BT has announced that it is planning to spend over £1.5 billion in upgrading its fibre optic network, which will offer super fast broadband to its users. In a welcome move, around 10 million homes and offices in
BT is planning to provide two types of upgrades depending on whether the work will deal with fibre-to-the-cabinet or fibre-to-the-premises lines. The fibre-to-the-home technology promises homes a 100 MB download while business supplied with the fibre-to-the-cabinet upgrade can look forward download speeds of up to 40 MB (see business broadband info). The Register, a news website, is confirming that 75 percent of the upgrades will be in the latter sector that is the businesses while 25 percent will be the home consumers. The website has provided a list of 300 locations that may be in the offing for the upgrade. Meanwhile BT has not confirmed which exchanges will receive which technology.
Most of the upgrades will be in built-up and urban areas, with a maximum number of areas slotted in either
Ofcom, the telecommunications watchdog is quick to point out that BT should also consider allowing rivals like TalkTalk and SkyPlayer the use of the fibre-optic upgrades for providing services.
