The Cisco research, which put the UK at 31^st position among 66 countries in terms of broadband speed, came as quite a shock to the UK government. Responding to it, BT has decided to make faster internet available to people in the country via fibre optic broadband.

At present, BT uses copper network which given the speed of 24 Mb. The earlier plan of BT was to convert the connections of one million users to fibre optic broadband within the next three years and ensure that they receive at least 100 Mb of speed, which could then be raised to 1Gb if needed. In addition to this, BT had also planned to give internet of 40 Mb speeds to nine million of its subscribers.

The change in plans will now enable two and a half million subscribers to use fibre optic broadband by 2012. This project will cost BT close to £1.5 billion, and it shows the government’s commitment towards improving the future of broadband in the UK.

Steve Robertson, speaking for BT, stated that the upgrade would ensure that more intense applications that require faster internet could be used in future. It would help the businesses as well as the economy as a whole.

Robertson hopes that soon the UK will lead the world for best broadband in terms of speed in the same manner as it leads in terms of availability of internet.

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