The BT Group have today officially announced that the first commercial roll-out of their fibre optic 40Mbps broadband service will begin in January 2010.

BT hope that their new fibre optic broadband service will be available to some 1.5 million homes and businesses in the UK by early Summer of 2010.

The Managing Director of BT Business, Bill Murphy, made the announcement during a recent interview in which he stated;

“Key to any successful network roll-out is to drive up connectivity and BT is keen to come out with a competitive offering. We expect businesses to go for the highest speed on offer.

Take up to date for high-speed broadband services has been very good, and there is definitely a demand for speed. Users like the experience.”

The BT fibre optic broadband service will be capable of delivering download speeds of up to 40Mbps with upload speeds expected to be in the region of 10 to 15Mbps.

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