By Editorial - news@consumerchoices.co.uk
BT Broadband (www.BT.com/Infinity) unleashed its superfast fibre optic broadband at the start of 2010, offering speeds of up to 40Mb at great value prices.
At launch, BT Infinity (www.BT.com/Infinity) was available to just 500,000 homes and businesses. However, it's up to 40Mb connection is now available to around six million households, rising to 10 million by 2012, and to two-thirds of the population by 2014.
In November, BT unveiled BT Infinity Option 3, an "ultrafast" service offering download speeds of up to 100Mb - matching the top speeds offered by Virgin Media's fastest commercial service, but with upload speeds that BT claims are 50% faster than their chief competitor.
BT's 100Mb connection is achieved via its fibre-to-the-premises network, where fibre optic cable is used to cover the entire distance from the local telephone exchange to a customer's house.| Supplier | Speed (up to) | Usage limit | Contract length | Monthly charge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More Broadband and Calls with BT Infinity | 40Mb | 40GB | 18 months | £7.50 | |
| Unlimited Broadband and Calls with BT Infinity | 40Mb | Unlimited | 18 months | £20.00 | |
| Unlimited Broadband and Calls with BT Infinity | 100Mb | Unlimited | 18 months | £35.00 |
If you love speed but can't get BT Infinity in your area, Virgin Media (www.VirginMedia.com) might be right for you. Virgin Media's fastest package also delivers speeds up to 100Mb per second.
| Supplier | Speed (up to) | Usage limit | Contract length | Monthly charge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadband: L + Phone: M + TV M+ with TiVo | 10Mb | Unlimited | 18 months | £3.00 | Call Virgin Media on 0808 189 0514 |
| Broadband: L + Phone M | 10Mb | Unlimited | 18 months | £4.00 | Call Virgin Media on 0808 189 0514 |
| Broadband: XL + Phone M | 30Mb | Unlimited | 18 months | £5.00 | Call Virgin Media on 0808 189 0514 |
Following what BT claims is one of the fastest fibre broadband roll-outs in the world, BT Infinity is already available to 20% of UK households. This will double to 40% by 2012, and will increase to two-thirds of the population of the UK by 2014.
The find out which areas are scheduled for connection to BT Infinity, visit www.bt.com/infinity-enablement-dates.
The following exchanges are ready for BT Infinity:
| London |
| Acton, Albert Dock, Ashford Middlesex, Beulah Hill, Bowes Park, Canonbury, Catford, Chingford, Clapton, Clerkenwell, Colindale, Cricklewood, Crouch End, Dulwich, Ealing, Edgware, Edmonton, Eltham, Enfield, Feltham, Finchley, Forest Hill, Golders Green, Greenford, Greenwich, Grove Park, Hampstead, Harlesden, Harrow, Highams Park, Hounslow, Kentish Town, Kenton Road, Kidbrooke, Kingsbury, Kingsland Green, Lee Green, Lower Holloway, Merton Park, Mile End, Mill Hill, Molesey, Mortlake, Muswell Hill, New Cross, New Southgate, Nine Elms, North Edgware, North Finchley, North Wembley, Northolt, Northwood, Palmers Green, Parsons Green, Perivale, Pinner, Ponders End, Poplar, Primrose Hill, Putney, Ruislip, Rushey Green, Skyport, South Clapham, South Harrow, Staines, Stamford Hill, Stanmore, Stratford, Streatham, Teddington, Thamesmead, Tottenham, Upper Holloway, Uxbridge, Vauxhall, Walworth, Wanstead, West Drayton, Wimbledon, Winchmore Hill, Woolwich. |
| Scotland |
| Bothwell, Dalgety Bay, Dean, Donaldson, Dundee Broughty Ferry, Dundee Park, Dunfermline, Edinburgh Corstorphine, Edinburgh Craiglockhart, Edinburgh Fountainbridge, Edinburgh Musselburgh, Glasgow Bridgeton, Glasgow Busby, Glasgow Giffnock, Glasgow Halfway, Glasgow Newton Mearns, Glasgow Western, Livingston Station, Stirling. |
| South East |
| Abingdon, Aldershot, Alton, Amersham, Andover, Ascot, Ashford Kent, Aylesbury, Bagshot, Banbury, Basingstoke, Beaconsfield, Bearsted, Beckenham, Bexleyheath, Bicester, Bishops Waltham, Blackwater, Bordon, Botley, Bourne End, Bradwell Abbey, Brighton Hove, Brighton Withdean, Bromley, Brookwood, Burnham Buckinghamshire, Camberley, Caversham, Chandlers Ford, Chesham, Chessington, Chislehurst, Copthorne, Crawley, Crowthorne, Croydon, Dartford, Didcot, Earley, East Grinstead, Eastleigh, Egham, Fair Oak, Farnborough Hampshire, Farnham, Fleet Hampshire, Gerrards Cross, Godalming, Gravesend, Guildford, Haslemere, Hayes Common, Headington, Henley On Thames, High Wycombe, Holmer Green, Horley, Horsham, Kingston, Langley, Locksheath, Maidenhead, Malden, Marlow, Milton Keynes, Mitcham, Newbury, Newport Pagnell, Oxford, Penn Buckinghamshire, Portsmouth Central, Pound Hill, Purley, Reading Central, Reading South, Ringwood, Sevenoaks, Shenley Church End, Sidcup, Sittingbourne, Slade Green, Slough, Stony Stratford, Summertown, Surbiton, Sutton Cheam, Tilehurst, Tonbridge, Totton, Tunbridge Wells, Twyford Berkshire, Uckfield, Wallington, Walton-on-thames, Wantage, Winchester, Windsor, Woking, Wokingham, Wolverton, Woodley, Worcester Park, Yateley. |
| South West |
| Blunsdon, Boscombe, Bristol North, Bristol West, Chippenham, Devizes, Devoran, Downend, Exeter, Ivybridge, Leedstown, Melksham, Midsomer Norton, Par, Portishead, Portreath, Radstock, St Day, St Agnes, Stenalees, Swindon, Three Waters, Toothill, Trowbridge, Worle. |
| East of England |
| Barking, Barnet, Bedford Town, Berkhamsted, Billericay, Bishops Stortford, Boreham, Braintree, Brentwood, Bury St Edmonds, Bushey Heath, Chatteris, Chelmsford, Downhall, Elstree, Gants Hill, Goodmayes, Hainault, Harpenden, Hemel Hempstead, Hitchin, Hoddesdon, Hornchurch, Huntingdon, Ilford Central, Ilford North, Ingrebourne, Lea Valley, Leagrave, Leigh On Sea, Leighton Buzzard, Loughton, Luton, Ortons, Peterborough Wentworth, Romford, South Benfleet, Southend On Sea, St Albans, St Neots, Stanford-le-hope, Stansted, Stevenage, Waltham Cross, Watford, Wickford, Woodford, Yaxley. |
| North East |
| Aycliffe, Bedlington, Chester-le-street, Coxhoe, Cramlington, Durham, Eaglescliffe, East Herrington, Gosforth Tyne & Wear, Guisborough, Hartburn Cleveland, Hetton-le-hole, Ingleby Barwick, Jesmond, Linthorpe, Meadowfield, New Brancepeth, Seaham. |
| North West |
| Altrincham, Ashton-on-ribble, Ashton-under-lyne, Birkdale, Bollington, Bolton, Bramhall, Bury, Cheetham, Chester South, Chorley, Chorlton, Congleton, Denton, Didsbury, Failsworth, Glossop, Hartford, Haslington, Heaton Moor, Heswall, Holmes Chapel, Hulme Hall, Hyde, Irlam, Knutsford, Leyland, Lymm, Macclesfield, Manchester East, Marple, Middlewich, Moss Side, Mossley, Northwich, Oldham, Padgate, Penketh, Penwortham, Prestwich, Ramsbottom, Ringway, Rossendale, Rusholme, Saddleworth, Sale, Skelmersdale, Stalybridge, Stepping Hill, Stockport, Stockton Heath, Swinton, Tottington, Urmston, Walkden, Whitefield, Willaston, Wilmslow, Winsford Cheshire. |
| East Midlands |
| Birchwood, Chellaston, Chesterfield, Coalville, Etwall, Great Oakley, Hinckley, Kirby Muxloe, Long Eaton, Loughborough, Market Harborough, Mickleover, Narborough, Oadby, Peartree, Rushden, Sherwood, St Ives Cambridgeshire, Stoneygate, Sutton In The Elms, Trentside, Weston Favell. |
| West Midlands |
| Bedworth, Berkswell, Bromsgrove, Burntwood, Cannock, Chapel End, Cheslyn Hay, Droitwich, Earlsdon, Evesham, Fallings Park, Fazeley, Fernhill Heath, Great Barr, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Hillside Hereford & Worcester, Kenilworth, Knowle, Leamington Spa, Leamore, Lichfield, Northern, Nuneaton, Polesworth, Rugby, Solihull, Stratford-on-avon, Swadlincote, Tamworth, Tettenhall, Walsall, Warwick, Wednesbury, Worcester St Johns, Worcester St Peters, Worcester. |
| Yorkshire |
| Armley, Barnsley, Beauchief, Broomhill, Calder Valley, Castleford, Cudworth, Cullingworth, Dronfield, Garforth, Guiseley, Halifax, Harrogate, Haworth, Headingley, Holmfirth, Lofthouse Gate, Low Moor, Morley, Mosborough, Normanton, Pontefract, Pudsey, Ranmoor, Rothwell West Yorkshire, Shipley, Wombwell, York. |
| Northern Ireland |
| Aghadowey, Aghalee, Ahoghill, Annaghmore, Annalong, Antrim, Ardglass, Armagh, Armoy, Aughnacloy, Balliesmills, Ballinamallard, Ballycastle, Ballyclare, Ballygawley, Ballygowan, Ballykinler, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Ballynahinch, Ballyronan, Ballysillan, Ballywalter, Banbridge, Bangor Ni, Belcoo, Belfast Balmoral, Belfast City, Bellarena, Belleek, Benburb, Beragh, Bessebrook, Bready, Brookeborough, Brookhall, Broughshane, Bushmills, Caledon, Campsie, Carnlough, Carrickfergus, Carrickmore, Carryduff, Castledawson, Castlederg, Castlereagh, Castlerock, Castlewellan, Claudy, Clogher, Cloughmills, Coagh, Coalisland, Coleraine, Comber, Cookstown, Cregagh, Cross, Crossgar, Crossmaglen, Crumlin, Cullybackey, Cushendall, Derryadd, Derrygonnelly, Derrylin, Dervock, Donaghadee, Donaghmore, Downpatrick, Draperstown, Dromara, Dromore (co Tyrone), Dromore, Drumquin, Dunamanagh, Dundonald, Dundrod, Dungannon, Dungiven, Eglinton, Enniskillen, Feeny, Fintona, Fivemiletown, Florencecourt, Forkhill, Fortwilliam, Garvagh, Gilford, Glarryford, Glenanne, Glenarm, Glengormley, Gortin, Greyabbey, Helens Bay, Hillsborough, Holywood, Irvinestown, Keady, Kells, Kesh, Kilkeel, Killeavy, Killinchy, Killyleagh, Kilrea, Kircubbin, Larne, Limavady, Lisbellaw, Lisburn, Lisnaskea, Londonderry, Loughall, Loughgiel, Lurgan, Maghera, Magherafelt, Malone, Markethill, Martinstown, Maze, Millisle, Moira, Moneymore, Mountfield, Moy, Newcastle, Newry, Newtonstewart, Newtownards, Newtownbutler, Newtownhamilton, Omagh, Ormeau, Pomeroy, Portadown, Portaferry, Portavogie, Portglenone, Portrush, Portstewart, Randalstown, Rasharkin, Rathfriland, Richhill, Roslea, Rostrevor, Saintfield, Seaforde, Sion Mills, Springfield, Stewartstown, Stoneyford, Stormont, Strabane, Swatragh, Tandragee, Templepatrick, Tempo, Toomebridge, Trillick, Tulnacross, Waringstown, Warrenpoint, Waterside, Whiteabbey, Whitehead. |
| Wales |
| Barry, Bridgend, Buckley, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Chepstow, Connahs Quay, Hawarden, Hengoed, Llanedeyrn, Llanishen, Llantrisant, Llantwit Major, Newtown Llantwit, Penarth, Pencoed, Porthcawl, Taffswell, Whitchurch. |