At the end of last week, the CAT announced that it had rejected CityFibre’s appeal against an Ofcom ruling that would allow Openreach to offer major discounts to its client internet service providers (ISPs).
In August year, Ofcom announced that it would allow Openreach to go ahead with its new pricing strategy, Equinox, which would see them reduce their wholesale prices by up to a third for ISPs taking out long term contracts.
The ruling spurred outrage from the UK altnet community, who said that the discounts would make competing with Openreach in many locations unfeasible, thus making the market less competitive.
While the altnets could not launch a legal challenge against the Equinox prices directly…
