BT Determined To Clear ADSL ££ Cuts
Posted: 28th Apr, 2003 By: MarkJ
Despite a new investigation by Oftel (telecoms regulator) into BTs recently announced broadband ADSL price cuts, the operator has today stated that it is adamant they'll be cleared in time:
These cuts are scheduled to come into place on 1 May. They have been thrown into some confusion, though, by Oftel's investigation. Several of BT's rivals have complained that they are anticompetitive because they are not being applied to certain network products used by other operators.
It is understood that this investigation could reach a conclusion within days, but BT is pressing on with the cuts regardless.
"We've announced the cuts, we told Oftel about them beforehand, and we're definitely going ahead with them," a BT spokesman told ZDNet UK News on Monday. He added that BT had supplied Oftel with significant amounts of information about the cuts, but had not yet received any official word about the investigation.
The ZDNet item reminds us that the complaint itself centres on how the price cut only affects the cost of its IPStream range and not its Datastream offers.
IPStream is the wholesale ADSL product sold to most UK ISPs, while Datastream can be used by operators to independently connect their network with BT's.
These cuts are scheduled to come into place on 1 May. They have been thrown into some confusion, though, by Oftel's investigation. Several of BT's rivals have complained that they are anticompetitive because they are not being applied to certain network products used by other operators.
It is understood that this investigation could reach a conclusion within days, but BT is pressing on with the cuts regardless.
"We've announced the cuts, we told Oftel about them beforehand, and we're definitely going ahead with them," a BT spokesman told ZDNet UK News on Monday. He added that BT had supplied Oftel with significant amounts of information about the cuts, but had not yet received any official word about the investigation.
The ZDNet item reminds us that the complaint itself centres on how the price cut only affects the cost of its IPStream range and not its Datastream offers.
IPStream is the wholesale ADSL product sold to most UK ISPs, while Datastream can be used by operators to independently connect their network with BT's.
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