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BT Reveals 114 New UK Locations for its Superfast Fibre Broadband ISP Services

Posted: 13th Sep, 2011 By: MarkJ

BT UK superfast fibre optic broadband cable rollout

Telecoms operator BT has today revealed the latest batch of 114 UK telephone exchanges that will soon be able to benefit from its latest superfast 'up to' 40Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet ( FTTC ) and 100Mbps+ Fibre-to-the-Premises ( FTTP ) based internet access technologies.

The new Phase 8 list, taken by itself, would cover more than one million additional homes and businesses. The majority of those listed below will be completed by Autumn 2012 and further upgrade locations are due to be announced over the coming months.

Mike Galvin, BTOpenreach's Managing Director for NGA, said:

"I am pleased to be able to reveal the latest locations where we will make fibre broadband available. Our roll out is one of the fastest in the world and we are on track to pass ten million homes and businesses next year before pushing on further.

Fibre broadband will transform peoples’ experience of the internet and so I am sure the residents and businesses in these areas will welcome the news. No other company is doing as much as Openreach to bring super-fast broadband to the UK.

We believe that the government’s support makes it possible to get fibre to ninety per cent of homes and so we will be engaging with Broadband Delivery UK and local councils to offer our help and expertise. There is no substitute for experience when it comes to fibre deployment and we have more experience than anyone. We are also committed to offering open and equivalent access so that customers can benefit from a competitive market. Local monopolies benefit no-one and no public funds should go to supporting them."

BT is currently investing £2.5bn in a national deployment of its "fibre optic" based broadband services, which aims to reach 66% of homes and businesses by 2015 (some 40% will be covered next year). Several ISPs are already offering FTTC based broadband services, although BT-Infinity and PlusNet are two of the best value with prices that start from just £16.49 a month.

BT FTTx Telephone Exchange Upgrades (Autumn 2012)
ARCHERS COURT
BALDSLOW
BANNOCKBURN
BASILDON
BECCLES
BELSTEAD
BEXHILL
BOGNOR REGIS
BRIGHTON ROTTINGDEAN
BROADSTAIRS
BRUNDALL
BUNGAY
BURSLEDON
CAISTER ON SEA
CARLISLE
CASTLETON, GWENT
CHERRY HINTON
CLACTON-ON-SEA
COLCHESTER
COSTESSEY
CUFFLEY
DANBURY
DOVER
EAST BAY
EASTBOURNE PEVENSEY
EASTWOOD
EDINBURGH MORNINGSIDE
FELIXSTOWE
FORDINGBRIDGE
FOXHALL
GALASHIELS
GILLINGHAM, KENT
GORLESTON
GREAT BADDOW
GRESFORD
HADLEIGH, SUFFOLK
HAILSHAM
HAMPDEN PARK
HASSOCKS
HATFIELD
HEXHAM
HISTON
HOOTON
HYTHE, HAMPSHIRE
HYTHE, KENT
IPSLEY
IPSWICH
KIDDERMINSTER
KINGS LYNN
LANCING
LEWES
LITTLEHAMPTON
LOOSE
LOWESTOFT
MAIDSTONE
MANNINGTREE
MARINE
MIDDLETON, WEST SUSSEX
MIDHURST
MILDENHALL
MILFORD
MILNSBRIDGE
MOORHILL
NEWHAVEN
NORWICH THORPE
NORWICH WEST
PADDOCK WOOD
PAGHAM
PEEBLES
PERTH
POLEGATE
PURFLEET
RAINHAM, KENT
RAMSGATE
RAWDON
REDDITCH OLD TOWN
RUSTINGTON
RYHOPE
SALISBURY
SAWBRIDGEWORTH
SEAFORD
SELSEY
SHOEBURYNESS
SHOREHAM
SNODLAND
SOUTH OCKENDON
SOUTHPORT
SOUTHWICK (SOUTH DOWNS)
STEYNING
STOKE BISHOP
STORRINGTON
STOWMARKET
STRATHAVEN
SUDBURY, SUFFOLK
SUNDERLAND
SUNDERLAND NORTH
THANET
THETFORD
THORPE BAY
TILBURY
TIPTREE
VANGE
WARE
WASHINGTON
WELWYN GARDEN
WEYMOUTH
WHITSTABLE
WHITTON, SUFFOLK
WIVENHOE
WOODBRIDGE
WORTHING CENTRAL
WORTHING SWANDEAN
WORTHING WEST
WREXHAM NORTH

Meanwhile BT also plans to boost the top download speed of its FTTC service from 40Mbps (10-15Mbps uploads) to 80Mbps (20Mbps uploads) in 2012, with work on the upgrades due to commence before the end of 2011 (original news). Sadly there's no news on the commercial launch of BT's ultrafast 100Mbps+ FTTP product, although we're still expecting it to happen before the start of next year.

Previous BT-FTTC/FTTP UK Exchange Rollout Updates
* March 2009 - 29 (FTTC) Exchanges
* July 2009 - 69 (FTTC) Exchanges
* January 2010 - 63 (FTTC) Exchanges
* March 2010 - 303 (FTTC) Exchanges
* September 2010 - 159 (FTTC/FTTP) Exchanges
* January 2011 - 41 (FTTC/FTTP) Exchanges
* April 2011 - 156 (FTTC/FTTP) Exchanges
* June 2011 - 66 (FTTC/FTTP) Exchanges