Petition · past parliament

Why BT is not upgrading Exchange Only (EO) lines to supply fibre optic?

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Excange only lines are directly connected to BT exchange by passing the green street cabinets. Currently BT fibre optic is served via those lines are connected to street cabinets and BT has no concrete plans to find a solution for those are not connected via street cabinets.
To enable exchange only premises or houses to have high speed fibre optic internet connection, all BT has to do is install required amount of green street cabinets with required hardware for fibre optic enable services within the exchange premises or just outside of the exchange building and connect all exchange only lines to these cabinets. It is not major job nor does it cost vast sums of money. Planing permission may be needed from local authorities but generally there are no barriers.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

13 Nov 2016 Petition opened for signatures
23 Nov 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 Nov 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.