Bt's Roll-Out of Pioneering 21cn in Wales Falls Short of Early Plans ; 'New Approach' Means Fewer Than 10,000 Are Connected

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PLANS by telecommunications giant BT to migrate 350,000 customers to a world-first integrated internet-based network in South Wales have fallen well short of initial expectations.

When announcing that Cardiff and a number of other locations in South Wales would be the first territory in theUKto migrate to its so-called 21st century (21CN) IP (internet protocol) network, back in 2005, BT envisaged 350,000 customers being connected by 2007.

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Bt's Roll-Out of Pioneering 21cn in Wales Falls Short of Early Plans ; 'New Approach' Means Fewer Than 10,000 Are Connected

However, the Western Mail has learnt that only a small fraction of that number are currently 21CN enabled. BT confirmed that while it was still committed to its 21CN roll-out, it h...

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