BT Openworld renews waiving of ADSL activation fee

By Alun Williams

Posted on 2 Apr 2003 at 12:06

BT Openworld has extended its offer on reduced broadband setup costs.

BT Broadband and BT Openworld's Home 500 Plug & Go service will continue to waive activation fees. Also included in the package is a £50 ADSL modem offer and, for Openworld Home 500 Plug & Go customers, an extra £10 off orders placed online.

'We had such a positive response from the initial price offers in January,' claimed Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail, 'that we wanted to give even more people a chance to sign up and make a saving'.

The new package of prices will run until the end of June. In total, BT claims, the offers represent a saving for consumers of £100 on broadband start-up costs.

Check out ADSL Guide to see how BT OpenWorld compares with broadband offerings from rival ISPs.

As we reported last week, BT Wholesale's halving of its ADSL activation fee came to an end on 31 March.

BT Whole sale has confirmed to us that it does not intend - at the moment - to renew the offer, which means that BT's ISP services are swallowing the cost themselves by waiving the activation fee.