BT Adds 600,000 DSL Customers in Q3

BT added a record 600,000 DSL connections in Q3, taking BT Wholesale's end user base to 3,294,000. The UK has now overtaken Germany in terms of broadband users per 100 people in the population. BT also confirmed that BT Retail's share of the net additions for the quarter had improved from 29 per cent to 30 per cent taking its installed base to 1,283,000 customers.



"The huge surge in connections was largely due to BT Wholesale's innovation in stretching the limits of ADSL so that homes beyond 6kms from an exchange can now access broadband. This breakthrough led to a dramatic increase in orders as we were suddenly able to satisfy the pent-up demand that existed in many areas. It was also the case that many more communities had access to broadband in the quarter thanks to the continuing roll out of broadband by BT," said BT Wholesale CEO Paul Reynolds. http://www.bt.comIn October, BT trimmed the monthly price for its Broadband Basic ADSL service to £17.99 a month, down from £19.99. Usage is capped at 1GB per month.