France Telecom ADSL service starts in November

France Telecom is to start offering ADSL connections in November, but the company is unlikely to be expecting a rush of customers. The service will cost FF265 (around $40) a month, and will initially only be available in some areas in and around Paris. The move does however mean that France will have a reasonable ADSL network built over the next three years, and that there will be competition. France Telecom must, according to a government ruling, allow other Internet access operations to use its connections. This of course doesn't mean that prices will start to come down immediately, as FT will no doubt attempt to keep prices to other ISPs high. ®