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Ofcom will shortly announce the outcome of their provisional proposal to block one of several discounts that Openreach (BT) had planned to help them stay competitive and attract new full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP customers. But a new report from Enders Analysis warns that rival networks might, in supporting the regulator, ultimately end up hastening the incumbent’s deregulation to their detriment.
Network access provider Openreach notified their broadband ISP partners about a bunch of offer extensions and new discounts for their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines back in June 2026 (here). Several of these were targeted at New‑to‑Network (NTN) services, which usually means a property (house etc.) where there have been no Openreach products and services on the relevant line at any point in the last 90 consecutive days prior to the date of the FTTP order (excluding any premises on ‘New Sites’, like new build homes).
However, Ofcom later provisionally proposed to block one of those discounts (i.e. the Incremental New to Openreach Offer), which gave retail internet providers (ISPs) a monthly discount for bringing new full-fibre customers onto Openreach’s network. This offer applies only to new customers above an ISP’s normal number of new sign-ups. The discount could have been very substantial – up to £9.50 per customer for up to 30 months.