BT names another 69 fibre towns

 

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By Barry Collins

Posted on 9 Jul 2009 at 12:16

BT has revealed details of another 69 locations that will be added to its fibre network from March.

As we revealed last week, BT has accelerated its fibre rollout plans, and now says it will connect 1.5 million premises by next summer.

In March, BT revealed the names of the first 29 exchanges it plans to connect to the network, which will largely consist of 40Mbits/sec fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) connections.

Now the company has released details of a further 69 exchanges, which span across the entire country (see full list below).

BT will still have to go some if it's to achieve its stated goal of connecting 10 million premises by 2012.

However, BT claims it's ahead of schedule. "Fibre is the future and so we're speeding up the pace of our plans," says BT Openreach CEO Steve Robertson.

"We had aimed to get fibre to half a million homes by next March but we're now being far more ambitious. We've received a tremendous response to date and so we're keen to get on with the job."

BT is working with 16 ISP partners on its fibre trials in Muswell Hill, London, and Whitchurch in Wales, which started earlier this week. However, neither BT Retail or any of the ISPs have announced pricing details to date.

The 69 exchanges are:

BERKHAMSTED East of England
BILLERICAY East of England
BRENTWOOD East of England
ELSTREE East of England
HAINAULT East of England
HODDESDON East of England
LEA VALLEY East of England
LOUGHTON East of England
STANFORD-LE-HOPE East of England
WALTHAM CROSS East of England
WOODFORD East of England
GLOSSOP East Midlands
HINCKLEY East Midlands
BARKING London
BARNET London
ELTHAM London
GREENWICH London
HORNCHURCH London
INGREBOURNE London
NEW SOUTHGATE London
PONDERS END London
SIDCUP London
SLADE GREEN London
STAMFORD HILL London
CHESTER-LE-STREET North East
DURHAM North East
EAST HERRINGTON North East
HETTON-LE-HOLE North East
ALTRINCHAM North West
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE North West
CHEETHAM North West
CHORLTON North West
DENTON North West
HYDE North West
MANCHESTER EAST North West
MOSS SIDE North West
PRESTWICH North West
STALYBRIDGE North West
SWINTON, GREATER MANCHESTER North West
URMSTON North West
WALKDEN North West
WILMSLOW North West
LISBURN Northern Ireland
EDINBURGH CORSTORPHINE Scotland
EDINBURGH CRAIGLOCKHART Scotland
GLASGOW BRIDGETON Scotland
GLASGOW GIFFNOCK Scotland
BASINGSTOKE South East
DARTFORD South East
BRISTOL NORTH South West
BRISTOL WEST South West
DOWNEND South West
BARRY Wales
CAERPHILLY Wales
PENARTH Wales
BIRMINGHAM, NORTHERN West Midlands
FALLINGS PARK West Midlands
GREAT BARR West Midlands
LEAMORE West Midlands
NUNEATON West Midlands
TETTENHALL West Midlands
WEDNESBURY West Midlands
WALSALL West Midlands
ARMLEY Yorkshire
CASTLEFORD Yorkshire