Fibre to the Cabinet & Fibre on Demand services are available to customers connected to the Helens Bay 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 = Ards and North Down Borough Council
UK area dialling code (STD code) for the Helens Bay exchange is 028
International dialling code for the Helens Bay exchange is +44 28 or 0044 28
The Helens Bay exchange is in the Bangor (Northern Ireland) group of exchanges.
11 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.
OSNI Grid Ref: J 45984 82120
Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
Blackwood Crescent,
Helens Bay,
BANGOR.
BT19 1TJ
/// what3words geocode = Lime Noses Probe
Helens Bay -> North Down -> Northern Ireland
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 declared the Helens Bay Exchange, Bangor as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' as part of their Tranche 5 list of exchanges and issued a 'Stop Sell' notice effective from Tuesday 2nd August 2022