UK Area Code information for Motherwell

Motherwell Area Code Allocation

Ofcom has allocated the 01698 area code to service Motherwell and the surrounding area on at least 1 exchange.

Motherwell Exchange Information

Motherwell WSMOT

The Motherwell exchange has 607 commercial and 16,362 domestic properties.
Adsl Max
Fixed Rate
Wbc Fixed Rate
Wbc Adsl 2+
Wbc Adsl 2+ Annex M
Some postcodes covered by this exange include;
ML1 1YE
ML1 1YF
ML1 1YG
ML1 1BA
ML1 1YH
ML1 1RJ
ML1 1UR
ML1 1BD
ML1 1YD
ML1 1WP
ML1 1YX
ML1 1RP
ML1 1UJ
ML1 1RF
ML1 3AA
ML1 1YN
ML1 1RQ
ML1 1RG
ML1 1RH
ML1 3BZ
ML1 1YL
ML1 1UY
ML1 1RB
ML1 1RE
ML1 1UW
ML1 1QY
ML1 1QZ
ML1 1RR
ML1 3DD
ML1 3BY
ML1 1LX
ML1 1BG
ML1 1DD
ML1 1BB
ML1 1BQ
ML1 3AB
ML1 3DA
ML1 3AD
ML1 1DA
ML1 1RA
ML1 1BH
ML1 1YP
ML1 1UZ
ML1 1WL
ML1 1LY
ML1 1XW
ML1 1QX
ML1 1UL
ML1 1JL
ML1 1JN

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.