BT's Openreach division, which is responsible for ensuring that all rival operators have equality of access to BT's local network, has announced a range of price reductions that should make it up to 65% cheaper for ISPs to invest in higher speed backhaul bandwidth:


Backhaul Ethernet networks are typically used to link local access network and business LANs to a telecommunications operator’s core network. Lowering the cost for these could, especially for some larger providers, cause end-user services to become cheaper or more flexible:


However it is important not to overestimate the difference this could make because bandwidth itself can still be a costly commodity, one that is most difficult to grapple with.