BTs abandonment of their demand tracker for ADSL might have come to an end, but the telco's rollout of SDSL has not. The decision on which exchanges to upgrade however has been largely helped by Eclipse Internet, thanks to their www.wewantbroadband.co.uk campaign.

Announced earlier this month, BT detailed intentions to upgrade an additional 150 exchanges capable of serving out SDSL. Running their demand campaign, Eclipse Internet has received 4,500 registrations for SDSL services from businesses across the UK. This data will be used by BT to shape the rollout to areas where demand is the highest - akin to the infamous ADSL demand scheme.

Eclipse's SDSL services (where available) can cost as little as nearly a fith of the price of traditional leased line services. Prices range from £99 per month for 256kbps SDSL compared with £600 for Leased Line, through to £340 for 2Mb SDSL, compared with a staggering £1500 per month for Leased Line (source : Eclipse Internet). It is worth noting however that prices for SDSL here are contended at 10:1, whereas Leased Line would most likely be uncontented (1:1).

The full press release can be read here.