MP Criticises BTs ADSL Price Cuts
Posted: 07th May, 2003 By: MarkJ
Brian White, a Labour government MP, has got behind a number of other Telco's to voice his support against BTs recent broadband ADSL price cuts, which he has branded as being "unfair competition":
He also blamed "BT's dominant position in the wholesale market" as being responsible for current problems concerning the roll out of broadband across the UK.
The comments from the MP for Milton Keynes North East followed formal complaints to Oftel from five telcos (Energis, mediaWays.uk Ltd, Thus, Tiscali and Your Communications) concerning price cuts for BT's wholesale IPStream ADSL product - the wholesale end-to-end service provided by BT Wholesale to the telco's retail operations and other service providers.
The telcos argue that BT has failed to pass on similar price cuts to its wholesale Datastream service - a product that allows other service providers to use their own networks to provide competitive broadband services.
Oftel is currently investigating the complaints, although it will be a little while yet before an outcome is reached. More @ The Register.
He also blamed "BT's dominant position in the wholesale market" as being responsible for current problems concerning the roll out of broadband across the UK.
The comments from the MP for Milton Keynes North East followed formal complaints to Oftel from five telcos (Energis, mediaWays.uk Ltd, Thus, Tiscali and Your Communications) concerning price cuts for BT's wholesale IPStream ADSL product - the wholesale end-to-end service provided by BT Wholesale to the telco's retail operations and other service providers.
The telcos argue that BT has failed to pass on similar price cuts to its wholesale Datastream service - a product that allows other service providers to use their own networks to provide competitive broadband services.
Oftel is currently investigating the complaints, although it will be a little while yet before an outcome is reached. More @ The Register.
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