BT Reveals Its First 40Mbit Exchanges

Author Gordon Kelly
Published 23rd Mar 2009
BT Reveals Its First 40Mbit Exchanges
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Darn those lightening quick (if generally unreliable) cable networks... time for BT to play catch up again.

Following in the footsteps of Virgin's 50Mbit broadband December launch, British Telecom has announced which parts of the country will be able to receive comparable DSL speeds from early 2010.


29 exchanges are on the initial fibre upgrade list with a predictably heavy London influence while Manchester also does surprisingly well (full list below). Notably two non-urban locations will also benefit from day one: Calder Valley (near Halifax) and Taffs Well (near Cardiff) with approximately 500,000 homes and businesses hooked up nationwide. Speeds to these areas will bring up to 40Mbit downstream - and potentially 60Mbit, BT claims - while upload bandwidth could hit 10Mbit.

If you're feeling green with envy keep praying hard as BT admits it will announce further enabled exchanges before 2010 while up to 40 per cent of the populace should be on the list by 2012 as part of the company's £1.5bn fibre roll-out programme.

Conversely, if you are connected to one of these 29 exchanges and feeling pretty smug right now, just remember one thing: you pale into insignificance when compared with the 100Mbit trials bestowed on the lucky sods of Ebbsfleet...

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comment prag fest said on 24th March 2009

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I moved to Be from BT over a year ago, thank god and been enjoying uber ADSL2+ all that time. Companies like Be really show up BT for the sluggish, o... more

comment Ryan said on 24th March 2009

Here's hoping I'm on the Didsbury exchange!

comment Chazeg said on 24th March 2009

Too little to late... By the time this service is main stream every other high speed service will have moved on. Time to breakup this monopoly.

Maybe I'm a litt... more

comment basicasic said on 24th March 2009

Instead of chasing headlines by activating a few exchanges with super-quick broadband BT should concentrate on the millions stuck with their lousy super-slow rubbish. Upgrading the... more

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