BT names 156 towns for next fibre rollout phase
BT Openreach has released details of the next 156 locations that will receive super-fast fibre broadband connections before the end of 2012.
The "majority" of the exchanges in the towns will be fibre-enabled by the end of 2011, with more than 50 scheduled to be upgraded before the end of the summer. The remainder will be upgraded before the end of 2012, Openreach said in a statement.
BT Openreach has named 156 locations that will get super-fast broadband connections. Photo credit: didbygraham on Flickr
Once fibre-enabled, the exchanges will provide an additional 1.5 million homes with the option of signing up for a super-fast broadband connection, Openreach said. The service is already available to approximately four million homes, David Campbell, Openreach's managing director of next-generation access, said on Thursday.
The connections will be a combination of fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) and fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) and will offer speeds of up to 40Mbps and up to 100Mbps, respectively. Openreach told ZDNet UK that only the 10 winners of BT's Race to Infinity competition, which form part of the super-fast broadband location list, will get faster FTTP connectivity, while the rest of those on the list will get slower FTTC.
The announcement forms part of the company's £2.5bn drive to bring fibre connectivity to two-thirds of UK premises by 2015. In January, the company also announced 41 market towns that would receive FTTC connectivity before the end of 2012.
Openreach said it will inform the telecoms industry of each upgrade six months in advance, to "assist communications providers with their planning".
On Monday, UK ISPs wrote to communications minister Ed Vaizey to say the government's next-generation broadband plans were under threat due to BT setting its infrastructure access prices too high.
BT is also upgrading its copper network to cover 80 percent of the UK with connections of up to 20Mbps before the end of the year. It had previously said that 75 percent of the UK would be covered by spring 2011, but it missed that target.
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BT's latest super-fast broadband locations:
ABERKENFIG | Wales | Wales |
AINSDALE | North West | Merseyside |
ASKERN | Yorkshire and The Humber | South Yorkshire |
BALBY | Yorkshire and The Humber | South Yorkshire |
BARNBY DUN | Yorkshire and The Humber | South Yorkshire |
BARNSLEY | Yorkshire and The Humber | South Yorkshire |
BASFORD | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire |
BEDLINGTON | North East | Northumberland |
BEDWORTH | West Midlands | Warwickshire |
BEWDLEY | West Midlands | Hereford & Worcester |
BIDDULPH | West Midlands | Staffordshire |
BIGGLESWADE | East of England | Bedfordshire |
BINGHAM | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire |
BINGLEY | Yorkshire and The Humber | West Yorkshire |
BIRCHWOOD | East Midlands | Lincolnshire |
BITTON | South West | Avon |
BLACKWOOD | Wales | Wales |
BLIDWORTH | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire |
BOLLINGTON | North West | Cheshire |
BOLTON | North West | Greater Manchester |
BRIGHTON PORTSLADE | South East | East Sussex |
BROADSTONE | South West | Dorset |
BROMBOROUGH | North West | Merseyside |
BUCKLEY | Wales | Wales |
BURTON LATIMER | East Midlands | Northamptonshire |
CANNOCK | West Midlands | Staffordshire |
CANTLEY | Yorkshire and The Humber | South Yorkshire |
CARTERTON | South East | Oxfordshire |
CHAPEL BRAMPTON | East Midlands | Northamptonshire |
CHATTERIS | East of England | Cambridgeshire |
CHEADLE | West Midlands | Staffordshire |
CHELLASTON | East Midlands | Derbyshire |
CLITHEROE | North West | Lancashire |
CORBY | East Midlands | Northamptonshire |
COVENT GARDEN | London | Greater London |
COXHOE | North East | Durham |
CRANLEIGH | South East | Surrey |
CROOK | North East | Durham |
CROWNHILL | South West | Devon |
CUDWORTH | Yorkshire and The Humber | South Yorkshire |
DARTON | Yorkshire and The Humber | South Yorkshire |
DAWLEY | West Midlands | Shropshire |
DESBOROUGH | East Midlands | Northamptonshire |
DONALDSON | Scotland | Scotland |
DUDLEY HILL | Yorkshire and The Humber | West Yorkshire |
DUNDEE BROUGHTY FERRY | Scotland | Scotland |
DUSTON | East Midlands | Northamptonshire |
EAGLESCLIFFE | North East | Cleveland |
EASTHAM | North West | Cheshire |
FENCEHOUSES | North East | Durham |
FERRYHILL | North East | Durham |
FILTON | South West | Avon |
FROME | South West | Somerset |
GATESHEAD | North East | Tyne & Wear |
GERRARD STREET | London | Greater London |
GLASGOW BUSBY | Scotland | Scotland |
GUISBOROUGH | North East | Cleveland |
HARROWDEN | East Midlands | Northamptonshire |
HARTBURN, CLEVELAND | North East | Cleveland |
HARTLEPOOL | North East | Cleveland |
HAXBY | Yorkshire and The Humber | North Yorkshire |
HEYWOOD | North West | Greater Manchester |
IBSTOCK | East Midlands | Leicestershire |
ILKLEY | Yorkshire and The Humber | North Yorkshire |
JESMOND | North East | Tyne & Wear |
KEMPSTON | East of England | Bedfordshire |
KENFIG HILL | Wales | Wales |
KENSINGTON GARDENS | London | Greater London |
KNOTTINGLEY | Yorkshire and The Humber | West Yorkshire |
LARK LANE | North West | Merseyside |
LETCHWORTH | East of England | Hertfordshire |
LEYLAND | North West | Lancashire |
LINTHORPE | North East | Cleveland |
LLANRUMNEY | Wales | Wales |
LYTCHETT MINSTER | South West | Dorset |
MAESGLAS | Wales | Wales |
MALTON | Yorkshire and The Humber | North Yorkshire |
MALVERN | West Midlands | Hereford & Worcester |
MARPLE | North West | Greater Manchester |
MARTON, CLEVELAND | North East | Cleveland |
MEADOWFIELD | North East | Durham |
MELKSHAM | South West | Wiltshire |
MERCURY | North West | Greater Manchester |
MIDDLETON, GREATER MANCHESTER | North West | Greater Manchester |
MOSSLEY | North West | Greater Manchester |
MOTTRAM | North West | Greater Manchester |
MOULTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE | East Midlands | Northamptonshire |
NAILSEA | South West | Avon |
NEW BRANCEPETH | North East | Durham |
NEW MILLS | East Midlands | Derbyshire |
NEWPORT CHARTIST | Wales | Wales |
NEWPORT, SHROPSHIRE | West Midlands | Shropshire |
NORMANTON | Yorkshire and The Humber | West Yorkshire |
NORTH CARLTON | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire |
NOTTINGHAM ARCHER | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire |
OTLEY | Yorkshire and The Humber | North Yorkshire |
PADGATE | North West | Cheshire |
PEARTREE | East Midlands | Derbyshire |
PENDLETON | North West | Greater Manchester |
PENKRIDGE | West Midlands | Staffordshire |
PETERBOROUGH WENTWORTH | East of England | Cambridgeshire |
PLUMTREE | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire |
PLYMPTON | South West | Devon |
PORTHCAWL | Wales | Wales |
PRESCOT | North West | Merseyside |
PRESTON, LANCASHIRE | North West | Lancashire |
PRINCES RISBOROUGH | South East | Buckinghamshire |
RAUNDS | East Midlands | Northamptonshire |
ROTHLEY | East Midlands | Leicestershire |
SADDLEWORTH | North West | Greater Manchester |
SALTASH | South West | Cornwall |
SANDY | East of England | Bedfordshire |
SEACROFT | Yorkshire and The Humber | West Yorkshire |
SEAHAM | North East | Durham |
SHAW | North West | Greater Manchester |
SHEPSHED | East Midlands | Leicestershire |
SHEPTON MALLET | South West | Somerset |
SKELMERSDALE | North West | Lancashire |
SLOANE | London | Greater London |
SOUTHBANK | London | Greater London |
SPENNYMOOR | North East | Durham |
STANLEY, MERSEYSIDE | North West | Merseyside |
STEPNEY | London | Greater London |
STIRCHLEY | West Midlands | Shropshire |
STIRLING | Scotland | Scotland |
STOCKPORT | North West | Greater Manchester |
STOTFOLD | East of England | Bedfordshire |
SUDBROOKE PARK | East Midlands | Lincolnshire |
THIRSK | Yorkshire and The Humber | North Yorkshire |
TRING | East of England | Hertfordshire |
UNDERCLIFFE | Yorkshire and The Humber | West Yorkshire |
UPHOLLAND | North West | Lancashire |
VERWOOD | South West | Dorset |
WARMINSTER | South West | Wiltshire |
WASHINGBOROUGH | East Midlands | Lincolnshire |
WELLINGBOROUGH | East Midlands | Northamptonshire |
WERRINGTON | East of England | Cambridgeshire |
WESTWOOD, CAMBRIDGESHIRE | East of England | Cambridgeshire |
WHITEHALL | London | Greater London |
WHITWELL, DERBYSHIRE | East Midlands | Derbyshire |
WIDE OPEN | North East | Tyne & Wear |
WINTERBOURNE | South West | Avon |
WOMBWELL | Yorkshire and The Humber | South Yorkshire |
WOODBOROUGH, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire |
WORPLESDON | South East | Surrey |
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