BT to roll out superfast broadband to another 150,000 homes

BT to roll out superfast broadband to another 150,000 homes

BT is to roll out superfast broadband to another 150,000 homes in Scotland, it has been announced.

The move is part of BT’s £2.5 billion roll-out of fibre broadband across the UK. Once this phase is complete, almost a million homes in Scotland will have the option of superfast broadband. BT has said the investment will be a “massive shot in the arm” for local economies.

BT Scotland director Brendan Dick explained, "Local firms and households who make the switch to fibre broadband will be able to do so much more with their connection, whether they're using it for business, entertainment, education, social networking or shopping - or all of these at once."

He added, "They're joining more than 10 million premises now passed by our fibre network and becoming part of one of the fastest roll-outs of the technology anywhere in the world."

Infrastructure Secretary Alex Neil has said that Scottish communities should be able to access superfast broadband, regardless of where they are based. He stated, "Everyone recognises the importance of access to superfast broadband, not just for our local economies but for every aspect of life in the modern world."

BT’s Openreach is aiming to make fibre optic broadband available to two-thirds of UK businesses and homes
by the end of 2014. It will use a mixture of fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) and fibre to the premises (FTTP) technologies. It is aiming to offer speeds of 330Mbps in all fibre-enabled areas by spring next year. This will be an improvement on current average speeds in the UK, which are just 7.6Mbps, according to regulator Ofcom.

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