UKIF Responds To BT Price Reduction
Posted: 05th Oct, 2004 By: MarkJ
The UK Internet Federation (UKIF), which represents many smaller ISP's, has given a cautious greeting to BT's limited 5/6% business broadband ADSL price reduction (off an earlier increase):
"It's a step in the right direction, but BT is still effectively handing back something it took away in the first place," said a UKIF representative, adding that the reduction was more of a rebate than a real saving.
As reported back in August, BT's shock decision to raise its high-end IPStream prices was sparked by Ofcom, which had decided that BT's prices were unfairly low. BT made its move before Ofcom's official announcement, and it appears that BT went further than Ofcom felt was necessary.
Outside of the various general statements, we've yet to hear the thoughts of any specific providers.
It's hard to see such a small decrease as being able to solve the problem, yet its still being greeted somewhat better than we would have expected. More @ ZDNet.
"It's a step in the right direction, but BT is still effectively handing back something it took away in the first place," said a UKIF representative, adding that the reduction was more of a rebate than a real saving.
As reported back in August, BT's shock decision to raise its high-end IPStream prices was sparked by Ofcom, which had decided that BT's prices were unfairly low. BT made its move before Ofcom's official announcement, and it appears that BT went further than Ofcom felt was necessary.
Outside of the various general statements, we've yet to hear the thoughts of any specific providers.
It's hard to see such a small decrease as being able to solve the problem, yet its still being greeted somewhat better than we would have expected. More @ ZDNet.
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