BT have this week announced that they are to more than double the planned roll-out of their fast fibre-optic broadband service to some 2.5 million homes by 2012.

BT’s fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) roll-out will offer customers download speeds of up to 100Mb with the capacity for 1GB a future possibility.
The company had originally planned to begin the FTTP roll out to a million homes by 2012, with the aim to offer 9 million more homes a broadband connection of up to 40Mb through fibre connections to the streets outside.

Speaking to the Financial Times, BT Openreach’s head Steve Robertson told the newspaper: “As we step forward, we are more confident about the direction of our strategy. We are willing to be aggressive.”

“This development shows that we are determined to bring world-leading broadband speeds to UK homes and businesses. Service providers have asked us for more FTTP and so we have listened to them.”

“The UK already leads the world when it comes to broadband availability and today’s announcement will help the UK climb the speed league tables as well. The UK is well placed but we need to invest for the future so that customers can access the rich applications that will be popular in a few years time.”

Fibre-to-the-Premises BT broadband trials will run from January until March 2010, with areas in Milton Keynes and London taking part in the pilot.

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