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BT fibre optic broadband upgrades: More exchanges named
BT Openreach has named another wave of exchanges due to be upgraded to fibre optic broadband - enabling them to offer superfast services from BT or its ISP customers.
The 159 exchanges named in BT's latest announcement are due to be upgraded with fibre next year, between September and December, according to BT Openreach. The majority - 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).
BT said it believes FTTC technology could potentially enable up to 60Mbps downloads in future, and also support uploads of up to 15Mbps - compared with up to 10Mbps for uploads currently. The FTTH will be capable of supporting downloads of up to 100Mbps, as announced last week. (see our previous news item for details).
To find out if your nearest BT exchange is set to be upgraded in this next wave, click
herefor the full list of 159 newly announced exchanges.
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