UK Area Code information for Bishops Castle

Bishops Castle Area Code Allocation

Ofcom has allocated the 01588 area code to service Bishops Castle and the surrounding area on at least 1 exchange.

The Residential Area of Bishops Castle

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Bishops Castle comprises postcodes covering roughly 828km2 containing 134 commercial properties and 1,071 domestic properties.

Bishops Castle Exchange Information

Bishops Castle WNBIS

The Bishops Castle exchange has 134 commercial and 1,071 domestic properties.
Some postcodes covered by this exange include;
SY9 5AQ
SY9 5DQ
SY9 5AE
SY9 5AD
SY9 5DD
SY9 5BL
SY9 5BP
SY9 5AH
SY9 5DE
SY9 5AA
SY9 5BE
SY9 5BA
SY9 5BQ
SY9 5DW
SY9 5BG
SY9 5BW
SY9 5AJ
SY9 5DJ
SY9 5DL
SY9 5DH
SY9 5DF
SY9 5BN
SY9 5BJ
SY9 5AX
SY9 5ER
SY9 5DB
SY9 5DG
SY9 5AZ
SY9 5FD
SY9 5PB
SY9 5AN
SY9 5DA
SY9 5AL
SY9 5AY
SY9 5BU
SY9 5BT
SY9 5PA
SY9 5BY
SY9 5AP
SY9 5BS
SY9 5AU
SY9 5AW
SY9 5BZ
SY9 5AR
SY9 5AF
SY9 5BX
SY9 5BB
SY9 5ES
SY9 5BH
SY9 5BF

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.