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BT to double fibre broadband availability in the UK
Friday 9th October 2009, by Daniel King
BT will make its "fastest" fibre broadband available to approximately 2.5 million households in the UK, if a statement by the group is anything to go by.
It announced this week its plans to use fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) technology to supply these connections at speeds of up to 100Mb/s. In the future, this rate could reach 1Gbps, the company said.
Commercially, the provider is ahead of its fibre programming target, enabling FTTP to be rolled out to more homes than originally thought.
In addition to helping consumers stay up to date with the latest technology, the development will help the government to reach goals set out in the Digital Britain report published earlier in 2009.
"We are determined to bring world-leading broadband speeds to UK homes and businesses," explained Steve Robinson, chief executive officer of BT's technology-deploying division Openreach. "Service providers have asked us for more FTTP - and so we have listened to them."
The news follows a previous decision by the company to make its faster copper broadband available to three-quarters of UK homes. This method is claimed to offer speeds of up to 24Mb/s.
Back in July, Virgin Media revealed it was to conduct independent tests on its fibre-optic broadband services. The initiative is set to last for one year, during which time 750 customers' connections will be repeatedly trialled.
The results, when they are published, could give consumers a better idea of which provider is most suitable for their needs.
According Alex Salter, chairman of SamKnows - the company Virgin Media has appointed for the study - the move was aimed at deciding whether people are getting value for money.
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