AT&T Says BT Ethernet Data 'Stale,' Yields "Rotten Results'

AT&T said BT Americas is peddling "stale" special access data that produces "rotten results." In a blog post Tuesday, AT&T said, "While BTA’s past claims have been repeatedly refuted by AT&T, its recent Reply Comments introduce a new 'study' purchased from European telecom consultancy, WIK. This study argues that Ethernet prices are distinctly higher in the U.S. than in Europe, and that this unhappy state is due [to] a lack of competition and competent regulation in the U.S. A little detective work shows these claims about Ethernet to be as fanciful an overreach as BTA’s prior claims about DS1 and DS3 services." BT Americas had no comment.