Back in early October, we <a href="http://www.uk-bug.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=77" target="_blank"">reported about Tiscali's new 150Kbps broadband product. Since Tiscali's announcement, the Italian ISP has come under flak from industry rivals, claiming that Tiscali's lower speed offering, could be ruining the definition of "broadband".

However, at the very same time as ISPs were crying foul of Tiscali's new lower speed broadband product, many ISPs are now calling for BT to provide wholesale offerings for themselves to market accordingly.

<a href="http://www.netimperative.com" target="_blank"">NetImperative.com today report that a statement issued just two weeks ago by BT Yahoo saying "For clarity, BT's definition of broadband is a connection of 500kbps or more.", has been withdrawn by BT chief broadband officer Alison Ritchie.

"I have been asked many times to define what broadband means and my answer has always been it's what our customers decide it to be. At the end of the day, it's consumers who will decide whether they want a 128, 256, 512kpbs or 1 or 2 Mbps" said Ritchie. The BT CEO further denounced 128kbps as "a midband service not a broadband one", seemingly as a direct comment to NTL's 128k cable offering.

Zen Internet are also quoted to be considering the launch of a 128k or 150k service citing sufficient demand for lower speed connectivity.