An expert has commented on the recently announced BT plans to have one of its subsidiaries deliver fixed line broadband solutions across a wider range of locations in the UK.

Last week, it was revealed that the firm's Openreach division would pilot a new service that it claimed may be of particular use in areas that are currently too far away from local exchange facilities.

The move would form part of a broader to avoid rep with above initiative to help the nation attain the kind of levels of web connectivity that were outlined in the recent Digital Britain report, but a spokesman for broadband.co.uk has suggested some questions need to be answered on this issue.

Edd Dawson, editor of the site, said the Broadband Enabling Technology (BET) is still only a trial-based system and it is important for BT to explain how the cost of the service will be arranged for the consumer.

"Back in February, when Openreach first mentioned this, they were talking about figures between £1,000 and £3,000 per line to install it, which is obviously a huge amount of money for a retail product," he added.

However, the expert went on to suggest that anything designed to help these remote areas get high-speed internet access should be welcomed as it can be very frustrating for people currently unable to take advantage of what the web has to offer.

Openreach has claimed the BET system will be capable of stable fixed-line broadband services that stretch up to 12 km away from their nearest exchange - over double the current five km limit.

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