Esat Links To BT / US ISP Love-In / BT Thumped

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Esat links to parent company's network

[ One wonders why it took so long. ]

Esat has claimed the connection of its Irish network to the international network of parent company BT will result in significant cost savings for customers. Peter Evans, Esat's director of products, told ElectricNews.Net that the interconnection, which was completed on Thursday, will lead to savings of up to 30 percent for corporate customers with multiple sites in different geographic regions. He went on to claim that business customers with only one or two points of presence (POPs) would save around 10 percent to 15 percent.

US ISPs fight for 'competitive broadband markets'

[ Ditto above. ]

Around 100 US ISPs have banded together to fight for what they describe as the "future of competitive broadband markets". The BroadNet Alliance is fighting proposals made by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and some Members of Congress that claiming that they would be bad for competition and bad for the roll-out of broadband. If adopted, the proposals would mean that ISPs would no longer be able to access regional phone companies' networks. The BroadNet Alliance claims the result would effectively create a "closed" system that would benefit the incumbent telcos and would "severely damage the innovative environment of the Internet".

BT thumped by new competition proposals

[ I remember thinking last year that it was entirely possible for Ireland to get the jump on the UK on this particular mattter. What was I smoking? ]

BT faces the threat of stiffer competition from rival operators following the announcement of reforms from telecoms watchdog Oftel. Top of the list is the opportunity for companies to offer a complete residential telephony service to consumers. BT will be forced to provide a wholesale line rental product to rival telcos on the same terms as it does to BT's retail business.

adam

BoneCollector

so this should mean real! competition against Err com
right"?