AOL Moves Closer To LLU Broadband
Posted: 09th Dec, 2004 By: MarkJ
ISP AOL UK has been investigating the prospects of moving away from BT via local loop unbundling for sometime and today further details have emerged. The provider now has an in-house LLU operation and is busy appointing a director for it:
Once the director has been hired, possibly early in the New Year, this team will work with alternative telcos -- such as Easynet and Bulldog -- to try and find superior wholesale ADSL packages to those offered by BT.
"To get the most out of LLU will require a substantial up-front investment in terms of resource and people, but we think the greater freedom it gives AOL to offer a wider choice of products to consumers is worth it," said David Carr, AOL's vice-president of broadband, on Tuesday.
"We think our large subscription base and extremely fast broadband uptake gives us the critical mass to make the most of LLU and emancipate a large number of exchanges," Carr added.
AOL states that it would probably be the end of 2005 before we saw any customers adopting LLU based offerings. More @ ZDNet.
Once the director has been hired, possibly early in the New Year, this team will work with alternative telcos -- such as Easynet and Bulldog -- to try and find superior wholesale ADSL packages to those offered by BT.
"To get the most out of LLU will require a substantial up-front investment in terms of resource and people, but we think the greater freedom it gives AOL to offer a wider choice of products to consumers is worth it," said David Carr, AOL's vice-president of broadband, on Tuesday.
"We think our large subscription base and extremely fast broadband uptake gives us the critical mass to make the most of LLU and emancipate a large number of exchanges," Carr added.
AOL states that it would probably be the end of 2005 before we saw any customers adopting LLU based offerings. More @ ZDNet.
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