Users will also have to buy an ADSL modem, which will cost in the region of £80. BT Retail -- the division that will sell BT Broadband -- is aiming to recruit 500,000 subscribers by next summer.

BT told Ars that a "small number of BT Broadband customers had issues accessing Web pages last night. This was an issue with a router in our network and has now been resolved. We apologise to any ...