The areas where fibre was initially rolled-out saw fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) technology installed, with copper cables joining homes to the street cabinets. However, the telecommunications company has revealed it will start deploying the faster fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) technology next.

BT is aiming to ensure around a quarter of UK addresses will have FTTP technology thanks to its £2.5bn fibre network. The telecommunications company hopes four million homes will have access to the network by the end of this year. In the longer-term, BT says , and of these a quarter will have FTTP technology. However, the telecommunications company has no plans to return to the FTTC areas and upgrade them to FTTP.

"The vast majority [of FTTC homes] get between 33 and 38Mbps," said Liv Garfield, BT's group director of strategy, policy and portfolio.

"There's no point in going back and investing, just because it's something called P instead of C."

Garfield also said the FTTC currently has a maximum download speed of 'up-to' 40Mbps but this could increase in the future.