Last week BT revealed the details of its residential 'up to' 40Mbps FTTC fibre optic broadband packages and today it has followed the news by unwrapping their BT Business options, which are simply called 'Total Broadband Fibre' and 'Total Broadband Fibre Plus'. The service will be made available from tomorrow and is understandably more expensive (+vat), with business traffic being given priority at times of contention.

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 businesses - 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 (uploads 2-10Mbps), rising to 60Mbps (15Mbps upload) in the future.


The FTTC (business and residential) service will be made available to approximately 500,000 homes and businesses from 31 enabled exchanges by late February. A further 2.5 million homes and businesses will be able to access the services by late summer 2010, rising to 4 million by the end of 2010. BT will make fibre-based broadband available to 40% of the UK (10 million premises) by summer 2012.

BT Business Total Broadband Fibre
Download Speed: Up to 40Mbps
Upload Speed: Up to 2Mbps
Monthly usage allowance: Unlimited (subject to Fair Usage Policy)
Wireless router: BT Business Fibre Hub
0800/0844 number for 12 months
24/7 technical helpdesk (Available via email and 0800)
Wi-fi minutes: 500
Business Essentials (10 email addresses and 50Mb webspace)
Connection Fee £75
£35 Per Month (12 Month Contract)
£30 Per Month (24 Month Contract)

BT Business Total Broadband Fibre Plus
Download Speed: Up to 40Mbps
Upload Speed: Up to 10Mbps
Monthly usage allowance: Unlimited (subject to Fair Usage Policy)
Wireless router: BT Business Fibre Hub
0800/0844 number for 12 months
24/7 technical helpdesk (Available via email and 0800)
Wi-fi minutes: 500
Business Essentials (10 email addresses and 50Mb webspace)
Enhanced care
Connection Fee £75
£50 Per Month (12 Month Contract)
£45 Per Month (24 Month Contract)

In addition we note that BT also has a business fibre broadband and phone line rental product on the way for £44.45 per month (£174 connection fee). 500 free minutes will be granted when customers sign-up to One Plan Traditional by 30th April 2010. No further details of this third package are available.