Back in November 2004, it was announced that BTYahoo were to tempt its dial up subscriber base with the proposition of cheap 512Kbps broadband, priced at a then, fairly competitive £15.99, a similar price point to the users existing dial up service. At the proposed end of the promotion, users had the choice of continuing their 512Kbps service at the current normal price, or dropping to a 150Kbps, 1GB/Month service at £15.99 price. 6 months later, and as we near the end of the promotion, rumour is that BTYahoo! are set to announce an extension of the offer.

We've not received any official reason for the extention (even the news that there is an extension isn't official - yet!), although one source identified "systems issues [...] preventing the full deployment of Anytime Plus speed restrictions". We'll take that to mean, BTYahoo can't drop users speed from 512Kbps to 150Kbps then.

Emails (all 60,000+ of them) are expected to be sent out to relevant users early next week (25th to 27th April 2005), unsurprisingly citing ‘Good News, your trial of BT Yahoo! Broadband has been extended".