UK Regulator Proposes Price Cuts for BT Wholesale's Unmetered Dial-up Access

Oftel, the telecom regulator in the UK, believes that BT should cut its wholesale charges for unmetered Internet access for consumers by 17% because it is charging operators for certain call routing and call management measures that Oftel believes are no longer technically necessary. When BT first launched its wholesale unmetered Internet access service, it instituted charges for procedures to route Internet calls through to the appropriate service provider and thereby protect its voice network from being overloaded by the dial-up traffic. Oftel said subsequent improvements to the BT network means the Internet call traffic can be processed without the additional measures. Oftel believes the price cut should be retroactive to December 2001.
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