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BT Plays Down 'Free Broadband' Report

Feb 28, 2006 | Inside: Regulation & Policies

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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.

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