LONDON -- BT Retail today expanded its BT Infinity broadband family to include an ultrafast service offering download speeds of up to 100Mbps. This matches Virgin Media’s fastest commercial service but offers upload speeds that are 50 per cent faster.

BT Infinity Option 3 is based on fibre that goes all the way to individual homes in order to deliver the company’s highest consumer download speed. It also allows users to upload material to the internet at up to15Mbps. BT is the only major ISP to offer such a service.

BT Retail is offering BT Infinity Option 3 with unlimited evening and weekend calls for just £35.00 a month.

BT Infinity Option 3 will be available from a limited number of exchanges initially, as Openreach rolls out fibre directly to homes and premises. Customers in Highams Park and Leytonstone in London, Ilford in London borough of Redbridge, Ashford in Middlesex, Forest Hill in the London borough of Lewisham, Chester, York, St. Austell and Exeter will be among the first to have the opportunity to purchase it. Customers in these exchanges will enjoy the full range of Infinity options, as they will also have the choice of BT’s up to 40Mbps BT Infinity packages.

BT Group plc (NYSE: BT; London: BTA)