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BT halves Wi-Fi rates 
BT has announced that it will be slashing its Wi-Fi rates by up to 50 per cent as it launches a simpler and more economical price structure. The telecoms giant will also be adding thousands of new hotspots to its existing European network.
BT plans to create more than 2,500 extra European hotspots after operators including Vex, iBahn and Wayport agreed to new roaming deals, bringing the total number of Wi-Fi hotspots to over 100,000 in the UK and Ireland and more than 50,000 overseas.
BT has introduced four new tariffs offering wireless broadband from as little as 0.5p per minute from thousands of locations across the UK.
BT Original provides 500 minutes’ access to BT Openzone, BT FON and BT Business Total Broadband hotspots for just £5 per month. Openzone Together offers unlimited BT Openzone, BT FON and BT Business Total Broadband hotspot access plus 500 UK roaming minutes for £12.50 a month – half the price of BT’s previous pay monthly deal. Openzone Global, designed for frequent travellers, provides unlimited BT Openzone, BT FON, BT Business Total Broadband hotspot minutes, 500 UK and 500 international roaming minutes for £28 a month. Meanwhile the flexible BT Openzone tariff has been reduced by 25 per cent to 15p per minute.
In addition, hundreds of new hotspots have been introduced in high-demand locations through roaming partners Swisscom Hospitality Services and Comfone, including airports, railway stations, leading hotel chains, motorway service stations, coffee shops and marinas.
Chris Bruce, general manager at BT Openzone, said: “Over the last six months we have seen double the use compared with the same period last year, with huge demand at hotels, major travel hubs, high street locations and residential and business areas. We’ve listened to our customers and not only have we simplified our tariffs but we’ve added more value and places to connect.”
1 Comment »Posted by Ellie on October 16th 2008 in BT Broadband, Broadband, Mobile Broadband
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R S Sweetman said on 28 Oct 2008 at 9:47 am #
I am surprised that you can be so over the top with comments without checking what your customers feel about your service!
Over that last 11 months I have been charged over the top each time I check my bill because I have apparently gone over my broadband limit. Each time the email arrives with an offer to pay a higher premium for the upgrade! Yet the silence is deafening when I ask how I can monitor my broadband usage to keep within my limit. (Hidden costs to me and financial advantage to you?)
I am also very surprised that BT, the so called telecoms giant lacks basic systems management in place to ensure that one department ‘talks’ to another when a customer has a specific query(I can provide a consultancy service if necessary). The hapless person has to call yet another number, wait for ages and then get fobbed off by someone from the call center in India because they have not been provided with the appropriate answers. My guess is that when and if I do win the lottery to upgrade, you will conveniently place another extra hidden charge that I have no means of verifying.