{"id":12039,"date":"2016-06-30T16:15:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=12039"},"modified":"2016-06-30T16:19:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T15:19:23","slug":"bt-unveils-north-swindon-fibre-broadband-rollout-6500-premises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/bt-unveils-north-swindon-fibre-broadband-rollout-6500-premises.html","title":{"rendered":"BT Confirm North Swindon Fibre Broadband Rollout to 6,500 Premises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) has announced that their up to 80Mbps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> and 330Mbps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> broadband network will be extended to cover 6,500 premises in the Priory Vale part of North Swindon (Wiltshire), which should add further competition for cable operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> and wireless ISP UKB Networks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> has already deployed their &#8220;<em>ultrafast<\/em>&#8221; Gigabit capable <strong>Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) technology to around 500 premises in the <strong>Haydon Wick<\/strong> (North Swindon) and nearby <strong>Taw Hill<\/strong> areas (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/04\/bt-expand-north-swindon-fttp-broadband-trial-277-homes-taw-hill.html\">here<\/a>), which was part of an initial trial. Today&#8217;s news confirms that some 1,000 of the 6,500 extra premises will also be getting access to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently the building work will start as soon as next month, with the service then becoming available by next <strong>Spring 2017<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Kim Mears, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s MD for Infrastructure, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re delighted to be rolling-out fibre to every home and business in Priory Vale.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve already enjoyed a very successful trial of \u2018plug-and-play\u2019 FTTP technology and now have decided to carry out further major investment to expand our superfast and ultrafast broadband networks in this area.<\/p>\n<p>Having good fast connectivity to the internet is vital. It helps business to move, act and trade quickly and effectively. It enables schoolchildren to access their homework online, helps provide care for our elderly, as well as offering better access to e-commerce, social media and home entertainment. For all of these things, fast broadband is essential and Priory Vale will now be able to enjoy the benefits.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Justin Tomlinson MP said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a fantastic and vital announcement. For years I\u2019ve worked with fellow local residents to push for access to superfast fibre broadband and we know from the successful pilots, demand will be very, very strong. It is a credit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> that they have worked with us to deliver this solution, a real welcome boost to our local community.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The move represents another challenge to the local authority&#8217;s controversial <strong>\u00a31.9m<\/strong> state aid supported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/bduk\" target=\"_blank\">Broadband Delivery UK<\/a> contract with <strong>UKB Networks<\/strong>, which is rolling out a &#8220;<em>superfast<\/em>&#8221; 24Mbps+ capable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> fixed wireless network to <strong>19,500 premises<\/strong> (13,000 in rural areas) in much of the same area.<\/p>\n<p>Originally the council claimed that the deal was necessary because neither of the two big operators (BT and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>) had allegedly showed much interest in upgrading the local fixed line infrastructure, although this was before Virgin went public with their major \u00a33bn <strong>Project Lightning<\/strong> expansion last year.<\/p>\n<p>But all of that changed earlier this month when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> confirmed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/7000-swindon-premises-benefit-virgin-media-cable-expansion.html\">commercial plan<\/a> to expand their network to another <strong>7,000 premises<\/strong> in the town (they already cover around 65,000), which will also be delivered by using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/docsis\">DOCSIS<\/a> over 300Mbps capable <strong>Fibre-to-the-Premise<\/strong> (FTTP) lines; this too is due to finish during early 2017.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that we now have today&#8217;s announcement from BT, which is another commercial deployment and will place further pressure on the UKB Networks model. It&#8217;s just a shame that neither BT nor Virgin seemed able to do all this a few years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Openreach (BT) has announced that their up to 80Mbps FTTC and 330Mbps FTTP broadband network will be extended to cover 6,500 premises in the Priory Vale part of North Swindon (Wiltshire), which should add further competition for cable operator Virgin Media and wireless ISP UKB Networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[474,471,55,69,452,436],"class_list":["post-12039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bt","tag-bduk","tag-fttc","tag-bt-openreach","tag-swindon","tag-wiltshire"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BT Confirm North Swindon Fibre Broadband Rollout to 6,500 Premises - 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