ballymena -> Ballymena -> Northern Ireland

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Exchange Location

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Openreach Identifer

Network identifier code for the Ballymena exchange is NIBM

Your LLU Services

Telephone Exchange, Ballymena (NIBM) has been unbundled by TalkTalk

Static IP Address

Plusnet offer their broadband customers the option of a "Static IP Address" for a one off charge of just £5. Make reliable VoIP calls, run a server, host a website or monitor CCTV remotely with a "Static IP Address" from Plusnet

Fibre To The Cabinet

The Ballymena exchange provides fibre services.

21CN WBC

This exchange is 21CN WBC enabled

ADSL Max

The Ballymena exchange has been enabled for ADSL Max since March 2006

ADSL

The Ballymena telephone exchange in Ballymena was enabled for ADSL in September 2001

Ofcom Classification

The BT exchange, Ballymena is classified by Ofcom as:- Market 2.

Historic Fact

Before PhONE Day On 16th April 1995, the STD Code For This Exchange Was 0266

PSTN Network Switch Off In 2025

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 declared the Ballymena Exchange, Ballymena as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' as part of their Tranche 4 list of exchanges and issued a 'Stop Sell' notice effective from Friday 29th April 2022