UK Area Code information for 01915

Sunderland Area Code Allocation

Ofcom has allocated the 01915 area code to service Sunderland and the surrounding area on at least 12 exchanges.

The Residential Area of Sunderland

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Sunderland comprises postcodes covering roughly 83,539km2 containing 6,539 commercial properties and 154,293 domestic properties.

Sunderland Exchange Information

Chester Le Street NECT

The Chester Le Street exchange has 526 commercial and 13,530 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Whitburn NEWN

The Whitburn exchange has 91 commercial and 3,140 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Washington NEWAS

The Washington exchange has 1,136 commercial and 23,525 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

East Herrington NEEHN

The East Herrington exchange has 269 commercial and 19,297 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Houghton Le Spring NEHLS

The Houghton Le Spring exchange has 443 commercial and 10,370 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Hylton NEHYL

The Hylton exchange has 97 commercial and 6,576 domestic properties.

Sunderland North NESUN

The Sunderland North exchange has 705 commercial and 18,305 domestic properties.

Sunderland NESU

The Sunderland exchange has 1,813 commercial and 22,532 domestic properties.

Hetton Le Hole NEHT

The Hetton Le Hole exchange has 487 commercial and 12,811 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Birtley NEBR

The Birtley exchange has 460 commercial and 9,294 domestic properties.

Fencehouses NEFN

The Fencehouses exchange has 214 commercial and 7,205 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Ryhope NERE

The Ryhope exchange has 298 commercial and 7,708 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Companies Operating 01915 Numbers

The following list of companies have been licensed by Ofcom to operate geogrpahic numbers in Sunderland. It is worth noting that most, although not all, providers other than BT (or possibly Virgin, Kingston Telecom, et al) are are likely not operating fixed line services to this locale and, as such, should not be seen as providing a legitimate fixed line geogrpahic service to Sunderland;

3C Ltd
Affiniti Integrated Solutions Ltd
Aql Wholesale Ltd
BT
Barritel Ltd
Callagenix Ltd
Colt Technology Services
Digital Mail Ltd
Easynet Enterprise Services Ltd
Edge Telecom Ltd
Etc Telecom Ltd
Gamma Telecom Holdings Ltd
Hemshore Ltd
Inclarity Communications Ltd
Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone)
Invade International Ltd
Linear Telecoms Ltd
Localphone Ltd
Magrathea Telecommunications Ltd
Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd
Net Solutions Europe Ltd
Net-Work Internet Ltd
Nodemax Ltd
Reality Network Services Ltd
Resilient Plc
Served Up Ltd.
Simwood Esms Ltd
Six Degrees Unified Comms Ltd
Solutios Ltd
Spitfire Network Services Ltd
Starcomm Ltd
Syntec Ltd
Talktalk Communications Ltd
Telecom2 Ltd
Teledesign Ltd
Telng Ltd
Tgl Services (Uk) Ltd
Timico Ltd
Ttnc Ltd
Virgin Media Ltd
Vodafone Ltd
Voiceflex Ltd
Voip-Un Ltd
Voxbone Sa
X-Pilot Ltd


Broadband Connectivity Type Definitions

Different telephone exchanges have different broadband connectivity depending on their geographic location, the consumers they serve (demand and composition of those consumers) and the competative landscape in that locale. As a result there is a mix of services and related performance which BT classify as follows;

Fixed Rate

There for three fixed rate lines; 512Kbps, 1Mbps and 2Mbps. As with IPStream 500, 1000 and 2000, these have an upstream capped at 288Kbps. Note that all of the other WBC products apart from these are strictly rate adaptive (like ADSL Max).

WBC Fixed Rate

Wholesale Broadband Connect (WBC) offers high-speed, high-performance broadband services.

ADSL Max

BT's original ADSL2+ wholesale product with an option of an upstream cap at 448Kbps or no cap at all. ADSL2+ can achieve up to 1Mbps upstream.

WBC ADSL 2+

ADSL2+ (also known as 21CN (21st Century Network) and WBC (Wholesale Broadband Connect) is a high speed broadband service which offers download speeds of up to 24Mbs and upload speeds of up to 1Mbs.

WBC ADSL 2+ Annex M

ADSL2+ Annex M offers up to 2.5Mbps upstream in the UK. This product is used by many businesses who could previously only find this level of upstream bandwidth with SDSL. Note that there is no option for a capped upstream with this product.

FTTC Range A (Clean)

FTTC Range A is a range where the circuits are deemed to be free of any copper line faults, and any local wiring issues (in a customer's premises). This range is often very wide for both upload and download, and does beg the question of why a copper line fault may exist without being fixed.

FTTC Range B (Impacted)

FTTC Range B is a range where circuits may have copper faults and/or internal wiring issues at a customer's site. The term impacted could be useful, as sometimes crosstalk is mentioned as something that impacts on line speeds, but there is no official word from BT on whether either Range A or Range B take into account the effects of crosstalk.

FTTP On Demand

Fiber to the home (FTTH), also called "fiber to the premises" (FTTP), is the installation and use of optical fiber from a central point directly to individual buildings such as residences, apartment buildings and businesses to provide unprecedented high-speed Internet access. FTTH dramatically increases the connection speeds available to computer users compared with technologies now used in most places.