Harborne in Line For A Super-Fast Broadband Boost | Gisela Stuart ...

BT have announced a further major investment in Birmingham and the Black Country pledging to roll-out its ?2.5 billion high-speed fibre broadband network to more than 82,000 more homes and businesses across the area.

Harborne is one of the latest communities due to be upgraded in 2013.

BT state the latest investment will take the total number of homes and businesses in the West Midlands able to connect to the fibre network to more than 1.4 million.

Gisela Stuart said:

?Nowadays we view the internet as an essential tool both in the home and in business. I welcome the news that BT are continuing with their programme to improve the broadband infrastructure.?

John Dovey, BT?s regional director for the West Midlands, said:

?Fibre broadband opens up a whole new, high speed world. This latest major investment will help the region to overcome the current economic challenges and take full advantage of the upturn when it comes.

?Digital technology is fundamental to how we live and work ? and in an increasingly connected world, high-speed communications will become even more essential in the years ahead. Research suggests fibre broadband could give a ?143 million boost to a typical town?s economy and create 225 new jobs and 140 new businesses within 15 years.

?The fibre broadband network we?re building today will underpin the local economy for many years to come ? and we?re keen to go further, working with the public sector to take technology to places outside current commercial roll-out plans.

?The arrival of fibre broadband in each of these new locations will revolutionise the way people use the internet for work, education and connecting with public services.?

Councillor James McKay, Birmingham City Council cabinet member and portfolio holder for a green safe and smart city, said:

?Today?s announcement by BT is helping to deliver next generation broadband infrastructure across Birmingham City and complements our ambitious plans to establish Birmingham as the digital location of choice.

?BT?s announcement follows on the news that Birmingham will be allocated ?10 million by the Department of Culture Media and Sport to ensure our Enterprise Zone has the best digital connectivity in the world.?

BT?s local network business Openreach is making fibre broadband available to around two-thirds of UK homes and businesses on a commercial basis by the end of 20142 using a mix of fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) and fibre to the premises (FTTP) technologies.

More than 11 million premises can already access fibre broadband and that number is growing all the time.

Both technologies offer speeds many times faster than the current UK average, reported by the regulator Ofcom to be 9Mbps. FTTC, where fibre is delivered to new street cabinets, offers download speeds of up to 80Mbps and upload speeds of up to 20Mbps3.

FTTP, where fibre runs all the way to homes and businesses, offers a variety of download speeds with the current top speed being 330Mbps.

From Spring 2013 BT aims to make speeds of 330Mbps3 available on demand in any area where FTTC has been deployed.

Internet users with a fibre broadband connection can do much more online, all at the same time. A family can download a movie, watch a TV replay service, surf the net and play games online simultaneously. A whole album can be downloaded in less than 30 seconds and a feature length HD movie in less than 10 minutes, whilst high-resolution photos can be uploaded to Facebook in seconds.

The upload speeds are the fastest widely available to consumers in the UK, with large video and data files being sent almost instantly and hi-resolution photos posted online in seconds. And high quality voice and video calls mean businesses can keep in touch with customers while they cut down on travel.

For further information on Openreach?s fibre broadband programme visit: www.superfast-openreach.co.uk

The next 24 West Midlands exchange areas to benefit are:

Birmingham and the Black Country:
Birmingham South (Moseley area), Harborne, Sheldon, Victoria (Small Heath area), Rectory (Sutton Coldfield), Bearwood, Brownhills and Pelsall.
Staffordshire:
Codsall, Kidsgrove, Longton, Waterhays Dimsdale and Wombourne
Coventry and Warwickshire:
Alcester, Allesley, Binley, Exhall, Radford and Studley.
Hereford and Worcester:
Ledbury, Leominster and Pershore
Shropshire:
Ludlow and Oakengates.

Source: http://www.giselastuartmp.co.uk/2012/10/harborne-in-line-for-a-super-fast-broadband-boost/

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