Telephone Exchange
Fountainbridge Telephone Exchange

Fibre Enabled

BT Broadband Fibre to the Cabinet, Fibre to the Premises & Fibre on Demand services are available to customers connected to the Fountainbridge exchange. Most customers can now upgrade from ADSL to fibre internet. BT Broadband is supplied via the Openreach Network. BT Broadband




GoFibre Full Fibre is availble in the Fountainbridge area. GoFibre is also available to selected properties around the Fountainbridge 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 = City of Edinburgh Council


UK area dialling code (STD code) for the Fountainbridge exchange is 0131

International dialling code for the Fountainbridge exchange is +44 131 or 0044 131


The Fountainbridge exchange is in the Edinburgh group of exchanges.

25 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.


Edinburgh Fountainbridge Telephone Exchange is a category B listed building.


Exchange Address

Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
116 Fountainbridge,
EDINBURGH.
EH3 8DJ

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Fountainbridge -> Edinburgh City -> Scotland

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Openreach Identifer

  • Network identifier code for the Fountainbridge exchange is ESFOU

Fibre To The Cabinet

  • The Fountainbridge exchange provides fibre services.

21CN WBC

  • This exchange is 21CN WBC enabled

ADSL Max

  • The Fountainbridge exchange has been enabled for ADSL Max since March 2006

ADSL

  • The Fountainbridge telephone exchange in Edinburgh City was enabled for ADSL in March 2000

Ofcom Classification

  • The BT exchange, Fountainbridge is classified by Ofcom as:- Market 3.
GoFibre Full Fibre is availble in the Fountainbridge area.

PSTN Network Switch Off In 2027

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copper services - including traditional analogue phone lines, ISDN2, ISDN30 and other legacy products - are being withdrawn.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 Fountainbridge 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.