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New BT ADSL lite service

Pre-announcement of the new BT ADSL lite service BBC News Comment: The monthly figure is still far too high – £40/month.

Korea’s ThruNet pricing

ThruNet ADSL installation pricing and also Installation about ~£20 and monthly charge ~£20

Comment: How can they achieve this? – competition.

Broadband Baloney

Opinion piece – Broadband Baloney – BusinessWeek.

Comment: Pretty negative piece, that in my view is someone jumping on the dot bomb bandwagon. Interesting facts listed – ‘Market watcher Forrester Research Inc. estimates 72% of dial-up Net access customers won’t pay more than $25 a month for broadband–half of what most providers now charge.’ & ‘fewer than 5% of U.S. online households have (it)’.