South Shields Telephone Exchange

Fibre Enabled

Fibre to the Cabinet, Fibre to the Premises & Fibre on Demand services are available to customers connected to the South Shields 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 = South Tyneside Council

UK area dialling code (STD code) for the South Shields exchange is 0191

International dialling code for the South Shields exchange is +44 191 or 0044 191

The South Shields exchange is in the Newcastle Upon Tyne - Durham - Sunderland group of exchanges.

47 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.

South Shields

Exchange Address

Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
Crossgate,
SOUTH SHIELDS.
NE33 4PE

/// what3words geocode = Salsa Blame Globe

South Shields -> South Tyneside -> North East

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Exchange Location

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Openreach Identifer

Network identifier code for the South Shields exchange is NESS

Your LLU Services

Telephone Exchange, South Shields (NESS) has been unbundled by TalkTalk

Fibre To The Cabinet

The South Shields exchange provides fibre services.

21CN WBC

This exchange is 21CN WBC enabled

ADSL Max

The South Shields exchange has been enabled for ADSL Max since March 2006

ADSL

The South Shields telephone exchange in South Tyneside was enabled for ADSL in March 2000

Ofcom Classification

The BT exchange, South Shields is classified by Ofcom as:- Market 3.

Historic Fact

Before PhONE Day On 16th April 1995, the STD Code For This Exchange Was 091

PSTN Network Switch Off In 2025

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 have not identified the South Shields Exchange as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' and the 'Stop Sell' date will be September 2023.