Freeserve, which may be suffering from being one of the first ISPs to announce plans to offer ADSL services, said it will offer broadband services on a range of platforms. The ISP has been linked to takeover talks with cable operators NTL and Telewest but declined to comment on whether it had approached them about using their cable modem services. AOL UK, which has only carried out limited testing of consumer ADSL services to date, said it would have no trouble providing candidates when BT gives it the green light. We will offer services just as soon as BT tells us we can. Meanwhile, a number of ISPs, including BT Openworld, Freeserve, AOL UK and Claranet, are preparing to offer ASDL internet connections to businesses at the start of July and these are expected to go ahead without any delay.
Trials begin for latest dual-use digital lines.