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Wednesday 30th June 2004
BT sets dates for 99.6 per cent UK ADSL availability 11:45AM, Wednesday 30th June 2004
BT has taken a big step towards fulfilling its commitment to extending broadband to 99.6 per cent of UK households by announcing ADSL upgrade dates for more than 1,000 exchanges. It has also brought forward dates for the 59 that had hit their pre-registration trigger-levels before that scheme finished.

All the exchanges and dates are listed at www.adslguide.org.uk.

The company also said that it has 'very promising' results from trials taking place in Milton Keynes and Fort William which aim to determine whether the current 6km limit on ADSL connections can be extended.

BT says that the £1bn it has spent on its ADSL network will mean that the UK will have the highest level of broadband availability among the world's bigest economies.

As a result only 100,000 premises across the UK will be unable to get ADSL services.

BT's chief broadband officer Alison Ritchie said, 'BT is not forgetting these small numbers of communities who are still to be told when they will receive broadband. These communities are served by the very smallest exchanges and BT is working hard to find solutions for them. These solutions depend on the support of external partners and so BT will continue to seek to work in partnership with public sector and other organisations.'

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