BT has launched its fibre-optic broadband service for businesses, promising download speeds of up to 40Mbps with prices starting at £30 per month.
BT Business Total Broadband Fibre offers a ‘fast lane’ to give business traffic the right of way at busy times, which will help employees in the office, but significantly help remote and home workers as well.
BT believes the 10Mbps upload speeds will be a particular draw for small businesses, which need to send ever-larger files. The company is targeting businesses that want to get into internet telephony, high-definition video conferencing, business-grade cloud applications and home working, as well as running standard email, web and FTP services.
Nigle Stagg, BT managing director, stated that 28 percent of businesses are already using faster broadband to expand their website capabilities, and another 25 percent are using it to drive more processes online.
BT plans to connect 10 million homes and businesses to fibre-based services by mid-2012, with 75 percent of those expected to have access to FTTC services. The remaining 25 percent, or about 2.5 million, are to be connected via FTTH, which will offer download speeds of up to 100Mbps, BT said.
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