TP SA appears to play at applying double standards

TP SA disagrees with the open letter of 14 Internet portals and Internet providers who claim that the dominant operator's excessive fees for IP traffic exchange are a major element driving the costs of Internet access in Poland to one of the highest in Europe. According to the letter, if TP SA lowered wholesale fees to the European average, the costs of broadband Internet access could drop by zł.20-30 a month. TP SA responded that Polish prices should not be compared to those in Europe, because the "business fundamentals of the European market differ from the Polish reality". In related news, TP SA is seeking lower fees for fixed-to-mobile (F2M) telephone connections. Having failed to reach a compromise on this matter with mobile operators, TP SA has asked the Telecoms and Postal Regulator (URTiP) to unilaterally lower the fees. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) T.J.