Be has dropped the price of it's broadband products, possibly to bring it closer to O2's proposed offering.

This is no surprise as Be is owned by O2 and the mobile operator will be using the Be network to provide it's broadband services when they are finally released. Be Unlimited, which is an ADSL2+ service which offers up to 24Mbps downstream with a 1.3Mbps upstream speed, this falls from £24 a month to £18, although email is not included. Be Pro, which was £40 a month, drops to £22, this is similar to the Unlimited package except that the upstream speed is 2.5Mbps and a static IP is included.

The reductions apply to both new and existing customers with existing Be customer seeing the reduction on their December bill, they will also see a refund for the period to the end November.