Internet service provider BT will begin rolling out its fibre optic broadband technology to commercial customers next year. FTTH, the company's fibre to the home service will be made available for the first time in January 2010, and by early summer hopes to have 1.5 million subscribers. The UK have in the past been accused of lagging behind in the fibre optic broadband stakes. Currently the UK is not even in the top ten of European nations providing Fibre To The Home. Countries such as Slovenia, Lithuania and Andorra, rank well above the UK.

By 2012 BT hopes to have 10 million users of its fibre optic lead driven broadband service, which would account for 40 per cent of the UK population. BT hopes to further increase its coverage by lowering wholesale prices thus allowing other communications providers to take advantage too.

Fibre To The Home Technology has many advantages over current copper cabling technologies. It provides much faster connection speeds and carrying capacity. For example, a single copper pair can carry six phone calls whereas a single Fibre Optic pair can carry 2.5 Million simultaneously. Fibre will also be able to cope with internet and other technology advances such as HD TV, 3D imaging & advanced graphics in online gaming. It will be able to keep up with any advancements in existing technology such as telephone, video, audio and TV, not to mention the futuristic developments we don't even know about yet.