UK Area Code information for 01244

Chester Area Code Allocation

Ofcom has allocated the 01244 area code to service Chester and the surrounding area on at least 4 exchanges.

The Residential Area of Chester

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Chester comprises postcodes covering roughly 25,539km2 containing 2,658 commercial properties and 42,362 domestic properties.

Chester Exchange Information

Chester South WNCSS

The Chester South exchange has 388 commercial and 9,008 domestic properties.
Some postcodes covered by this exange include;
CH4 7HT
CH4 7HS
CH4 7ZE
CH4 7ZG
CH4 7ZJ
CH4 7ZP
CH4 7WD
CH4 7WP
CH4 7WW
CH4 7WY
CH4 7ZD
CH4 7WX
CH4 7WQ
CH4 7WS
CH4 7WT
CH4 7WH
CH4 7WJ
CH4 7WL
CH4 7WN
CH4 7HW
CH4 7ER
CH4 7HY
CH4 7HN
CH4 7LA
CH4 7LB
CH4 7LG
CH4 7EJ
CH4 7JU
CH4 7LD
CH4 7QR
CH4 7HJ
CH4 7LL
CH4 7QP
CH4 7HR
CH4 7HP
CH4 7JR
CH4 7LW
CH4 7LE
CH4 7HL
CH4 7EN
CH4 7LF
CH4 7JT
CH4 7NA
CH4 7HG
CH4 7EW
CH4 7RJ
CH4 8AD
CH4 7EP
CH4 7HB
CH4 7DL

Chester Central WNCSC

The Chester Central exchange has 1,673 commercial and 17,833 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M
Some postcodes covered by this exange include;
CH1 1DD
CH1 1RF
CH1 1JE
CH1 1QW
CH1 1JN
CH1 1XJ
CH1 2EG
CH1 3TA
CH1 3TD
CH1 1DA
CH1 1RE
CH1 1QE
CH1 1QZ
CH1 1QU
CH1 1QX
CH1 1QT
CH1 1HL
CH1 1DJ
CH1 1HA
CH1 1HP
CH1 1AT
CH1 1AA
CH1 1FW
CH1 1HU
CH1 1UG
CH1 1JP
CH1 1FX
CH1 1GJ
CH1 1GX
CH1 1FD
CH1 1FS
CH1 1HD
CH1 1HW
CH1 1QY
CH1 1JT
CH1 1NA
CH1 1XP
CH1 1HT
CH1 1YH
CH1 1WA
CH1 1LY
CH1 1GZ
CH1 1GB
CH1 1GE
CH1 1GG
CH1 1GW
CH1 1GU
CH1 1BN
CH1 1BT
CH1 1FQ

Chester North WNCSN

The Chester North exchange has 515 commercial and 13,344 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M
Some postcodes covered by this exange include;
CH1 4GW
CH1 1TW
CH1 1BD
CH1 4GR
CH1 4GH
CH1 1BA
CH1 4FB
CH1 4DH
CH1 4HR
CH1 4EL
CH1 4HH
CH1 4HP
CH1 4HJ
CH1 4EZ
CH1 4JZ
CH1 4GD
CH1 4PN
CH1 4HU
CH1 4JN
CH1 4ES
CH1 4JQ
CH1 4EN
CH1 4JS
CH1 4EW
CH1 4EU
CH1 4JG
CH1 3TX
CH1 3TY
CH1 3TZ
CH1 3TS
CH1 3TU
CH1 3TW
CH1 3TT
CH1 3TH
CH1 3TN
CH1 3TP
CH1 4JT
CH1 4EB
CH1 4HT
CH1 4JY
CH1 4HX
CH1 4JU
CH1 4AD
CH1 4EJ
CH1 4DJ
CH1 4HN
CH1 4JJ
CH1 4AF
CH1 4AE
CH1 4HW

Christleton WNCHR

The Christleton exchange has 82 commercial and 2,177 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
Some postcodes covered by this exange include;
CH3 7AL
CH3 7AH
CH3 7AW
CH3 7AF
CH3 7AJ
CH3 7AN
CH3 7AP
CH3 7AA
CH3 7BS
CH3 7AG
CH3 7AS
CH3 7AT
CH3 7AR
CH3 7AQ
CH3 7BP
CH3 7AB
CH3 7AX
CH3 7AD
CH3 7AU
CH3 7AY
CH3 7AZ
CH3 7BW
CH3 6BA
CH3 6AE
CH3 6BE
CH3 7DW
CH3 7DP
CH3 6AG
CH3 7BL
CH3 7BN
CH3 6AL
CH3 7DU
CH3 7DT
CH3 7DS
CH3 6DJ
CH3 7BH
CH3 6AQ
CH3 7BJ
CH3 7DR
CH3 7BR
CH3 6AH
CH3 7BD
CH3 6AW
CH3 6AN
CH1 3WH
CH3 7DN
CH3 7BX
CH3 7AE
CH3 7BG
CH3 7BQ

Companies Operating 01244 Numbers

The following list of companies have been licensed by Ofcom to operate geogrpahic numbers in Chester. It is worth noting that most, although not all, providers other than BT (or possibly Virgin, Kingston Telecom, et al) are are likely not operating fixed line services to this locale and, as such, should not be seen as providing a legitimate fixed line geogrpahic service to Chester;

3C Ltd
Affiniti Integrated Solutions Ltd
Alnitak Gmbh
Aloha Telecommunications Ltd
Andrews & Arnold (Numbers) Ltd
Aql Wholesale Ltd
Aql Wholesale Ltd
Atomstream Ltd
Avcone Ltd
BT
Barritec Ltd
Barritel Ltd
Bicom Systems Eurl
Callagenix Ltd
Calltracks Ltd
Cfl Communications Ltd
Citrus Telecommunications Ltd
Clix Ltd
Colloquium Ltd
Colt Technology Services
Content Guru Ltd
Core Telecom Ltd
Daisy Communications Ltd
Digital Mail Ltd
Digitech Solutions Global Ltd
Easynet Enterprise Services Ltd
Edge Telecom Ltd
Entanet International Ltd
Flextel Ltd
Gamma Telecom Holdings Ltd
Hello Telecom (Uk) Plc
Hemshore Ltd
I-Net Communications Group Plc
Icc Networks Ltd
Ihub 2 Ltd
Inclarity Communications Ltd
Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone)
Internexus Networks Ltd
Invade International Ltd
Invoco Ltd
Invomo Ltd
Iovox Ltd
Ipv6 Ltd
Iv Response Ltd
Kalnet4U Ltd
Known Communications Ltd
Lanonyx Telecom Ltd
Level 3 Communications Uk Ltd
Linear Telecoms Ltd
Localphone Ltd
M247 Ltd
Magnetic North Software Ltd
Magrathea Telecommunications Ltd
Mars Communications Ltd
Media Hawk Ltd
Minotaur Telecom Ltd
Mundio Mobile Ltd
Nationwide Telephone Assistance Ltd
Net Solutions Europe Ltd
Net-Work Internet Ltd
New Call Telecom Ltd
Nexbridge Communications Ltd
Nexus Telecommunications Ltd
Nfon Uk Ltd.
Nodemax Ltd
Numbergroup Network Ltd
Numbers Plus Ltd
Orange Business Holdings Uk Ltd
Orbis Telecom
Orbtalk Ltd
Outsourcery Hosting Ltd
Oxygen8 Communications Uk Ltd
Radius Communications Ltd
Redcentric Solutions Ltd
Resilient Plc
Served Up Ltd.
Simwood Esms Ltd
Six Degrees Unified Comms Ltd
Sky Uk Ltd
Solutios Ltd
Spitfire Network Services Ltd
Starcomm Ltd
Suretec Systems Ltd
Syntec Ltd
Talktalk Communications Ltd
Telecom2 Ltd
Telecoms Cloud Networks Ltd
Telecoms World Plc
Teledesign Ltd
Teleware Plc
Telng Ltd
Telxl Ltd
Tgl Services (Uk) Ltd
Timico Ltd
Ttnc Ltd
Verizon Uk Ltd
Vodafone Ltd
Voiceflex Ltd
Voicehost Ltd
Voicenet Solutions Ltd
Voip-Un Ltd
Vonage Ltd
Voxbone Sa
Wavecrest (Uk) Ltd
We Love Communications Ltd
Wightfibre Ltd
Windsor Telecom Plc
Xoverx Ltd
Yayyay Ltd
Ziron (Uk) Ltd


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.