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Originally Posted by Ignition
BT haven't offered businesses 3Mbit yet, 4 years after releasing the service, I wouldn't get optimistic about wholesale DSL being all that.
Easynet LLU is for businesses only, unless you can pay a small fortune for a 512k service that is!
BT apparently want to drop wholesale ADSL prices, as even their own BT Retail want to unbundle network because they find the prices distasteful. To say there will be a sudden rush in ADSL to 3, 4 whatever Mbit is as BBK said a little optimistic. BT just don't have the network to do it right now, and that is the same network nearly all the ISPs rely on.
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And BT wholesale arent allowed to reduce their prices, due to OFCOM's over regulation, something they are challenging at this time , by threatening to end their plan to spend 9Billion on network infrastructure upgrades, At this time, ADSL speeds have reached a low point, one that probably wont change for a while, not until the aforementioned upgrades allow for cheaper bandwidth.
Not only this, but atm the amount of people who have 2Mb ADSL available to them is very small, even with higher speeds to come, it still will be a postcode lottery, at least with NTL, I know that everyone will be able to get the top speed, regardless of location (Usually).
Yes, NTL have had their issues, and still do, but this is a huge step in the right direction, Id much rather pay to NTL than the misleading BT (wholesale or retail)