BT names next towns to get super-fast broadband

BT has announced the next 69 locations set to receive its super-fast broadband in the UK.

The rollout, run by BT's Openreach division, will give 1.5 million homes access to high speed fibre internet by early summer 2010 although BT have promised one million of those will have access by March.

Steve Robertson, chief executive of Openreach, said: "Fibre is the future and so we're speeding up the pace of our plans. We had aimed to get fibre to half a million homes by next March but we're now being far more ambitious."

BT plans to make the super-fast broadband available to 40 per cent of the UK by 2012, the same time that Lord Carter wants everyone in the UK to have access to a minimum of 2Mbps according to the Digital Britain report.

Pilot schemes for the super-fast broadband began on Monday in Muswell Hill and Whitchurch, South Wales, providing speeds of up to 40Mbps for 30,000 homes.

Here is a list of the 69 exchange locations benefiting from this rollout:

BERKHAMSTED East of EnglandBILLERICAY East of EnglandBRENTWOOD East of EnglandELSTREE East of EnglandHAINAULT East of EnglandHODDESDON East of EnglandLEA VALLEY East of EnglandLOUGHTON East of EnglandSTANFORD-LE-HOPE East of EnglandWALTHAM CROSS East of EnglandWOODFORD East of EnglandGLOSSOP East Midlands HINCKLEY East Midlands BARKING London BARNET London ELTHAM London GREENWICH London HORNCHURCH London INGREBOURNE London NEW SOUTHGATE London PONDERS END London SIDCUP London SLADE GREEN London STAMFORD HILL London CHESTER-LE-STREET North East DURHAM North East EAST HERRINGTON North East HETTON-LE-HOLE North East ALTRINCHAM North West ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE North West CHEETHAM North West CHORLTON North West DENTON North West HYDE North West MANCHESTER EAST North West MOSS SIDE North West PRESTWICH North West STALYBRIDGE North West SWINTON, GREATER MANCHESTER North West URMSTON North West WALKDEN North West WILMSLOW North West LISBURN Northern Ireland EDINBURGH CORSTORPHINE Scotland EDINBURGH CRAIGLOCKHART Scotland GLASGOW BRIDGETON Scotland GLASGOW GIFFNOCK Scotland BASINGSTOKE South East DARTFORD South East BRISTOL NORTH South West BRISTOL WEST South West DOWNEND South West BARRY Wales CAERPHILLY Wales PENARTH Wales BIRMINGHAM, NORTHERN West Midlands FALLINGS PARK West Midlands GREAT BARR West Midlands LEAMORE West Midlands NUNEATON West Midlands TETTENHALL West Midlands WEDNESBURY West Midlands WALSALL West Midlands ARMLEY Yorkshire CASTLEFORD Yorkshire HEADINGLEY Yorkshire LOW MOOR Yorkshire PONTEFRACT Yorkshire SHIPLEY Yorkshire