BT ditches traffic management and usage limits
BT has announced its broadband packages are 'Totally Unlimited' and cut the prices.
The broadband provider has decided to scrap its traffic shaping and usage limits for its entry level packages including Infinity. BT customers can now go 'Totally Unlimited' from £16 per month with the first six months free, £10 cheaper than usual.
BT Infinity now starts at £23 per month with speeds of up to 38Mbps and for an extra £3 per month you can get 76Mbps Infinity. See also: Three to offer free 4G LTE broadband.
John Petter, managing director of BT's Consumer division, said: "We believe we have boosted our broadband offering by moving our best broadband deals to totally unlimited. Customers told us that they wanted to be able to enjoy catch-up TV, streamed films and other bandwidth-eating applications without having to worry about going over their limit or being slowed down by their ISP."
The firm also announced BT Cloud, its online storage service which will be free for all broadband customers. Infinity 76Mbps and top tier copper customers will get a large 50GB allowance. BT Cloud can be used to backup files, photos, music and films online.
See also: BT YouView Humax DTR-T1000 review.
As well as PCs and laptops, BT Cloud will be accessible from smartphones and tablets to stream content. The move rivals existing services like Microsoft's SkyDrive and Dropbox.
BT said existing customers wishing to get rid of their internet shackles can do so by signing a new contract.
"Unlike Sky, we’re extremely confident that our network can stand up to the extra bandwidth demands from totally unlimited products everywhere across the UK." added Petter.
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Comments
Saifon2000 said: What about current BT infinity customers
Talkingchinoos said: httpwwwproductsandservicesthe 5th package down infinity 1 unlimited
Talkingchinoos said: everyones internet is slower at peak times but most providers throttle P2P file sharing sites BT have scrapped that now
Talkingchinoos said: they have had capacity issues on the exchanges meaning their capacity is full hence loads of people on at the same time thus lower speeds
Paul said: I wonder what the final comment about Sky is all about I have Sky unlimited Fibre cant say Ive had an issues Anyone know different or is this just rumour creation
Murray Snudge said: It looks good on paper but have they got the capacity to serve an avalanche of new customers Its ok saying the ISP will not deliberately slow down the connection but will the system capacity Ten years ago I was with Virgin ADSLand it was ok in the day but the evening speed was slower than dial-up
Daniel B said: No such tariffs on the infinity website still a 40gb cap still the old price its always been
Honey Russ said: i wish this company start this kind of service in our country ANIL MOHAMMED BARRHEAD ANIL MOHAMMED DRUGS
Ben said: And once consumers have got used to this there will be another round of price rises As a shareholder I like it as a possible customer when my TalkTalk contract expires I am going to watch carefully Step in the right direction