Forton Telephone Exchange

Fibre Enabled

Fibre to the Cabinet, Fibre to the Premises & Fibre on Demand services are available to customers connected to the Forton 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 = Wyre Council & Lancashire County Council

UK area dialling code (STD code) for the Forton exchange is 01524

International dialling code for the Forton exchange is +44 1524 or 0044 1524

The Forton exchange is in the Lancaster group of exchanges.

12 telephone exchanges form this regional grouping.

Forton

Exchange Address

Located at :-
British Telecom,
Telephone Exchange,
Lancaster Road,
Forton,
PRESTON.
PR3 0BL

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Forton -> Lancashire -> North West

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Exchange Location

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Openreach Identifer

Network identifier code for the Forton exchange is LCFTN

Your LLU Services

Telephone Exchange, Forton (LCFTN) has been unbundled by TalkTalk

Fibre To The Cabinet

The Forton exchange provides fibre services.

21CN WBC

This exchange is 21CN WBC enabled

ADSL Max

The Forton exchange has been enabled for ADSL Max since March 2006

ADSL

The Forton telephone exchange in Lancashire was enabled for ADSL in November 2004

Ofcom Classification

The BT exchange, Forton is classified by Ofcom as:- Market 1.

Historic Fact

Before PhONE Day On 16th April 1995, the STD Code For This Exchange Was 0524

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 Forton Exchange as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' and the 'Stop Sell' date will be September 2023.