Breaking up BT to reduce its market share would drive up the cost of high bandwidth connectivity for businesses, it has been claimed.
According to Andrew Ferguson, editor of thinkbroadband.com, splitting up the telecoms giant would create a huge amount of upheaval in the market and "probably drive the price of broadband in the UK up".
He added that the strong uptake of next generation network technology in Britain was, in part, due to the low prices enjoyed by household and business customers.
"No other country has delivered fast broadband to all customers as yet, there is always some percentage missed out," Mr Ferguson claimed - suggesting that universal high bandwidth connectivity is some way off, particularly as the impacts of the recent recession are still being felt.
His comments come after figures from BT highlighted the vast number of small businesses and households that now access dedicated leased lines - a figure that has topped 15 million.