BT in talks with PlusNet over acquisition

PlusNet is in talks with BT and may be obtained by way of the BT organization.

each events have declined to remark so statistics about the viable deal is indistinct in the meanwhile. Low-fee broadband provider PlusNet and BT have already got a operating relationship past that of a preferred IPStream consumer, considering that PlusNet supplies some software utilized by BT.

it's far speculated that by way of shopping for PlusNet, BT can also accumulate the understanding that PlusNet has won inside the time it's been the use of the Ellacoya IP service control gadget to govern its own Ellacoya units.

The Ellacoyas shape the basis of the visitors control device at PlusNet. The system is used to manipulate one-of-a-kind forms of site visitors waft, keeping a cap at the costs for the company and supplying the opportunity of ranking applications consistent with latency. for example, applications such as video games might continue to be at low latency when the community could in any other case clearly be walking at a high latency for all protocols.