BT Expands Broadband Rollout to 90% of UK Homes, Slashes Wholesale DSL Prices

BT is expanding its broadband rollout to cover 90% of homes in the UK. This represents a major advance from the current enabled footprint of 67% of homes. The expanded rollout involves equipping an additional 600 exchanges with DSL. BT said a key factor in expanding its rollout has been a technological development that enables exchanges to be linked together so that the costs of connecting them to the core BT network are reduced. In addition, BT can now extend the reach of ADSL broadband up to 6kms from the exchange. BT recently passed the 800,000 DSL subscriber mark and anticipates having one million users by summer. The company also revealed that wholesale prices will be cut as of 01-May-2003. The monthly fee for the wholesale consumer product will be reduced by up to £2 and there will be even larger savings on BT’s wholesale products that are aimed at service providers who serve small businesses. Prices for the 500kbps, 1Mbs and 2Mbs products will be slashed by over 50 per cent.
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