BT List Next 98 UK Locations for its Superfast Broadband Deployment

BTOpenreach, which provides rival internet providers (ISP) with access to BT’s telecoms network, has today revealed the next batch of 98 telephone exchange upgrades for its national £2.5bn UK roll-out of 80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) and 330Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based superfast broadband services.

The new list (Phase 10), when taken by itself, will add almost 800,000 homes and businesses to the operators superfast network. The majority of these exchanges have been given a Ready for Service (RFS) date of late 2013 and, once enabled, should bring BT’s total superfast broadband coverage up to nearly 17 Million UK premises.

However it should be noted that BT’s superfast FTTC technology will, on average, cover 85% of homes and businesses within an enabled telephone exchange area (here); that still leaves quite a big gap at each location where a superfast service will not be available.. yet.

Mike Galvin, BTOpenreachs MD Network Investment, said:

“This is great news for 98 communities across the UK. Our roll-out of fibre continues apace, with over 10 million homes now having access to the many benefits this technology can deliver.

Today’s announcement brings us another important step closer towards our goal of providing this service to two-thirds of the UK by the end of 2014. We are keen to go beyond this with the help of BDUK funding and further engagement with local government and communities.”

The FTTx TELEPHONE EXCHANGE Upgrades (Phase 10)

ADEL West Yorkshire
ALDRIDGE West Midlands
ALEXANDRIA Strathclyde
ARMADALE West Lothian
ASHBOURNE Derbyshire
ATHERTON Greater Manchester
AYLESTONE Leicestershire
BEAUMONT Leicestershire
BEESTON Nottinghamshire
BELGRAVE Leicestershire
BERWICK Northumberland
BIDEFORD Devon
BLANTYRE South Lanarkshire
BOLSOVER Derbyshire
BOSTON Lincolnshire
BRECHIN Angus
BRIDGNORTH Shropshire
BURGHFIELD COMMON Berkshire
BURNHAM-ON-SEA Somerset
BURSLEM Staffordshire
CALTHORPE West Midlands
CARLUKE South Lanarkshire
CASTLE BROMWICH West Midlands
CHALFONT DR. Nottinghamshire
CHALFONT ST GILES Buckinghamshire
CHAPELTOWN West Yorkshire
CHEYLESMORE West Midlands
CHIPPING NORTON Oxfordshire
CHURSTON Devon
CORSHAM Wiltshire
CULVERHOUSE Caerdydd – Cardiff
CUMNOCK East Ayrshire
CWMBRAN Tor-faen – Torfaen
DAUBHILL Greater Manchester
DENTON BURN Tyne and Wear
DRUIDS HEATH West Midlands
DUNBAR East Lothian
DUNCHURCH Warwickshire
EDINBURGH MAYBURY City of Edinburgh
FARNINGHAM Kent
GLASGOW CRANHILL Glasgow City
GLASGOW SHETTLESTON Glasgow City
GLASGOW THORNLY PARK Renfrewshire
GLENFIELD Leicestershire
GORSEINON Abertawe – Swansea
HENFIELD West Sussex
HIGHWORTH Wiltshire
HINDHEAD Surrey
HOLT Norfolk
IDLE West Yorkshire
INVERURIE Aberdeenshire
IRVINE North Ayrshire
KILSYTH North Lanarkshire
KIRKHAM Lancashire
LITTLEWICK GREEN Berkshire
LYTHAM Lancashire
MAGHULL Merseyside
MALMESBURY Wiltshire
MARCH Cambridgeshire
MARSHALL’S CROSS Merseyside
MATLOCK Derbyshire
NEATH Castell-nedd Port Talbot – Neath Port Talbot
NORTH BENFLEET Essex
NORWICH NORTH Norfolk
OAKHAM Rutland
OBAN Argyll and Bute
PETERHEAD Aberdeenshire
PILL Somerset
PINXTON Derbyshire
PRESTWICK South Ayrshire
RIBBLETON Lancashire
ROCK FERRY Merseyside
ROTHERHAM South Yorkshire
RUDDINGTON Nottinghamshire
SANDOWN Isle of Wight
SHIRLEY; HAMPSHIRE Hampshire
SLEAFORD Lincolnshire
SPRINGFIELD; WEST MIDLANDS West Midlands
STEWARTON East Ayrshire
STOKE TRINITY Staffordshire
STONE; STAFFORDSHIRE Staffordshire
STRANRAER Dumfries and Galloway
STURRY Kent
THORNE South Yorkshire
THURNBY Leicestershire
TITCHFIELD Hampshire
TURGIS GREEN CHINEHAM Hampshire
UDDINGSTON South Lanarkshire
UTTOXETER Staffordshire
WARRINGTON Cheshire
WESTBURY -ON- TRYM City of Bristol
WHITBY North Yorkshire
WHITEHAVEN Cumbria
WHITTLESEY Cambridgeshire
WISBECH Cambridgeshire
WISHAW North Lanarkshire
WOODGATE West Midlands
WYTHENSHAWE Greater Manchester

Each of the above telephone exchanges will support FTTC technology and a small number are also likely to be enabled for the operator’s fastest fibre optic FTTP service (we are awaiting further details on this). BT currently hopes to cover 66% of the UK population by the end of 2014 through its own investment, although this could be pushed up to 90% by 2017 with a lion’s share of state aid support from the governments Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) office.

It’s also worth reminding readers that BT’s FTTP service will be available “on demand” (FTTP-On-Demand) to almost all FTTC enabled areas from Spring 2013. This will be a premium product offering speeds of up to 330Mbps and will be aimed at business users; although home users should be able to purchase related packages (expect them to be expensive).

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
* December 2011 – 178 (FTTC) Exchanges
* March 2012 – 73 (FTTC) Exchanges