UK Area Code information for Oban

Oban Area Code Allocation

Ofcom has allocated the 01631 area code to service Oban and the surrounding area on at least 1 exchange.

Oban Exchange Information

Oban WSOBA

The Oban exchange has 417 commercial and 4,489 domestic properties.
Some postcodes covered by this exange include;
PA34 4AJ
PA34 4BN
PA34 4BJ
PA34 4BL
PA34 4NG
PA34 4BS
PA34 4AL
PA34 4BX
PA34 4NQ
PA34 4AG
PA34 4BH
PA34 4NY
PA34 4AB
PA34 4LQ
PA34 4AE
PA34 4ER
PA34 4BW
PA34 4NF
PA34 4LH
PA34 4WQ
PA34 4WU
PA34 4XW
PA34 4YP
PA34 4XJ
PA34 4WR
PA34 4WS
PA34 4WT
PA34 4AS
PA34 4US
PA34 4WH
PA34 4WL
PA34 4WP
PA34 4WJ
PA34 4WA
PA34 4WG
PA34 4PS
PA34 4AH
PA34 4JW
PA34 4DS
PA37 1WX
PA37 1YF
PA37 1WZ
PA37 1YA
PA37 1YE
PA34 9AE
PA34 9AJ
PA34 9AN
PA37 1WU
PA34 9AL
PA34 9AF

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.