UK Area Code information for Bala

Bala Area Code Allocation

Ofcom has allocated the 01678 area code to service Bala and the surrounding area on at least 1 exchange.

The Residential Area of Bala

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Bala comprises postcodes covering roughly 635km2 containing 143 commercial properties and 1,346 domestic properties.

Bala Exchange Information

Bala WNBAL

The Bala exchange has 143 commercial and 1,346 domestic properties.
Some postcodes covered by this exange include;
LL23 7EN
LL23 7EQ
LL23 7BL
LL23 7BN
LL23 7EL
LL23 7EH
LL23 7TF
LL23 7BJ
LL23 7SW
LL23 7BW
LL23 7RR
LL23 7BF
LL23 7UR
LL23 7DG
LL23 7AU
LL23 7NF
LL23 7BH
LL23 7NB
LL23 7AD
LL23 7ND
LL23 7GA
LL23 7LT
LL23 7BP
LL23 7AB
LL23 7AY
LL23 7WY
LL23 7NE
LL23 7RS
LL23 7AE
LL23 7SP
LL23 7AA
LL23 7AF
LL23 7BA
LL23 7AJ
LL23 7AW
LL23 7UT
LL23 7DX
LL23 7AL
LL23 7SR
LL23 7LY
LL23 7AH
LL23 7LU
LL23 7AG
LL23 7DZ
LL23 7UU
LL23 7UY
LL23 7NH
LL23 7AN
LL23 7PG
LL23 7HA

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.