BT fibre upgrades: More exchanges named

Openreach lists 159 exchanges set for a fibre boost in 2011...

BT Openreach has named another wave of exchanges due to be upgraded to fibre - enabling them to offer superfast broadband services from BT or its ISP customers.

Exchanges on the list include Birmingham Central, Taunton in Somerset, Wapping in London and Mumbles in Wales.

The list of 159 exchanges is the next largest wave of upgrades announced since BT named 303 exchanges in March. The fibre upgrades are part of its next-generation broadband rollout - it has pledged to spend £2.5bn to roll out fibre-based broadband to two-thirds of the UK by 2015.

The latest round of 159 exchanges are due to be upgraded with fibre next year, between September and December, according to BT Openreach. The lion's share - about 70 per cent - will get fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) technology, which enables download speeds of up to 40Mbps, with the rest getting both FTTC and fibre to the home (FTTH).

While FTTH can support up to 100Mbps, BT said it believes FTTC technology could potentially enable up to 60Mbps in future, and also support uploads of up to 15Mbps - compared with up to 10Mbps currently.

Last week BT also announced a plan to bring improved broadband speeds to the whole of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly via fibre and other next-generation technologies.

To find out if your nearest BT exchange is set to be upgraded in this wave, click here for the full list of 159 exchanges.

ACCRINGTON

ALLERTON

ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH

ASHTEAD

BAMBER BRIDGE

BARMING

BERMONDSEY

BIGGIN HILL

BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL

BISHOPS WALTHAM

BISHOPSGATE

BLACKFRIARS

BOOKHAM

BOSCOMBE

BOWMANSGREEN

BRACKLEY

BREADSALL

BROUGHTON, LANCASHIRE

BUCKINGHAM

BURGH HEATH

BYFLEET

CALDICOT

CALDY

CALNE

CAMBRIDGE CENTRAL

CANVEY ISLAND

CATERHAM

CHAFFORD

CHAPEL END

CHATHAM

CHELTENHAM

CHERTSEY

COBHAM

CRAYFORD

CULLINGWORTH

DAGENHAM

DEAL

DINNINGTON

DONNINGTON

DOWNLAND

DRAYTON

DUNBLANE

DUNDEE PARK

DUNSTABLE

EDINBURGH FOUNTAINBRIDGE

EDINBURGH NEWINGTON

EDINBURGH WAVERLEY

ELLAND

ELY

EPSOM

ERITH

ESHER

ETWALL

EVERSLEY

EWELL

FARNBOROUGH, KENT

FARNHAM COMMON

FAWLEY

FLITWICK

FOUR OAKS

FULWOOD

GARSTON

GOSPORT

GRAYS THURROCK

GREAT MISSENDEN

GREENHITHE

HADLEIGH, ESSEX

HAMPTON

HARDINGSTONE

HARDWICKE

HARESTOCK

HARLOW

HATCH END

HAVERHILL

HAWKWELL

HEADLESS CROSS

HERTFORD

HIGHER BOLTON

HIGHWOODS

HILLSIDE, HEREFORD & WORCESTER

HOLMES CHAPEL

HOLMFIRTH

HOOTON

HORNDEAN

HOUGHTON- LE- SPRING

IRBY

IRLAM

IVER

IVYBRIDGE

KESGRAVE

KINGS LANGLEY

KIRBY MUXLOE

LAINDON

LEATHERHEAD

LIVERPOOL CENTRAL

LLANTWIT MAJOR

LONGFIELD

LONGTON, LANCASHIRE

LUTTERWORTH

MALDON

MALTBY

MANCHESTER CENTRAL

MARYLEBONE

MIDCALDER

MINSTER SHEPPEY

MOORTOWN

MOUNTWOOD

MUMBLES

NAILSWORTH

NESTON

NORTH PADDINGTON

ORMSKIRK

ORPINGTON

PADDINGTON

PEACEHAVEN

PENCOED

PLYMOUTH

PONTELAND

POTTERS BAR

PRUDHOE

QUORN

RADLETT

RAINHAM, ESSEX

RAYLEIGH

REDHILL

REIGATE

RICKMANSWORTH

RINGWAY

ROCHFORD

ROYAL

ROYSTON, HERTFORDSHIRE

SANDAL

SHEFFORD

SHIRLEY, WEST MIDLANDS

SOUTH WOOTTON

SOUTHAM

SOUTHAMPTON

SPENCERS WOOD

ST. FAITH

STANSTED

STREETLY

STROOD

SUNBURY

SWANLEY

SYDENHAM

TADLEY

TAUNTON

THAME

THAMES DITTON

UPMINSTER

WALLASEY

WAPPING

WELWYN

WESTHOUGHTON

WEYBRIDGE

WITHAM

WITNEY

WOODHAM FERRERS

WOOLSTON