BT passes key fibre broadband milestone

BT’s wholesale fibre broadband service is now available to ten million premises across the UK. The company was due to pass that milestone by the end of 2012.

BT is investing £2.5 billion to make fibre broadband available to around two thirds of UK premises by the end of 2014.

BT is also set to make fibre-to-the-premises broadband available on demand in all fibre enabled areas from Spring 2013, which means homes and businesses will be able to access speeds of 300Mbps and potentially a lot more in the future.

BT chief executive Ian Livingston said: “Our engineers have worked tirelessly this past year and BT has made a real commitment to the UK’s infrastructure. Rolling out fibre is no easy task and so to have passed ten million premises in such a short time is fantastic.

“The UK is making great progress with fibre broadband. There are more than half a million customers already using the service and more than 60 ISPs trialling or offering services.”