Telephone Exchange
West Hanney 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 West Hanney exchange. Most customers can now upgrade from ADSL to fibre internet. BT Broadband is supplied via the Openreach Network. BT Broadband




Gigaclear Full Fibre is availble in the West Hanney area. Gigaclear is also available to selected properties around the West Hanney area offering full fibre broadband. Speed packages from 200Mbps, 300Mbps, 500Mbps & 900Mbps are available. Real fibre broadband all the way to your home from only £17 per month! Gigaclear



Local Authorities = Vale of White Horse District Council & Oxfordshire County Council


UK area dialling code (STD code) for the West Hanney exchange is 01235

International dialling code for the West Hanney exchange is +44 1235 or 0044 1235


The West Hanney exchange is in the Abingdon group of exchanges.

8 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.


West Hanney


Exchange Address

Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
Winter Lane,
West Hanney,
WANTAGE.
OX12 0LF

/// what3words geocode = Diplomats Latched Overlooks

West Hanney -> Oxfordshire -> South East

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Exchange Location



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Openreach Identifer

  • Network identifier code for the West Hanney exchange is SMWHY

Fibre To The Cabinet

  • The West Hanney exchange provides fibre services.

21CN WBC

  • This exchange has not been 21CN WBC enabled

ADSL Max

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

ADSL

  • The West Hanney telephone exchange in Oxfordshire was enabled for ADSL in September 2004

Ofcom Classification

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

Historic Fact

  • Before PhONE Day On 16th April 1995, the STD Code For This Exchange Was 0235 87
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copper services - including traditional analogue phone lines, ISDN2, ISDN30 and other legacy products - are being withdrawn.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 19th October 2021 Openreach declared the West Hanney Exchange, East Hanney as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' as part of their Tranche 6 list of exchanges and issued a 'Stop Sell' notice effective from Tuesday 1st November 2022

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.