UK Area Code information for Ballymena

Ballymena Area Code Allocation

Ofcom has allocated the 02825 area code to service Ballymena and the surrounding area on at least 1 exchange.

Ballymena Exchange Information

Ballymena NIBM

The Ballymena exchange has 15,023 domestic properties.
Some postcodes covered by this exange include;
BT43 7BP
BT43 7BW
BT43 7BN
BT43 7BG
BT43 7BL
BT43 7BH
BT43 7BJ
BT43 7BE
BT43 7BD
BT42 3ES
BT42 3AG
BT43 7BB
BT43 7AS
BT42 4DB
BT43 7BS
BT42 4DD
BT43 7BA
BT43 7AZ
BT43 7BT
BT43 7AR
BT42 4BZ
BT42 4DA
BT43 6DD
BT43 7AY
BT42 3GA
BT43 7AT
BT43 7AP
BT43 5EW
BT43 7AX
BT43 7AU
BT42 4DE
BT43 6DE
BT42 4BU
BT42 4BX
BT42 4BS
BT42 4BT
BT43 7BQ
BT43 6JJ
BT43 5AH
BT43 5EJ
BT42 4BY
BT43 6DN
BT43 6DF
BT43 6EQ
BT43 5AQ
BT43 6DQ
BT43 6DG
BT43 6DH
BT43 6DJ
BT43 6HU

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.