Telephone Exchange
Pleshey Telephone Exchange

Fibre Enabled

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



Local Authorities = Chelmsford City Council & Essex County Council

UK area dialling code (STD code) for the Pleshey exchange is 01245

International dialling code for the Pleshey exchange is +44 1245 or 0044 1245

The Pleshey exchange is in the Chelmsford group of exchanges.

14 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.

Pleshey

Exchange Address

Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
Pleshey Road,
Pleshey,
CHELMSFORD.
CM3 1JF

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Pleshey -> Essex -> East

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Openreach Identifer

  • Network identifier code for the Pleshey exchange is EAPLE

Fibre To The Cabinet

  • The Pleshey exchange provides fibre services.

21CN WBC

  • This exchange has not been 21CN WBC enabled

ADSL Max

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

ADSL

  • The Pleshey telephone exchange in Essex was enabled for ADSL in March 2005

Ofcom Classification

  • The BT exchange, Pleshey is classified by Ofcom as:- Market 1.

Historic Fact

  • Before PhONE Day On 16th April 1995, the STD Code For This Exchange Was 0245 37
Virgin Media

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copper services - including traditional analogue phone lines, ISDN2, ISDN30 and other legacy products - are being withdrawn.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