[IP] more on BACKPEDELING Broadband will be free, says British Telecom (fwd)

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Keith Dawson <kadawson@mac.com>
Date: February 28, 2006 11:22:35 AM EST
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] DO READ Broadband will be free, says British  
Telecom (fwd)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/bt_free_broadband/

BT plays down 'free broadband' report

By Tim Richardson

Published Monday 27th February 2006 12:07 GMT

BT has played down reports that it is planning to offer its punters
"free broadband" when its new 21st Century Network (21CN) is rolled
out over the next couple of years.

The Mail on Sunday ran a story saying that once 21CN was up and
running punters would get a "broadband dialtone".

But a spokesman for the UK's dominant fixed line telco distanced
himself from the report saying broadband "would not be free".

It may be that a "broadband dialtone" may be available for rental -
much like current arrangements for fixed line phone - but it is "not
to be free", he told us.

Indeed, the telco has yet to work out how it plans to price products
in the future. It's possible that a broadband line might be bundled
with other services, but he stressed it would "not be free".

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