Telephone Exchange
Earls Colne Telephone Exchange

Fibre Enabled

BT Logo Fibre to the Cabinet, Fibre to the Premises & Fibre on Demand services are available to customers connected to the Earls Colne exchange. Most customers can now upgrade from ADSL to fibre internet. Suppliers include BT Superfast Fibre, Plusnet Fibre Broadband, TalkTalk Fast Broadband & ee Unlimited Fibre Broadband


Local Authorities = Braintree District Council & Essex County Council


UK area dialling code (STD code) for the Earls Colne exchange is 01787

International dialling code for the Earls Colne exchange is +44 1787 or 0044 1787


The Earls Colne exchange is in the Sudbury (Suffolk) group of exchanges.

11 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.


Earls Colne


Exchange Address

Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
High Street,
Earls Colne,
COLCHESTER.
CO6 2QX

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Earls Colne -> Essex -> East

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Openreach Identifer

  • Network identifier code for the Earls Colne exchange is EAELC

Your LLU Services

 Telephone Exchange, Earls Colne (EAELC) has been unbundled by TalkTalk

Fibre To The Cabinet

  • The Earls Colne exchange provides fibre services.

21CN WBC

  • This exchange is 21CN WBC enabled

ADSL Max

  • The Earls Colne exchange has been enabled for ADSL Max since March 2006

ADSL

  • The Earls Colne telephone exchange in Essex was enabled for ADSL in November 2004

Ofcom Classification

  • The BT exchange, Earls Colne is classified by Ofcom as:- Market 1.

Historic Fact

  • Before PhONE Day On 16th April 1995, the STD Code For This Exchange Was 0787 5

PSTN Network Switch Off In 2025

The first stage Openreach propose to facilitate the retirement of their public switched telephone network (PSTN) is to issue 'Stop Sell' dates for specific telephone exchanges. Once a 'Stop Sell' date has passed, communication providers (CP's) will be unable to order any copper based products if a fibre solution is available at the customer's premises. Accepted fibre solutions include FTTP and SOGEA/SOGFast.

Impacted product and services that will be unavailable beyond a 'Stop Sell' date include WLR3 analogue, ISDN 2, ISDN 30, LLU SMPF, SLU SMPF, Narrowband Line Share and Classic products.

Openreach have identified 581 specific 'FTTP Priority Exchanges' that will be the first to receive 'Stop Sell' notices, see below.

Openreach have not identified the Earls Colne Exchange as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' and the 'Stop Sell' date will be September 2023.

LLU services from TalkTalk are available from this exchange TalkTalk

LLU services from Sky are available from this exchange Sky