BT's superfast fibre broadband heading to another 114 exchanges
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An additional 114 exchanges have been named in BT's superfast broadband rolloutPhoto: Shutterstock
BT has named the latest swathe of exchanges set to be fibre-enabled - opening up access to superfast broadband services from BT or its ISP customers to consumers in the area.
The list of 114 exchanges serves more than one million business and consumer premises, according to BT's wholesale arm Openreach - and includes Basildon, Clacton-on-Sea, Sunderland and Wrexham North.
Broadband users in these exchange areas can expect download speeds of up to 40Mbps and upload speeds of up to 10Mbps to be made available after the upgrade. The upgrades are due to be completed by autumn 2012, according to Openreach.
The fibre exchange rollout comes as part of BT's £2.5bn next-generation broadband investment programme to expand availability of up-to-40Mbps broadband speeds and above to two-thirds of the UK by 2015.
Since BT announced its fibre investment, the UK government has created a £530m pot of public money to help fund superfast broadband rollouts beyond BT's two-thirds threshold. The government is hoping this money will help push availability of 25Mbps+ broadband to 90 per cent of the UK by 2015.
BT is likely to be one of the companies bidding to win local tenders to get a slice of this cash. "We will be engaging with Broadband Delivery UK [the government body overseeing the distribution of the £530m fund] and local councils to offer our help and expertise," Mike Galvin, Openreach managing director for Next Generation Access, said in a statement.
The full list of 114 exchanges that will get the BT fibre upgrade can be found here.
The latest 114 exchanges named by BT to get superfast broadband are:
ARCHERS COURT
BALDSLOW
BANNOCKBURN
BASILDON
BECCLES
BELSTEAD
BEXHILL
BOGNOR REGIS
BRIGHTON ROTTINGDEAN
BROADSTAIRS
BRUNDALL
BUNGAY
BURSLEDON
CAISTER ON SEA
CARLISLE
CASTLETON, GWENT
CHERRY HINTON
CLACTON-ON-SEA
COLCHESTER
COSTESSEY
CUFFLEY
DANBURY
DOVER
EAST BAY
EASTBOURNE PEVENSEY
EASTWOOD
EDINBURGH MORNINGSIDE
FELIXSTOWE
FORDINGBRIDGE
FOXHALL
GALASHIELS
GILLINGHAM, KENT
GORLESTON
GREAT BADDOW
GRESFORD
HADLEIGH, SUFFOLK
HAILSHAM
HAMPDEN PARK
HASSOCKS
HATFIELD
HEXHAM
HISTON
HOOTON
HYTHE, HAMPSHIRE
HYTHE, KENT
IPSLEY
IPSWICH
KIDDERMINSTER
KINGS LYNN
LANCING
LEWES
LITTLEHAMPTON
LOOSE
LOWESTOFT
MAIDSTONE
MANNINGTREE
MARINE
MIDDLETON, WEST SUSSEX
MIDHURST
MILDENHALL
MILFORD
MILNSBRIDGE
MOORHILL
NEWHAVEN
NORWICH THORPE
NORWICH WEST
PADDOCK WOOD
PAGHAM
PEEBLES
PERTH
POLEGATE
PURFLEET
RAINHAM, KENT
RAMSGATE
RAWDON
REDDITCH OLD TOWN
RUSTINGTON
RYHOPE
SALISBURY
SAWBRIDGEWORTH
SEAFORD
SELSEY
SHOEBURYNESS
SHOREHAM
SNODLAND
SOUTH OCKENDON
SOUTHPORT
SOUTHWICK (SOUTH DOWNS)
STEYNING
STOKE BISHOP
STORRINGTON
STOWMARKET
STRATHAVEN
SUDBURY, SUFFOLK
SUNDERLAND
SUNDERLAND NORTH
THANET
THETFORD
THORPE BAY
TILBURY
TIPTREE
VANGE
WARE
WASHINGTON
WELWYN GARDEN
WEYMOUTH
WHITSTABLE
WHITTON, SUFFOLK
WIVENHOE
WOODBRIDGE
WORTHING CENTRAL
WORTHING SWANDEAN
WORTHING WEST
WREXHAM NORTH