Oftels September'03 ADSL Fact Sheet
Posted: 16th Sep, 2003 By: MarkJ
The UK telecoms regulator, Oftel, has updated its monthly broadband ADSL fact sheet with all the latest statistics and developments during August. It's stated that BT has upgraded 1,610 exchanges and 1,263,000 people are now connected to broadband:
This means over 71% of UK households are covered by an ADSL enabled exchange. However although households may be in areas served by ADSL-enabled exchanges, not all households in these areas will be close enough to the exchanges to receive ADSL service. BT has estimated that, on average, 95% of households in an exchange area are close enough to receive ADSL, reducing the total ADSL coverage to around 68%. BT is, however, in the process of piloting a process that will extend the reach of ADSL to around 97% of households in an exchange area.
Developments
BT to Launch Broadband Symmetric: BT has notified Oftel of its intention to launch its Broadband Symmetric product on 8 September 2003. The BT IPStream and DataStream Symmetric services will enable symmetric connectivity between Service providers and their End Users.
BT IPStream Developments: BT Wholesale is developing IPStream 1000, a wires only self install product, that will enable service providers to provide a 1Mbit/s consumer product through the IPStream portfolio. A market trial is scheduled to begin on 6 October.
Combined Broadband and PSTN Delivery: BT has announced plans to trial a simultaneous PSTN and ADSL ordering system. Under current procedures end users are only able to order ADSL if they have a working PSTN line. The scheme is intended to make the ordering process easier as the user will not have to order a PSTN line and then the ADSL service.
LLU Statistics
At the end of August a total of 174 physical and 46 distant location facilities had been completed.
Total number of exchanges in the UK Approx. 5,600
Number of fixed lines in the UK Approx. 35,000,000
Number of BT provided lines 28,900,000
Number of loops connected: 7,000+
Typically we already know most of this data, although it's always useful to have a summary.
This means over 71% of UK households are covered by an ADSL enabled exchange. However although households may be in areas served by ADSL-enabled exchanges, not all households in these areas will be close enough to the exchanges to receive ADSL service. BT has estimated that, on average, 95% of households in an exchange area are close enough to receive ADSL, reducing the total ADSL coverage to around 68%. BT is, however, in the process of piloting a process that will extend the reach of ADSL to around 97% of households in an exchange area.
Developments
BT to Launch Broadband Symmetric: BT has notified Oftel of its intention to launch its Broadband Symmetric product on 8 September 2003. The BT IPStream and DataStream Symmetric services will enable symmetric connectivity between Service providers and their End Users.
BT IPStream Developments: BT Wholesale is developing IPStream 1000, a wires only self install product, that will enable service providers to provide a 1Mbit/s consumer product through the IPStream portfolio. A market trial is scheduled to begin on 6 October.
Combined Broadband and PSTN Delivery: BT has announced plans to trial a simultaneous PSTN and ADSL ordering system. Under current procedures end users are only able to order ADSL if they have a working PSTN line. The scheme is intended to make the ordering process easier as the user will not have to order a PSTN line and then the ADSL service.
LLU Statistics
At the end of August a total of 174 physical and 46 distant location facilities had been completed.
Total number of exchanges in the UK Approx. 5,600
Number of fixed lines in the UK Approx. 35,000,000
Number of BT provided lines 28,900,000
Number of loops connected: 7,000+
Typically we already know most of this data, although it's always useful to have a summary.
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