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[UK] Oftel orders BT to cut wholesale net prices

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21-07-2003 12:12pm

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Oftel orders BT to cut wholesale net prices
By John Leyden
Posted: 21/07/2003 at 09:09 GMT

Oftel today ordered BT to reduce its charges for wholesale unmetered Internet access by 17 per cent in a move that will reduce the cost of getting online for many UK consumers.

Following an investigation (begun following a complaint from Cable & Wireless, which was later supported by Energis), Oftel has concluded that BT has been charging operators for certain call routing and call management measures that are no longer necessary.

When BT introduced wholesale unmetered Internet access three years ago it built in several mechanisms to route Internet calls through to the appropriate service provider and call management measures to protect its network from being overloaded. But with improvements to BT's network these measures are no longer needed - so BT's customers should no longer have to pay for them, Oftel has concluded.

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