UK Area Code information for 01518

Liverpool Area Code Allocation

Ofcom has allocated the 01518 area code to service Liverpool and the surrounding area on at least 28 exchanges.

The Residential Area of Liverpool

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Liverpool comprises postcodes covering roughly 88,281km2 containing 6,410 commercial properties and 145,757 domestic properties.

Liverpool Exchange Information

Netherley LVNET

The Netherley exchange has 203 commercial and 8,489 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Stanley LVSTA

The Stanley exchange has 344 commercial and 16,955 domestic properties.

Liverpool North LVNOR

The Liverpool North exchange has 506 commercial and 5,978 domestic properties.

Aintree LVAIN

The Aintree exchange has 1,241 commercial and 29,965 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+

Wallasey LVWAL

The Wallasey exchange has 1,181 commercial and 28,414 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Stoneycroft LVSTO

The Stoneycroft exchange has 1,003 commercial and 28,471 domestic properties.

Central LVCEN

The Central exchange has 1,195 commercial and 2,567 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Ellesmere Port LVELL

The Ellesmere Port exchange has 1,051 commercial and 15,049 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Rock Ferry LVROC

The Rock Ferry exchange has 559 commercial and 15,932 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Simonswood LVSIM

The Simonswood exchange has 1,081 commercial and 24,773 domestic properties.

Claughton LVCLA

The Claughton exchange has 679 commercial and 19,383 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Arrowebrook LVARR

The Arrowebrook exchange has 686 commercial and 25,002 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Anfield LVANF

The Anfield exchange has 810 commercial and 23,040 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Gateacre LVGAT

The Gateacre exchange has 231 commercial and 9,118 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Allerton LVALL

The Allerton exchange has 213 commercial and 5,001 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Lark Lane LVLAR

The Lark Lane exchange has 410 commercial and 13,170 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Childwall LVCHI

The Childwall exchange has 246 commercial and 11,587 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Mountwood LVMOU

The Mountwood exchange has 305 commercial and 8,812 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Sefton Park LVSEF

The Sefton Park exchange has 710 commercial and 15,981 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Birkenhead LVBIR

The Birkenhead exchange has 1,117 commercial and 5,961 domestic properties.

Hooton LVHOO

The Hooton exchange has 224 commercial and 11,584 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Huyton LVHUY

The Huyton exchange has 668 commercial and 24,364 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Eastham LVEAS

The Eastham exchange has 199 commercial and 6,604 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Bootle LVBOO

The Bootle exchange has 1,229 commercial and 17,234 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Bromborough LVBRO

The Bromborough exchange has 409 commercial and 9,016 domestic properties.

Cressington LVCRE

The Cressington exchange has 514 commercial and 11,979 domestic properties.

Royal LVROY

The Royal exchange has 1,985 commercial and 12,217 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Hunts Cross LVHUN

The Hunts Cross exchange has 480 commercial and 10,184 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Fttc Range A (Clean)
Fttc Range B (Impacted)
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M

Companies Operating 01518 Numbers

The following list of companies have been licensed by Ofcom to operate geogrpahic numbers in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool;

Alphatalk Ltd
BT
Barritel Ltd
Broadcast Telecom Ltd
Minotaur Telecom Ltd
Oxygen8 Communications Uk Ltd
Telephone Box Ltd
Test2Date B.V
Voxbone Sa


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.