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AndyJenkins
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Post subject: BT Press Release - Exchange registration scheme dropped.
 Posted: Apr 27, 2004 - 08:44 AM
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BT today announced plans to speed up the delivery of broadband services to rural communities. These plans will make the UK a world leader for broadband availability.
BT is to systematically rollout ADSL broadband to a further 1,128
exchanges by no later than summer 2005. This will help bring broadband to exchanges serving 99.6 per cent of UK homes and businesses.
The new approach replaces the broadband registration trigger scheme
that has helped BT match investment to demand since July 2002.
Alison Ritchie, BT chief broadband officer, said: 'BT has continued to innovate in order to drive broadband as an enabler for tomorrow's society and to deliver a truly Broadband Britain.
'The broadband registration scheme has been a powerful tool for us to match investment to demand and its fantastic success, with the support of local campaigners, has set the way for other countries to follow.
'Now, as we move into more and more rural areas and we have a clearer picture of growing demand, there are real benefits to be gained through a planned roll out. This means we can deliver broadband to far more people in a shorter timeframe.
'This approach also means we can use the best engineering solution for the whole network to efficiently manage costs and future growth.
'Together with our plans to extend the reach of broadband from a local exchange, this takes us significantly closer to universal availability.'
The rollout programme will be announced in detail by the end of June
and will help BT bring forward some published broadband switch-on dates.
Alison Ritchie added: 'The impact that local campaigners have had has been phenomenal - their efforts have meant take-up rates on trigger exchanges have exceeded those for exchanges that were enabled before the registration scheme. These local heroes have helped change the market and this in turn has contributed to our decision to take this approach.'
BT Wholesale is working with service providers so people will be able to place their orders as soon as the go live date for their exchange is fixed. The certainty brought by this approach will also help service providers with their longer term business planning and marketing activities.
Today's announcement will deliver broadband to every exchange in the UK except for the very smallest which between them account for less than 100,000 premises. BT will continue to seek to work in partnership with public sector and other organisations to find suitable ways of delivering broadband to these exchanges. BT has developed or is developing several products that are suitable including wireless and satellite broadband as well as the Exchange Activate community broadband solution. |
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