British Telecoms, one of the leading internet service providers in the UK has announced that the firm has decided to drop the deployment of super fast broadband in Kensington and Chelsea. The reason for the drop is that the local council refused the company’s 96 out of 108 applications for street cabinets.

The provider was engaged in the deployment of super fast broadband during the past few quarters and has been working with the Broadband Delivery UK for achieving its goal. The BDUK wants to provide the entire country with at least 2 Mbps and Super fast broadband facility to ninety per cent of the UK premises by the end of 2015.

The local authority justified their act saying that they want to preserve their historic streetscapes and historic building. Each and every provider in Chelsea and Kensington should have respect to the environments. The council requested the provider to work with them to find appropriate remedies so that the environment could be protected. BT sought licence for 108 cabinets but 96 of the cabinets were to be installed in sensitive areas. The firm did not compromise either on the locations or on the number of cabinets. It is not willing to use the sites where the firm’s unused equipments are located. The firm did not consider the suggestion to keep the instruments underground or any other mode of deployment. Hence the council was left with no other option but to reject their applications.

The local council said that it is disappointing to see that in Royal Borough also BT has stopped the deployment of Super fast broadband but the council is optimistic that some other providers might offer next generation broadband to the residents in these areas with out causing any injury to the environment as the area is thickly populated and the business would be commercially viable.

BT on the other hand announced that it has stopped the deployment of super fast broadband in Chelsea and Kensington and it would be a real loss for the residents in those areas. The provider said that the firm had no other option but to cease the work as majority of its applications were turndown by the council. BT is now planning to make use of the services of their engineers in other regions where the authorities are eager to ensure super fast broadband to businesses and households.