"John Rowland" wrote in
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What might the rest of the exchange be used for? I know that part of
the WIllesden exchange in Harlesden Road is being / has been
converted to flats, but what about others?
I am beginning to have problems telling this newsgroup from uk.telecom
Exchanges from the "predigital" era are much larger than they need to be
now - Wandsworth for instance is a 6 floor building but I'm told that only
one room in one floor is now used for the digital exchange equipment.
Some exchanges have:
- been closed
- sold for flats etc
- converted into office space for BT (or others)
However, I gather most of the extra space has simply been mothballed in the
past and is actually gradually coming back into use - now that developments
like xDSL and LLU mean that more space is needed in exchanges and the
distance from an exchange to the end user becomes an issue (before it wasn't
really a factor) - its also less likely that exchanges will be totally
closed in future because of this - though I believe there are still have
plans to close a couple of exchanges in Central London.
Regards
Sunil