Telephone Exchange
Sion Mills Telephone Exchange

Fibre Enabled

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



BT Product * Speed Reward Value ** Deal Ends
Superfast Fibre 2 50-73Mbps £60 BT Reward Card 17th April 2026
Full Fibre 150 150Mbps £85 BT Reward Card 17th April 2026
Full Fibre 300 300Mbps £90 BT Reward Card 17th April 2026
Full Fibre 500 500Mbps £100 BT Reward Card 17th April 2026
Full Fibre 900 900Mbps £150 BT Reward Card 17th April 2026

* All packages on 24 Month Contract

** A BT Virtual Reward Card is a pre-loaded, digital Mastercard given as a bonus with certain BT broadband deals, allowing you to spend the loaded amount online or over the phone anywhere Mastercard is accepted, without waiting for a physical card. It functions like a prepaid debit card, with details (card number, CVV, expiry) accessed via your online BT account, and you typically claim it after your new service is fully installed and past the cooling-off period. Its value typically ranges from £50 to £150. To qualify for the card, you need to order a product or service from BT online.


Local Authority = Derry City and Strabane District Council


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

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


The Sion Mills exchange is in the Omagh group of exchanges.

14 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.


OSNI Grid Ref: H34288 93141


Exchange Address

Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
Mill Avenue,
Sion Mills,
STRABANE.
BT82 9HE

/// what3words geocode = Departure Tabloid Front

Sion Mills -> Strabane -> Northern Ireland

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Exchange Location



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Openreach Identifer

  • Network identifier code for the Sion Mills exchange is NISM

Fibre To The Cabinet

  • The Sion Mills exchange provides fibre services.

21CN WBC

  • This exchange has not been 21CN WBC enabled

ADSL Max

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

ADSL

  • The Sion Mills telephone exchange in Strabane was enabled for ADSL in September 2004

Ofcom Classification

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

Historic Fact

  • Before PhONE Day On 16th April 1995, the STD Code For This Exchange Was 0662 6
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.

On 12th January 2022 Openreach declared the Sion Mills Exchange, Strabane as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' as part of their Tranche 7 list of exchanges and issued a 'Stop Sell' notice effective from Wednesday 8th February 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.

BeFibre - Only Offer Full Fibre

BeFibre is an alternative network to Openreach and their extensive network covers The Midlands, Yorkshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, the North West and parts of South East England. BeFibre

BeFibre - Full Fibre Broadband