Category: Regulation

Since April we've known the ASA was reviewing the use of the word 'fibre' in broadband advertising and the lobbying continues as various sides lay out their table in full public view.

The series of BT adverts featuring Ryan Reynolds will be familiar to many and some sixty complaints have been investigated by the ASA with the conclusion that the adverts as complained about cannot reappear.

Consumers have dealt with change in the broadband world in the past but the next 12 to 18 months looks set for more changes, so talking about them is very important.

Regular visitors to our site will be well used to our regular monthly round ups on broadband speeds this puts us in a position to give some illustrative figures for what the various CAP options may mean.

The proposals for a 2 Gbps USO were always going to be pie in the sky when made by the House of Lords, but another amendment calling for a 30 Mbps USO was probably what the Lords hoped would get enacted.

If you are a network operator looking to deploy FTTP the latest document drop from Ofcom is required reading due to the impact it may have on your roll-outs.

Ofcom has finally published its analysis of UK broadband performance based on its panel of testers.

Now broadband is seen as a utility the increasing interest from consumer groups should be no surprise, and the CAB is the latest to warn people they may be overpaying.

Broadband advertising is under the microscope once again with a decision expected on which services can and cannot use the word fibre in them.

Wave goodbye to the price gap between ADSL2+ and entry level VDSL2 products as Ofcom is starting to regulate Openreach VDSL2 pricing, but there are side effects.