BT announced a further price reduction for its DataStream wholesale broadband service aimed at fixed line operators. The end-user element of the broadband connection is being reduced by 50p to £8.05.
In addition, BT will be raising the monthly rental of its 2 Mbps business service, IPStream Office 2000, from £38 to £43. This compares with the rental fee of £80 which BT was charging in March. BT IPStream S2000 rental will also go up from £43 to £48; this compares with £85 in March this year.htttp://www.bt.com
- BT's DataStream service offers competing telecom carriers and service providers a dedicated ATM network on which to develop their own IP services. BT's IPStream service offers wholesale ADSL circuits from 1,650 central offices and access to BT's core IP network to other ISPs. Currently more than 150 ISPs buy BT IPStream providing service to more than 1,200,000 customers.
- In May 2003, BT cut the price for its wholesale, consumer IPStream ADSL service from £14.75 to £13.00.
