But come October, when an order is issued, it will be taken to apply not just to BT but to all the major ISPs, who got a letter before the case asking them to act against Newzbin 2.
But BT says its own-brand broadband from its retail division is also caning the opposition, winning 64% of new connections in the last quarter.
The market towns earmarked for broadband upgrades have not yet be named but BT said it intended to begin offering services from late 2011.
But BT, which has long been aggrieved at the stick it gets over what some consider the slow progress of its broadband rollout, is hitting back.
For Telefonica of Spain and France Telecom , that means more regulatory headaches, but for BT Group, which sold its cellphone division to its Spanish rival in 2005, being a purely fixed line operator suddenly seems much more attractive.
Initially the services will be prepared for users of the BT Openworld service, but eventually it will be expanded to become a portal that BTs customers can access via almost any device - be it interactive TV, hand-held computer or mobile phone.
But he says BT could make the deal worth its trouble if it's able to control costs.
BSkyB dominates the pay-TV market with about 10 million customers, but lags behind BT with 4.3 million broadband customers.
But he said BT's reductions would only affect one part of the total cost, and the filtered down reduction to customers minimal.
But it said BT still charged for using that network in its wholesale dial-up pricing plans, even if some wholesale buyers did not require that service.
That decision rests with BT, said Mr Pennell but the local population will be hoping for a slice of Olympic technology to remain long after the last yacht has sailed out of the harbour.
Consumers will have to pay for BT broadband and MSN separately, but from January 2003 the two services will be cross-promoted as a package.
But he also warned that BT would be limited in terms of the matches it has available.
The bidding process has been open to all but, so far, BT has won in every case.
BT's stake in Cegetel, but around euro4 billion is plausible.
But Kovacocy is betting that BT's Global Services Division, whose deep-rooted inefficiencies have been a bane for BT's balance sheet in the last year (See "BT Gets Called On Inefficiencies, ") could turn into a profit generator for the company.
She said the company has not yet conducted its own research on Bt's impact on monarch butterflies, but they have found no impact on several other insect species in previous tests.
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There's no specified channel list just yet, but we're sure TalkTalk and BT will be filling us in on all the details ahead of any launch.
But ISPs argue that the prices set by BT are four to five times higher than their underlying costs.
Many have been priced out of the market, but we will change this by giving away BT Sport for free with our broadband.
But Bruce Schneier, chief technology officer of BT Counterpane, says that the simple element that keeps Storm more elusive than past viruses is its patience.
For Mr Fensom, neither BT nor Virgin offer "true next generation services" but he does hope that the Manchester example will offer proof to government that there are alternative ways of rolling out such networks.
"BT is already rolling out fibre broadband at record pace but there are a variety of issues that can sometimes slow us down and cause frustration for those consumers and businesses who are keen to get fibre broadband, " a spokesman said.
But only a handful of players, including Fujitsu and BT, entered the process.
But leaders including Virgin's Sir Richard Branson and BT's Sir Michael Rake say calls for "wholesale" revision could mean "damaging uncertainty".
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But the mechanic and bus driver said he would be "lost and upset" if BT ever decided to close the phone box near both his home and workshop.
But postponing the float might worry investors who were hoping that the cash raised would help BT raise money to combat its mounting debts as part of a wider restructuring package announced in November.
"We will be changing some prices in January, but we will then be freezing many key prices until 2014, " said John Petter, of BT.
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