This brings the total number of locations now notified for, or actively under ‘stop sell’ to 874 exchanges covering a total of around 8.2 million premises.
The stop sell programme is designed to encourage the adoption of new digital services over a full fibre connection.
BT is switching off the existing analogue phoneline platform, the PSTN, by the end of December 2025. Everyone in the UK will need to have a digital phone line before then.
To help prepare, Openreach is stopping the sale of copper based analogue services in exchange areas where a majority of premises have access to its full fibre network.
The full list of stop sell exchanges added in tranche 14 is as follows:
|
Exchange Name |
Exchange Location |
|
Four Oaks |
Sutton Coldfield |
|
Dysart |
Kirkcaldy |
|
Newcastle West |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
|
Biggleswade |
Biggleswade |
|
Caldy |
West Kirby |
|
Allerton |
Liverpool |
|
Eltham |
Greater London - Greenwich |
|
West Drayton |
Greater London - Hillingdon |
|
Sutton |
Sutton (East Cambridgeshire) |
|
Prestonpans - Port Seton |
Prestonpans |
|
Upper Largo |
Upper Largo |
|
Berwick |
Berwick-upon-Tweed |
|
Knutsford |
Knutsford |
|
Malton |
Norton-on-Derwent |
|
Stamford |
Stamford |
|
Cleish Hills |
Cleish |
|
Drumclog |
Strathaven |
|
Landrake |
Landrake |
|
Bickleigh |
Bickleigh |
|
Bolney |
Bolney |
|
Crosswell |
Crymych |
|
Abbotts Ann |
Abbotts Ann |
|
Stichill |
Kelso |
|
Burravoe |
Burravoe |
|
Tonbridge |
Tonbridge |
|
Tenterden |
Tenterden |
|
Dartmouth |
Dartmouth |
|
Staines |
Staines |
The company commenced its nationwide stop sell programme in September.