BT rolls out superfast broadband even faster in one UK city

BT has sped up the rollout of superfast broadband in one of the UK's major cities.

Some areas of Glasgow, which were due to become part of BT's fibre deployment this year, will now find themselves connected up with superfast broadband by the autumn.

The autumn rollout will cover more than 15,500 homes and businesses in the Hillington, Cardonald and Crookston areas of the city, according to the telco.

The city was first earmarked to become part of the fibre deployment in March, when the telco said Glasgow's Halfway and Western exchanges were to be fibre-enabled. The two were joined by the city's Bridgeton and Giffock exchanges in July.

BT plans to cover 1.5 million homes - some 40 per cent of the population - with its fibre network by 2012 at a cost of £1.5bn.

Virgin Media currently covers half the UK population with a hybrid fibre-cable service, capable of download speeds up to 50Mbps. At launch, BT's fibre service will have a maximum downlink of 40Mbps.