West Midlands 'to benefit from broadband boost'
Birmingham businesses stand to benefit from BT’s plans to upgrade local broadband networks.
The West Midlands Business Council said that regional efficiency could be improved by the move, the Birmingham Post reports.
Connection speeds would be boosted for 110,000 companies and homes in the West Midlands region under the proposals.
Improvement works are currently scheduled to be completed by the middle of next year.
Glyn Pitchford, chairman of the task and finish group on next generation broadband at the West Midlands Business Council, told the newspaper: ’It is a good start but we want to see it extended further.
’We are talking about a revolution which will get us up to 100 megabits a second from the current 2-8.’
BT regional director John Dovey added: ’The West Midlands is an enterprising and innovative region, which will obtain maximum benefit from this latest major investment.’
Improving broadband connection speeds benefits both office networks and the ability of individual employees to perform complex tasks online while working from home.
Significant efficiency savings can therefore be derived from the upgrades.
BT currently has the stated aim of providing 40 per cent of UK households with super-fast broadband by 2012.
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