UK Area Code information for Forfar

Forfar Area Code Allocation

Ofcom has allocated the 01307 area code to service Forfar and the surrounding area on at least 1 exchange.

Forfar Exchange Information

Forfar ESFFR

The Forfar exchange has 425 commercial and 7,342 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M
Some postcodes covered by this exange include;
DD8 3HT
DD8 3HR
DD8 3YA
DD8 3AA
DD8 3AJ
DD8 3HS
DD8 3AH
DD8 3AL
DD8 3AB
DD8 3HN
DD8 3AG
DD8 3AR
DD8 3AX
DD8 3AD
DD8 1BQ
DD8 3HU
DD8 3AF
DD8 3AE
DD8 2EL
DD8 1EX
DD8 2EP
DD8 3HX
DD8 3HW
DD8 3AQ
DD8 3AW
DD8 2EG
DD8 2AR
DD8 0SN
DD8 0TG
DD8 0TH
DD8 0TN
DD8 0TP
DD8 0TJ
DD8 0TL
DD8 0SP
DD8 0SX
DD8 0TB
DD8 0TE
DD8 0TF
DD8 0TD
DD8 0SY
DD8 0SZ
DD8 0TA
DD8 0SQ
DD8 0SS
DD8 0SU
DD8 0SW
DD8 0ST
DD8 0SR
DD8 0SB

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.