§ Mr. Steve WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make it her policy to require the regulator to ensure that BT reduces the trigger thresholds for converting telephone exchanges to ADSL. [78760]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 4 November 20021: The rollout of BTs ADSL services., including deciding on trigger levels for enabling its exchanges to provide these services, forms a commercial decision to be taken by BT, As ADSL is not a service that BT is required by its Licence to provide, Oftel has no power to set the conditions under which BT should enable exchanges.
Both Liberty Broadband (at http:/Mrww.briiigingbroadband2youco.uk/) and the East of England Development Agency (atttp://www.broadbandbrokerage.com/bbb/) are also running demand registration schemes.