BT Retail will boost its top tier broadband downstream rate from 8 Mbps to up to 20 Mbps. 
Upload speeds will also increase from up to 448 Kbps to up to 1 Mbps. BT Retail is offering the faster speeds at no extra cost. Faster speeds will initially be available through 549 exchanges serving 10 million — or 40 per cent – of the UK’s homes and businesses. Coverage will increase to 55 per cent by March 2010.
http://www.bt.com/broadband
