fibre to the premises
BT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News Fibre broadband comes in two flavours: FTTC, where optical cable is laid as far as the curbside cabinet, with existing copper lines being used for the last mile; and... [05 Nov 2009]
BT takes superfast fibre broadband to 2.5 million homes
News FTTP (fibre to the premises) will allow for for download speeds of 100Mbps by 2012, BT said on Friday. BT has announced it is rolling out superfast... [12 Oct 2009]
BT's home fibre tests: Coming in London and Milton Keynes
News As well as rolling out FTTH, where fibre optic cable is laid all the way to a user's premises, BT is deploying... [02 Oct 2009]
One in five of world's households now wired to the web
News According to the research firm, fibre-based services will grow steadily over the next few years, with FTTH... [28 Sep 2009]
BT fibre broadband pilot: charges for ISPs revealed
News Access to its Generic Ethernet Access Fibre to The Premises product will cost ISPs between £175 and £255 per annum for each customer line. BT Openreach... [23 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: BT's £1.5bn fibre plans
Cheat Sheet The downlink speed a user will actually get will depend on whether BT lays fibre to the cabinet (FTTC), where fibre only goes as far as... [14 Jul 2009]
Is BT's super-fast broadband coming to your neighbourhood?
News Almost 70 exchanges have been named to receive fibre broadband, using a mixture of fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) and... [09 Jul 2009]
BT kicks off London fibre pilot
News The choice of FTTC is something of a compromise between this existing setup and fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP), where fibre cables are... [06 Jul 2009]
50p broadband tax 'will leave 20 pc of UK without fibre'
News The accelerated programme will mean more than a million premises will be within reach of fibre-based services by March 2010, rising to around 1.5 million by next summer,... [02 Jul 2009]
BT to expand 2010 fibre rollout
News BT is planning to double the pace of its forthcoming next generation broadband fibre rollout, bringing up to 100Mbps broadband within reach of more than a million... [15 May 2009]
BT reveals which towns will get fibre first
News BT has pledged to spend £1.5bn by 2012 to ensure 40 per cent of UK homes and businesses - some 10 million premises - can access fibre-based services. BT has revealed... [23 Mar 2009]
Ericsson racks up 500Mbps speeds over copper
News In this scenario, fibre connectivity would go as far as the street cabinet, while VDSL2 would then provide a high-speed connection between the cabinet and the customer... [17 Mar 2009]
BT slammed over unbundling price hike
News BT, however, still charges such ISPs a fee to cover the costs of maintaining the copper connections between customer premises and the exchange. F is for... [10 Mar 2009]
Images: Putting next-gen Broadband Britain on the map
Photo Outside London, BT is also planning to lay fibre - rather than copper - to premises in a regeneration development project in Ebbsfleet, Kent. And in the... [27 Jan 2009]
Virgin debuts 50Mbps broadband
News However, unlike a true fibre-to-the home (FTTH) setup, the connection between the cabinet and the premises uses... [16 Dec 2008]
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