BT has just released a new list of 63 local UK telephone exchange locations where its new superfast (up to 100Mbps) fibre optic based broadband services ( FTTC , FTTH / P ) will become available from. The move is part of BT's £1.5bn programme to deliver next generation services into 10 million homes (40% coverage) by 2012.

This list marks the 4th phase of the operator’s nationwide rollout; the exchanges listed below are intended to be enabled by late summer this year. They follow the first March 2009 release of 29 locations (here) and the July 2009 release of a further 69 (here).

ALBERT DOCK London
WANSTEAD London
MILE END London
PARSONS GREEN London
SKYPORT London
GREENFORD London
BICESTER South East
NEWPORT PAGNELL South East
AYLESBURY South East
DIDCOT South East
HARPENDEN East of England
MAIDENHEAD South East
CROWTHORNE South East
WOKINGHAM South East
EARLEY South East
LANGLEY South East
CAVERSHAM South East
READING SOUTH South East
HENLEY ON THAMES South East
SOLIHULL West Midlands
EARLSDON West Midlands
KENILWORTH West Midlands
TAMWORTH West Midlands
WARWICK West Midlands
ORTONS East of England
STONEYGATE East Midlands
COALVILLE East Midlands
WILLASTON North West
LLANISHEN Wales
LLANEDEYRN Wales
HEDNESFORD West Midlands
TOOTHILL South West
BLUNSDON South West
CHIPPENHAM South West
WORLE South West
PORTISHEAD South West
LOCKSHEATH South East
CHANDLERS FORD South East
FAIR OAK South East
ANDOVER South East
EASTLEIGH South East
BRAMHALL North West
CONGLETON North West
LOFTHOUSE GATE Yorkshire and The Humb
GUISELEY Yorkshire and The Humb
BEAUCHIEF Yorkshire and The Humb
RANMOOR Yorkshire and The Humb
PENICUIK Scotland
DALGETY BAY Scotland
DUNFERMLINE Scotland
LIVINGSTON STATION Scotland
GLASGOW NEWTON MEARN Scotland
BOTHWELL Scotland
BRAINTREE East of England
MERTON PARK London
PUTNEY London
WIMBLEDON London
SUTTON CHEAM London
MITCHAM London
BRIGHTON HOVE South East
SITTINGBOURNE South East
PORTSMOUTH CENTRAL South East
BANGOR, NORTHERN IRELAND Northern Ireland

Fibre-to-the-Cabinet technology ( FTTC ) delivers a fast fibre optic link to the operators street level cabinets, while the remaining connection - between cabinets and homes - is done using VDSL / VDSL2 (similar to current ADSL broadband but faster over short distances) through existing copper cable; FTTC will initially deliver speeds of up to 40Mbps, rising to 60Mbps in the future (uploads could also hit 5-10Mbps).

In addition some 2.5 million of the 10 million total will be covered by Fibre-to-the-Premises / Home ( better known as FTTH ) technology, which takes the fibre optic cable directly to your doorstep for a more reliable top speed of 100Mbps. By comparison FTTC performance is likely to be more variable, with minimum speeds hovering around 10Mbps; that’s still very good when compared with today’s services.