Category: Regulation

The latest ASA ruling is one we would have not covered if it were not for the outlandish claims by Virgin Media that 12 Mbps is needed for a single HD stream and thus to run two streams and still do web browsing you need their 152 Mbps service.

Another week and the lobbying to mould Openreach into the network operator everyone loves rather than hates continues, this time with input from the business world.

DCMS and Openreach have announced a new deal that should see the local loop operator delivering superfast broadband to new build premises, something that campaigners have been calling for for a long time.

The ASA and Ofcom are pursuing changes to broadband advertising to incorporate line rental. We examine the difficulties in implementing this given the complex nature of the broadband market.

The projects designed to evaluate different solutions for the final 5% of premises in the UK are now delivering with just enough volume that a BDUK report is able to summarise the findings.

While the phase 1 BDUK contracts all went to BT, the phase 2 was a mixed bag and changes to how the procurement will work may help to widen the net even more for remaining phase 2 or later phases.

Consumers signing up for broadband have had some degree of protection from a voluntary speed code of practice that Ofcom has now extended to the business sector.

A survey of 300 people has been used to rewrite the rules around how broadband can be advertised in the UK and from the end of May this may have ramifications for providers both big and small.

The BT/EE acquisition has been given the seal of approval by the Competition Markets Authority, so what next?

Ofcom in the past was seen as the faceless regulator but it is attempting to change that with its wave of consumer guides.