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17 Jul 08

UK to Get Superfast Broadband by 2012

UK telecoms provider BT is to invest £1.5 billion ($3 billion) to roll out superfast broadband to up to 10 million UK homes by 2012. The system will enable services such as video conferencing, video on demand, and other high bandwidth activities.

The programme is Britain's largest ever investment in superfast broadband, which will deliver speeds of up to 100 megabits per second.

The fibre will be linked to a cabinet in the street and in some cases – such as the Olympic village for the 2012 Games – directly to the premises.

Homes linked to a fibre-to-the-cabinet network will receive initial speeds of up to 40 Mbps, due to the copper cable that connects the house to the cabinet.

However, BT expects this to increase to 60 Mbps with new technologies. Those on a fibre-to-the-premises network will see speeds of up to 100 Mbps.

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UK telecoms provider BT is to invest £1.5 billion ($3 billion) to roll out
superfast broadband to up to 10 million UK homes by 2012. The system will enable
services such as video conferencing, video on demand, and other high bandwidth
activities.

The programme is Britain's largest ever investment in superfast broadband,
which will deliver speeds of up to 100 megabits per second.

The fibre will be linked to a cabinet in the street and in some cases – such
as the Olympic village for the 2012 Games – directly to the premises.

Homes linked to a fibre-to-the-cabinet network will receive initial speeds of
up to 40 Mbps, due to the copper cable that connects the house to the cabinet.
However, BT expects this to increase to 60 Mbps with new technologies. Those on
a fibre-to-the-premises network will see speeds of up to 100 Mbps.