Internet and mobile phone network Orange is to close down one of its dial-up services due to the domination of the broadband sector.

Customers on the Any Time package, which has no time restrictions, have been issued with a letter warning them of the closure of the service, ISPreview.co.uk reports.

The service is set to close in December, leaving Orange customers with one dial-up package or a broadband starter service, which the company is offering at £11.99 per month, £3 cheaper than the Any Time dial-up package.

Orange said in a statement to the news provider: "Orange has decided to close the Any Time Dial-up service at the end of this year. This is because we believe that broadband provides our customers with more benefits and greater value for money than Any Time Dial-up."

The eight MB broadband service Orange provides is currently being offered at half price, in an effort to increase its position from the fifth largest UK ISP.


Thursday, 13th September 2007

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