That, of course, includes all of BT Openreach wholesale customers, like Sky and TalkTalk.
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Of BT's share of the market, half of the connections are via its own ISP BT Openworld and the rest is made up from internet service providers such as Freeserve and AOL which buy broadband wholesale from BT.
Ofcom wants BT to reduce its wholesale charges by between 10.75% and 14.75% below the RPI measure of inflation.
Some 30 ISPs are offering customers FTTC, buying it wholesale from BT.
Radianz has offered similar services with a secure network linking over 15, 000 customer locations for 11 years, back before cloud was a term used to describe such activities, said Chris Pickles, head of marketing for financial services and wholesale banking at BT Global Services, now the parent company of Radianz.
It is mainly in rural areas where BT is the only provider of wholesale broadband services.
Ofcom has proposed reductions in the prices BT can charge internet service providers (ISPs) in parts of the country where BT is the sole provider of wholesale broadband services.
"The action taken today ensures that BT continues to recoup the cost of providing wholesale internet access, and that UK consumers continue to benefit from one of the world's most competitive dial-up internet access markets in the world, " said Oftel director general David Edmonds.
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.
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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