Faster BT Broadband Coming To Chippenham

By Lois_Avery

Thursday, January 14, 2010, 09:27

Chippenham will now have faster BT broadband after upgrades were announced across the UK.

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BT has upgraded a further 62 locations set to receive faster, fibre optic broadband and they have pledged to upgrade exchanges serving 40 per cent of the UK (10 million residences) by 2012 at a cost of £1.5bn.

Most of the towns and cities to get the upgrade are based in the south east of England or London.

As well as Chippenham the new location upgrade list is as follows:

Albert Dock, Andover, Aylesbury, Bangor (Northern Ireland), Beauchief, Bichester, Blunsdon, Bothwell, Braintree, Bramhall, Brighton Hove, Caversham, Chandler’s Ford, Chippenham, Coalville, Congleton, Crowthorne, Dalgety Bay, Didcot, Dunfermline, Earley, Earlsdon, Eastleigh, Fair Oak, Glasgow Newton Mearn, Greenford, Guiseley, Harpenden, Hednesford, Henley on Thames, Kenilworth, Langley, Livingston Station, Llandedeyrn, Llanishen, Locksheath, Lofthouse Gate, Maidenhead, Merton Park, Mile End, Mitcham, Newport Pagnell, Ortons, Parsons Green, Penicuik, Portishead, Portsmouth Central, Putney, Ranmoor, Reading South, Sittingbourne, Skyport, Solihull, Stoneygate, Sutton Cheam, Tamworth, Toothill, Wanstead, Warwick, Willaston, Wimbledon, Wokingham, Worle.

The latest batch of upgrades are expected to be completed by summer 2010, with most exchanges being kitted up with VDSL+, providing fibre-from-the-exchange (FTTC) to the provider’s road-side cabinets.

The maximum speed using this new fibre is 40Mb, previously users have had download speeds of between 10Mb and 20Mb.

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