Infinity Broadband - Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC)

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Infinity Broadband - what is it?

Infinity Broadband is the marketing name for BritishTelecom's new Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC) broadband infrastructure.

FTTC involves BT laying a fibre optic cable to the cabinet in (or near) your street. This allows them to offer much higher broadband speeds (both download and upload) than traditional broadband over your phone line.

Top speeds will initially be up to 40Mb download and up to 10Mb upload.

Sounds great, can I get it?

Unfortunately out of over 5000 telephone exchanges in the UK only 28 are currently enabled, and just over another 100 are due to be enabled during 2010.

BT are planning further roll outs in 2011 and 2012 to cover larger areas of the UK.

See the tables below to see if your telephone exchange is among those being enabled this year.

Phase 1 - live January 2010

East of England	Chelmsford
	St. Albans
	Watford
	Hemel Hempstead
	Leagrave
	Luton
East of England	Canonbury
	Chingford
	Edmonton
	Enfield
	Tottenham
	Thamesmead
	Woolwich
Greater Manchester	Bury
	Didsbury
	Failsworth
	Heaton Moor
	Oldham
	Rusholme
Northern Ireland	Belfast Balmoral
Scotland	Dean
	Glasgow Halfway
	Glasgow Western
Wales	Cardiff
Wales	Taffs Well
Yorkshire & Humberside	Halifax
	Pudsey
	Calder Valley

Highams Park was originally in phase 1 prior to being earmarked for BT's Fibre To The Home (FTTH) trial

Phase 2 - live summer 2010

East of England	Berkhamsted
	Billericay
	Brentwood
	Elstree
	Hainault
	Hoddesdon
	Lea Valley
	Loughton
	Stanford-Le-Hope
	Waltham Cross
	Woodford
East Midlands	Glossop
East Midlands	Hinckley
London	Barking
	Barnet
	Eltham
	Greenwich
	Highams Park
	Hornchurch
	Ingrebourne
	New Southgate
	Ponders End
	Sidcup
	Slade Green
	Stamford Hill
North East	Chester-Le-Street
	Durham
	East Herrington
	Hetton-Le-Hole
North West	Altrincham
	Ashton-under-Lyme
	Cheetham Hill
	Chorlton
	Denton
	Hyde
	Manchester East
	Moss Side
	Prestwich
	Stalybridge
	Swinton
	Urmston
	Walkden
	Wilmslow
Northern Ireland	Lisburn
Scotland	Edinburgh Corstorphine
	Edinburgh Craiglockhart
	Glasgow Bridgeton
	Glasgow Giffnock
South East	Basingstoke
South East	Dartford
South West	Bristol North
	Bristol West
	Downend
Wales	Barry
	Caerphilly
	Penarth
West Midlands	Birmingham Northern
	Fallings Park
	Great Barr
	Leamore
	Nuneaton
	Tettenhall
	Wednesbury
	Walsall
Yorkshire & Humberside	Armley
	Castleford
	Headingly
	Low Moor
	Pontefract
	Shipley

Phase 3 - live autumn 2010

London	Albert Dock
	Wanstead
	Mile End
	Parsons Green
	Skyport
	Greenford
	Merton Park
	Putney
	Wimbledon
	Sutton Cheam
	Mitcham
South East	Bicester
	Newport Pagnell
	Aylesbury
	Didcot
	Maidenhead
	Crowthorne
	Wokingham
	Earley
	Langley
	Caversham
	Reading South
	Henley on Thames
	Locksheath
	Chandlers Ford
	Fair Oak
	Andover
	Eastleigh
	Brighton Hove
	Sittingbourne
	Portsmouth Central
South West	Toothill
	Blunsdon
	Chippenham
	Worle
	Portishead
Wales	Llanishen
Wales	Llanedeyrn
West Midlands	Solihull
	Earlsdon
	Kenilworth
	Tamworth
	Warwick
	Hednesford
East Midlands	Stoneygate
East Midlands	Coalville
East of England	Harpenden
	Orptons
	Braintree
North West	Willaston
	Bramhall
	Congleton
Yorkshire & Humberside	Lofthouse Gate
	Guiseley
	Beauchief
	Ranmoor
Scotland	Penicuik
	Dalgety Bay
	Dunfermline
	Livingston Station
	Glasgow Newton Mearn
	Bothwell
Northern Ireland	Bangor