The exchanges cover more than 880,000 premises across the UK and, in these locations, Openreach is giving communication providers (CPs) including BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Vodafone a year’s notice that it will no longer be selling legacy analogue products and services.
Openreach anticipates that, by the summer, stop sell will have been activated in more than 700 exchanges.
Stop sell is triggered when a majority (over 75 per cent) of premises connected to a particular exchange can get full fibre. Customers who then want to switch, upgrade or re-grade their broadband or phone service will have to take a new digital service over Openreach’s new full fibre network.
James Lilley, managed customer migrations manager, Openreach, said, “We’re moving to a digital world and Openreach is helping with that transformation by rolling out ultrafast, ultra-reliable, and future-proofed digital full fibre across the UK.
“This game changing technology will become the backbone of our economy for decades to come, supporting every aspect of our public services, businesses, industries and daily lives.”
Lilley explained that Openreach’s full fibre network is now available to almost 14 million premises, with 4 million having connected to the network.
He added, “Taking advantage of the progress of our full fibre build and encouraging people to upgrade where a majority can access our new network is the right thing to do as it makes no sense, both operationally and commercially, to keep the old copper network and our new fibre network running side-by-side.
“As copper’s ability to support modern communications declines, the immediate focus is getting people onto newer, future proofed technologies.”
The full list of the 84 new exchanges is below.
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EXCHANGE NAME |
EXCHANGE LOCATION |
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Aberdeen Portlethen (PIP) |
Portlethen |
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Aberdeen West |
Aberdeen |
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Addingham |
Addingham |
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Alderminster |
Alderminster |
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Appleton Roebuck |
Appleton Roebuck |
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Ashington (AIT) |
Ashington (Northumberland) |
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Aspull (ASP) |
Greater Manchester - Wigan |
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Atherton (ATH) |
Greater Manchester - Wigan |
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Attercliffe (SF/AC) |
Sheffield |
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Barking |
Greater London - Barking and Dagenham |
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Barnby Dun |
Doncaster |
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Bishop Auckland |
Bishop Auckland |
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Bridgend |
Bridgend |
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Burnham-On-Sea |
Burnham-on-Sea |
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Busby (GW/BUS) |
Glasgow |
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Buxton |
Buxton (High Peak) |
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Carlisle |
Carlisle |
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Chatham Dock (CH/DY) |
Gillingham (Kent) |
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Chesterfield (CD) |
Chesterfield |
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Clynnogfawr |
Trefor |
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Coalville (CJY) |
Coalville |
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Cowers Lane |
Heage |
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Dowsby |
Rippingale |
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Dromara |
Saintfield |
|
Dunchurch (DEY) |
Rugby |
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East (MR/EAS) |
Greater Manchester - Manchester |
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Evington (LXV) |
Leicester |
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Exeter Castle |
Exeter |
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Flamborough |
Flamborough |
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Foxhall |
Ispwich |
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Grimsby |
Grimsby |
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Hadleigh Essex (HVL) |
Rayleigh |
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Heath Hayes (HYY) |
Cannock |
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Houghton Le Spring (HMI) |
Houghton-le-Spring |
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Huddersfield (HF) |
Huddersfield |
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Ilkeston (II) |
Ilkeston |
|
Ilkley |
Ilkley |
|
Kidsgrove |
Kidsgrove |
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Kingskerswell |
Kingskerswell |
|
Knaresborough (KB) |
Knaresborough |
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Leagrave (LGV) |
Luton |
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Leven |
Leven |
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Lindfield (LEL) |
Haywards Heath |
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Llanbrynmair |
Llanbrynmair |
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Llanrumney |
Cardiff |
|
Lofthouse Gate (UOG) |
Wakefield |
|
Mareham Le Fen |
Mareham le Fen |
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Medway |
Chatham |
|
Moore |
Moore |
|
Mossley (MMF) |
Greater Manchester - Tameside |
|
Motherwell (MOO) |
Motherwell |
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New Cross |
Greater London - Southwark |
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New Mills |
New Mills |
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North Cave |
South Cave |
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North Kelsey |
North Kelsey |
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Oldham |
Greater Manchester - Oldham |
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Penistone |
Penistone |
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Pontardawe |
Pontardawe |
|
Raunds (RBC) |
Raunds |
|
Rearsby (RBX) |
Rearsby |
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Richill |
Craigavon |
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Ross On Wye |
Ross-on-Wye |
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Rotherfield |
Rotherfield |
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Roxwell |
Chelmsford |
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Rugby |
Rugby |
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Scotter |
Scotter |
|
Scunthorpe |
Scunthorpe |
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Sherburn Hill |
Sherburn (County Durham) |
|
Skegness |
Skegness |
|
Solihull (BM/SOL) |
Solihull |
|
South Shore |
Blackpool |
|
Southend (SMU) |
Southend-on-Sea |
|
Stotfold (XTO) |
Stotfold |
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Stratford on Avon |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
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Templepatrick |
Antrim |
|
Thurnby (TBV) |
Leicester |
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Torquay |
Torquay |
|
Tregynon |
Tregynon |
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Ulgham |
Ellington (Northumberland) |
|
Undercliffe (QDQ) |
Bradford |
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Upminster (L/UP) |
Greater London - Havering |
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Waltham On The Wolds |
Waltham on the Wolds |
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Wickersley |
Rotherham |
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Withdean |
Brighton and Hove |