As many people will realise, Openreach were slow to provide any fibre services to connected properties on the Foreside Telephone Exchange, via their 'Fibre To The Cabinet' (FTTC) product. However with the national rollout of FULL Fibre, customers should check with BT Broadband and confirm if Full Fibre is now available to residents living near the Foreside Exchange.
Check Availability with BT Broadband for local services from the Foreside Telephone Exchange
GoFibre is also available to selected properties around the Foreside area offering full fibre broadband. Prices start from only £12.50 per month for Full Fibre Broadband. Forget the Copper, GoFibre. Real fibre with GoFibre 150 broadband all the way to your home from only £12.50 per month! GoFibre
Local Authority = Angus Council
UK area dialling code (STD code) for the Foreside exchange is 01307
International dialling code for the Foreside exchange is +44 1307 or 0044 1307
The Foreside exchange is in the Forfar group of exchanges.
7 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.
OS Grid Ref: NO 44541 56033
Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
Foreside Of Cairn,
FORFAR.
DD8 3TQ
/// what3words geocode = Views Cattle Waistcoat
Foreside -> Angus -> Scotland
See Location Map Below
Openreach and the wider UK telecoms industry are retiring the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and associated copper-based services as part of the move to an all-digital, internet-protocol (IP) based network.
The PSTN and associated wholesale copper services - including traditional analogue phone lines, ISDN2, ISDN30 and other legacy products - are being withdrawn.
These services historically relied on copper wiring connected from exchanges to premises. They will be replaced with digital alternatives such as Full Fibre (FTTP) and IP-based broadband services like SOGEA, SOGFAST and other All-IP products.
Originally planned for December 2025, the final withdrawal of the PSTN network has been rescheduled to 31 January 2027 to give more time for migration, particularly for vulnerable customers and specialist services. By this date, all legacy services that depend on the PSTN must be transitioned off the copper network.
Openreach have not identified the Foreside Exchange as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' and the 'Stop Sell' date was September 2023.
Stop Sell is triggered when a majority (75%) of premises connected to a particular exchange can get ultrafast Full Fibre. Customers who then want to switch, upgrade or re-grade their broadband or phone service will have to take a new digital service over their new Full Fibre network.