BT today announced plans to spend £1.5bn building a super-fast broadband network across the UK over the next four years.The plan would connect 10m homes, around 40% of the UK, to a new fibre-optic based network and replace the copper wires that link most homes today.BT said it would transform the experience of using the internet, allowing families to watch high-definition video over the internet while running other bandwidth-heavy services, for example.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jul/15/btgroupbusiness.newsuk: BT to pump £1.5bn into broadband
BT is to invest £1.5bn in fibre optic cables, giving up to 10 million UK households access to faster broadband.The plans would bring 40% of homes in reach of an ultra-fast service by 2012.BT is also planning to put fibre-optic cable into about 1 million homes, making the service even faster for those customers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7506742.stmBT drops investor payout for ‘super’ broadband plan
Telecoms giant BT Group today suspended its £2.5 billion share buyback programme to spend £1.5 billion rolling out a super-fast broadband network providing 10 million homes access to fibre within four years.In his first major move since taking the reins at BT this month, chief executive Ian Livingston said the investment would provide British households with faster broadband speeds than ever before.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article4335128.eceBT sets out plans for 100Mbps broadband
BT is to invest £1.5 billion rolling out a new fibre network that will deliver super-fast internet access to ten million homes within four years.The telecoms giant said that the network would reach 40 per cent of homes by 2012, and that a million households will have an even faster service, with fibre-optic cables all the way to their homes.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4337118.eceComment: BT is creating a two-tier network
Britain has been trundling along in the broadband slow lane for years now, so BT’s plan to accelerate towards speeds of 100 megabits per second is welcome, if overdue. The rise of bandwidth-hungry applications such as online video and gaming has left some parts of the network creaking at peak times, with few people getting anything like the speeds their internet service providers have promised.
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