Range holder · Chelmsford

Bink Broadband Ltd in Chelmsford

01245 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About Bink Broadband Ltd’s Chelmsford allocation

When Bink Broadband Ltd is the range holder for +44 1245 it means Ofcom recorded Bink Broadband Ltd as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 2 Chelmsford-facing blocks sit against Bink Broadband Ltd in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.

Chelmsford’s Essex telecoms estate is shaped by Chelmsford's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see Bink Broadband Ltd’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01245 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Bink Broadband Ltd’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Chelmsford rather than elsewhere on the national plan.

Treat this allocation as a starting point, not a verdict on any specific caller. UK numbers are portable, so the current carrier on a given 01245 digit string may differ from the range holder shown — read Range Holder vs current provider for the distinction, and How Ofcom allocates UK phone numbers for the wider context behind the table below.

Bink Broadband Ltd on 01245: by the numbers

Chelmsford blocks
2
In active service
100%
Share of 01245
0%
Holders on code
120

Of the 2 blocks Bink Broadband Ltd runs on the 01245 code, 2 (100%) are marked as actively allocated in the current Ofcom snapshot.

By number family these blocks are 100% geographic (01 / 02) — a profile that tells you what kind of caller a Chelmsford Bink Broadband Ltd number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

Bink Broadband Ltd runs 2 of the 786 allocated blocks on the 01245 dialling code — roughly 0% of Chelmsford’s mapped allocation, shared with 119 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.

Allocated ranges

Bink Broadband Ltd blocks on the 01245 (Chelmsford) dialling code.

PrefixStatus
+44 1245674Allocated
+44 1245674Allocated

FAQs about Bink Broadband Ltd on 01245

Why does Bink Broadband Ltd appear on Chelmsford (01245) numbers?

Bink Broadband Ltd is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 2 number blocks on the 01245 dialling code, which covers Chelmsford. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised Bink Broadband Ltd as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.

Are calls from a Chelmsford Bink Broadband Ltd-allocated number safe?

An Ofcom allocation only tells you which provider the block was issued to; it is not a safety verdict. UK numbers can be ported between networks, and any UK area code can be spoofed by an overseas caller. Paste the specific 01245 number into the lookup above to combine the Bink Broadband Ltd range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.

Has Bink Broadband Ltd's 01245 block been updated recently?

Yes — the table above is sourced from Ofcom's public UK Numbering Data feed, which we re-ingest every week (typically Wednesday). Any block that has been re-assigned, withdrawn or marked free will appear with its new status on the next refresh. Numbers within an allocated block can still be ported to another carrier in between Ofcom updates; see our range-holder-vs-current-provider guide for the distinction.