UK Area Code information for Pontypool

Pontypool Area Code Allocation

Ofcom has allocated the 01495 area code to service Pontypool and the surrounding area on at least 15 exchanges.

The Residential Area of Pontypool

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Pontypool comprises postcodes covering roughly 84,271km2 containing 5,885 commercial properties and 133,774 domestic properties.

Pontypool Exchange Information

Blackwood SWBIG

The Blackwood exchange has 488 commercial and 9,901 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttp On Demand
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Cwmbran SWCRS

The Cwmbran exchange has 905 commercial and 20,268 domestic properties.

Talywain SWTAJ

The Talywain exchange has 82 commercial and 3,209 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttp On Demand
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Risca SWRDX

The Risca exchange has 234 commercial and 5,009 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttp On Demand
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Maindee SWMDE

The Maindee exchange has 434 commercial and 12,003 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttp On Demand
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Newbridge SWNBI

The Newbridge exchange has 283 commercial and 6,387 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttp On Demand
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Rhiwderin SWRWI

The Rhiwderin exchange has 110 commercial and 6,660 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Newport Savoy SWNE_EX

The Newport Savoy exchange has 1,620 commercial and 20,967 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttp On Demand
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Pontypool SWPP

The Pontypool exchange has 517 commercial and 12,404 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Llanwern SWUWN

The Llanwern exchange has 62 commercial and 2,153 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Bargoed SWQJA

The Bargoed exchange has 502 commercial and 14,313 domestic properties.

Hengoed SWHXM

The Hengoed exchange has 286 commercial and 5,110 domestic properties.

Maesglas SWMES

The Maesglas exchange has 90 commercial and 3,666 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate

Newport Chartist SWNE_CH

The Newport Chartist exchange has 190 commercial and 8,852 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Cross Keys SWZKS

The Cross Keys exchange has 82 commercial and 2,872 domestic properties.

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.